What a Long (and Short) Strange Trip It's Been! Heartfelt Thanks To So Many!
Have you read the book "The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World" by John Forti? If not, add it to your winter reading list. For now, we want to share a nugget from his essay titled Indigenous Plants; it goes like this.
"Since the difference between value and profit is often lost in late-stage capitalism, box store sales will likely never embrace true native plants, which too often fly in the face of industry conventions. That means growing an industry for place-based natives falls to you and me, and the few remaining fine garden centers."
Of one thing we are quite certain, no one would accuse us of being a fine garden center. So then, we must be you and me (well us). Challenge accepted!
Quite honestly there are too many people to thank to name them all. But we are so grateful for the support and thankful to have spent so many hours having so much fun! It has been a whirlwind 25 weeks of excitement here to say the least. It is hard to say if it means more to know that people will enthusiastically drive several hours to visit, or to know that our East Bay neighbors showed up in force from the minute the gate first opened to the time the last plant left the stand. What we know for sure is that we are glad to have spent time with you, and we believe that the ripples you are causing in your own corners of the world can be carried on the wings of pollinators and songbirds alike to seed change near and far. Isn't it amazing to see the life that starts to spring back right outside your own door when you just make a bit of effort to create the conditions our wild friends need to survive and thrive?
There is a lot to be worried about in the world right now. And much of it feels beyond any one person's ability to help with. But the looming biodiversity crisis, that is something you have the personal power to do something about, starting right outside the door of your homes, offices, schools, churches and community centers. We encourage you to spend some time this fall and winter learning more about the movements afoot to thread habitat back together and how people just like you are working to make it happen.
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