Mal­ibu Gar­dens nursery

Why we should sup­port our local nurseries

Does any­one care if we lose a mom/​pop nurs­ery (except for me, of course)? Recently, a fan­tas­tic place near me, The Out­door Room, closed. They hadn’t been there very long and it’s not known why they closed. Their theme was mid cen­tury mod­ern with one of a kind plants, fur­ni­ture and acces­sories. It was a lit­tle more expen­sive to shop there but the selec­tion was stel­lar. Now my clos­est mom/​pop nurs­ery, Mer­ri­hews Sun­set Gar­dens, is about 5 miles away, or 1/​2 hour in our heavy Los Ange­les traf­fic, or I could drive even fur­ther to Home Depot. In all fair­ness, some­times a big box store is nec­ces­sary, although their plant selec­tion is pretty pre­dictable and lim­ited. (But what if you need sod — you’re not going to find it there!)

Sup­port­ing our local, eccen­tric and “des­ti­na­tion” nurs­eries will make for more excit­ing gar­dens and help the com­mu­nity thrive! We may even get accli­mated plants. And that lit­tle nurs­ery will still be down the street!