Socalnurseryplants.com, a new gardening directory
Avid gardener and self-described “nursery geek” Susan Hirsch has launched the new online nursery directory Socalnurseryplants.com to help support mom-and-pop businesses in the Los Angeles area.
The website is meant to help gardeners too by featuring 56 nurseries in the area, listing what type of plants are offered, what kinds of pots or other merchandise are sold, whether landscaping and maintenance services are offered, plus hours, locations and links. Hirsch also offers interesting tidbits such as who supplied plants to the Getty Center's cactus garden (California Cactus Center in Pasadena) and who offers delivery as well as planting (Jauregui Nursery in Gardena).
Hirsch says she has logged nearly 200,000 hits since the site premiered in August. "We’ve got to support our local businesses," she says, "or they won’t be here anymore.”-- Lisa Boone
Photos clockwise from left: Malibu Garden Center, Grow in Venice, Green Arrow Nursery in Van Nuys and California Cactus Center in Pasadena by Susan Hirsch
I think Ms. Hirsch is on to something. I wish her tons of luck! Colorful photos are fabulous!
Posted by: Mary Lynn Cook | 10/20/2009 at 03:14 PM
What a wonderful idea - I'm so glad it got off the ground and is getting recognition! Congratulations Susan!
Posted by: Kelsey L Capps | 10/20/2009 at 05:57 PM
Great resource for all southern California gardeners and nursery centers! Beautiful, entertaining and easy to use. I know I'll be visiting the site, and the nurseries listed in the directory, often.
Posted by: Norma Holt | 10/21/2009 at 07:59 AM
I've been really enjoying Susan Hirsch's Socalnurseryplants.com as a subscriber. It consistently takes me to interesting and quirky plant places. The photos are fun and she writes so well. Thanks so much for spreading the word through this article!
Posted by: Lisa Rosenbaum | 10/21/2009 at 12:39 PM