After three seasons of soul searching, Louise and I have reluctantly decided to cease operation of the current version of Addison Gardens. We have been unable to recruit key employees to continue our operation at its present scale and don’t want to risk diminishing our quality or service going forward. We also have to be honest that as we move into our 60’s we find the physical challenges of the nursery more daunting. Some of our current key employees would say the same... maybe not the 60’s part.
We are uncertain about our future in horticulture, hence our reticence to say that the nursery is closed. Louise and I have spent the past 25 years obsessing about plants and our business and wonder what we’ll talk about when we’re not pondering whether one of us remembered to send the spring flyer to the printer or what happened to those Ligularia ‘Britt Marie’s that we potted in mid April... they’re not showing in the inventory but didn’t I see them in Row 102...and DID YOU SEE THE 3:00 PM WEATHER AND THE FROST WARNING!!!
We have thoroughly enjoyed our business with you and hope you will help us finish up well as we dismantle our current operation.
Instead of our typical fall sale weekend, we’ll be open for 15 days, Friday, July 25, through Friday, August 8. from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Every plant in the nursery will be discounted 30%.
As I write, there are still 39,000 plants in the nursery, so there’s plenty for all, but we certainly don’t have everything that was available this spring. Please check the availability list on our web site if there is a particular plant you’re needing.
We’ve enjoyed your support over the years and hope you’ll take this last opportunity to fill those holes in your garden or take on that new planting project that you’ve been considering. Please tell all your friends, bring them along with the pick up truck and help us get these plants into good homes.
Thanks again for all your support over the years.
Lupins in Anzo Borrego State Park, CA, spring 1998.
The masterful design and intelligence in wild gardens is stirring and inspirational. Louise and I walked for hours through miles of these lupins in the early spring 1998. The infamous El Nino had brought sufficient rain that the locals were calling the spring the most floriferous in 100 years. Probably a little hyperbole there, but we count ourselves blessed to have seen so much beauty.