Brid­get and Lori with a sec­tion of Aus­tralian fencing

Rib­bit Tree and Plant started life about a year ago on the side of the road — lit­er­ally. Own­ers Brid­get Blake-​Wilson and Lori Dovi were sell­ing plants on the shoul­der of Topanga Canyon Blvd., at the loca­tion of the old Sas­safras Nurs­ery (the first nurs­ery I ever fell in love with and bemoaned by us old timers). Recently they pur­chased a gor­geous 2 1/​2 acres of oak stud­ded land just off Old Topanga Road. Brid­get and Lori are start­ing out small but they have big ideas. The selec­tion at Rib­bit (don’t you love the name) is lovely. As well as a choice selec­tion of trees, shrubs, veg­eta­bles and flow­ers, many of which are drought tol­er­ant, they are dis­trib­u­tors for the Aus­tralian fence prod­uct Aus­brush. They can pro­vide land­scap­ing, design, main­te­nance and even sprin­kler design and instal­la­tion. Since they live in the canyon, they want to give back and are start­ing out by mak­ing a pic­nic area on their land. Look for some sur­prises in the future!

Rib­bit Tree and Plant is located at 301 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Topanga 90290. At the moment they are open 8am — 6pm, Sat­ur­day and Sun­day. Call them at 310−351−7247 or 310−403−9090.