Saturday I went with Kristi, Katie and Alex to the Open House at Morningsun Herb Farm. This was my first time visiting their nursery, although I purchased plants last month from them at the California Flower and Garden show. I've drooled over their selection of plants on their website for a while, and I'm kicking myself for not making the trip sooner!
Oh look- who's that checking out some of their demonstration gardens?! I was two seconds shy of getting her dancing on camera. Oh well, there will be other opportunities I'm sure!
They had a lot of people here for their event as you can see in the background. I admit I was more interested in the plants than participating in any of their classes available that day or browsing the several vendors they had.
Alex says "Come this way, I want to show you something!" Her plant pick of the day was a Helianthemum "Dazzler" and surprisingly didn't have a single flower on it and she still picked it! I was impressed when I got home and looked it up online to see that it is a red flower (which I've been trying to buy more of) AND is drought tolerant. Whoohoo! Good job kiddo!
I was VERY impressed with Morningsun. It was very well organized, with separate greenhouses for herbs, medicinal plants- even an entire greenhouse dedicated to salvia's (their selection is to die for!). I only bought one salvia today- a Peruvian sage (white leaf and a black flower)- and that's only because I already bought four of them a few weeks ago from them! Their prices were outstanding at the nursery, much cheaper than they are on their website (most 4" pots were in the $4.25-$6 range). I still bought a whole flat of plants even though I told myself I would only buy a couple(including a 6 pack of misc. basil plants- why don't more places sell a multi-pack of basil like that?! Genius!).I can't wait to go back. Sorry I didn't take more pictures, I was overwhelmed with the selection of plants and was in full shopping mode! If you want to see more pictures, hop on over to Katie's site to see hers. I promise I'll take more pictures next time!
It was awesome. THIS is the nursery if you want good quality, inexpensive starts. And by the way, I was photobombing not dancing. LOL
ReplyDeleteDid you see any Vietnamese coriander there?
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of the positive comments about the beauty and the plant selection at Morningsun. It has grown to be a valuable rexource for all plant lovers. The staff has always been so friendly and they are certainly helpful and knowledgeable. One staff member, Rose Harper, helped me design the small portion of my yard that I was working on. She gave me on-the-spot plant suggestions that have transformed the area. I went to the farm on Saturday, July 31,to talk to Rose about doing a design for the rest of my yard, only to discover that she does not work there anymore. In fact, it looks as though the whole staff has been replaced with new people who did not seem to know much about the plants. What's going on?
ReplyDeleteI hate to see the quality of the staff decrease because that was one of the reasons I made the trip to Vacaville. It was worth it to receive dependable advice when investing in my garden. I don't think it's worth the trip now.