Hubby and I went to the
Bark & Garden Center in Olympia, yesterday. I can't believe I'd never been there before. It's so big! And open year-round, seven days a week. Bliss! I went looking for Golden Creeping Jenny, a popular trailing groundcover that seemed perfect for a container combination I'm working on. I was pleased to find exactly what I was looking for, plus copper plant tags and an orchid pot. It was nearing closing time when we arrived and we were already tired from other shopping, so we didn't stick around long enough to see even half of what they had to offer.
Sigh.
This morning while cooking breakfast I found myself singing these words (to the tune of
Take Me Back to Toyland):
Please take me back to the Bark & Garden Center
I'm so much happier there
It's more than a lark at the garden center
Where dreams, just like plants, can be shared
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| Shoppy-shop-shopping! |
Yesterday's little haul was pretty sweet. The groundcovers were about three bucks apiece. Not a fantastic price, but pretty typical. I bought the plant tags for labeling tall bearded iris rhizomes. In addition to copper tags, they had zinc and wood and plastic in several sizes. The orchid pot is a five-incher that seemed the right size for one of the oncidium orchids I recently bought at Trader Joe's.
I just love garden-related shopping. Hubby and I spent an entire day at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in February. We got there hours before opening time and we stayed until my eyes had glazed over and my legs were actually giving out. I'm so hard-core.
If I can go back to the Bark & Garden Center
With its acres of plants to see
All my day would be spent at the garden center
What a wonderful day that would be
Me thinks a verse about how all your ready cash (and not-so-ready) will henceforth all go to the Bark & Garden Center is in order! Glad you found your happy place!
ReplyDeleteI love places like that! And your lucky that you have a husband that is into it, too. :)
ReplyDeleteSo when you plant the 'creeping jenny' will you think of me? hee hee . . .
Will I? Jennie, every time I think of creeping jenny, I think of you. I'm even going to make an animated gif of you making "creeping" motions.
Delete'creeping, creepy'- it's all synonymous, isn't it? sadly enough, i can admit it's rather fitting. actually- i think i'll just be proud of it. why not?
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