I'm shopping for trees and plants -- come along!
People are always asking me where I like to shop for things. Truth be told, I like to explore and shop in many different places. Recently, I went plant shopping with Andrew Beckman, my gardening editorial director, and George Pisegna, who works at my farm in Bedford. Our destination was Hardscrabble Farms in North Salem, New York, a wholesale nursery not too far from my home. The 80-acre establishment has been in business since 1997, specializing in native species, plantings for wetland mitigation, and ornamental conifers –- a hobby of the owner, Robert Covino. Much of the nursery is on a hillside and fortunately, they have powered carts to travel around in, because it was quite muddy when we visited that day.
Here I am with Paul from the nursery driving, Andrew and George in the back.
We're starting to climb up the hillside.
All kinds of beautiful trees
Some ornamental conifers.
A beautiful view.
Trees wrapped for protection.
Beautiful arborvitae.
Here we are trying to decide.
Vinca, a lovely ground cover.
A long row of nursery stock.
More nursery stock.
And more nursery stock.
A mass of pachysandra.
Making more decisions.
Isn't this place just lovely?
Another view.
And another view with someone else's delivery, getting ready to leave.
And here is Fernando unloading what we bought that day.
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