This past weekend I spent some time on Saturday morning in Seattle, in the University District, at boutique nursery
Ravenna Gardens. Few nurseries can top them for the artful display of their wares. Their booth at the NWFGS is often a microcosm of their larger shop in town, but the one in town has more stuff and way more plants. I visited last year in April, and you can see that post
here.
It's a small shop that packs a big punch.
Everywhere you turn there's a color-coordinated exhibit, a feast for the eyes.
Cool little vignettes too.
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| Those bark balls were interesting, but a touch expensive. |
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| I remember seeing these vases at the show. |
The hardy plants are outside the building, on wooden shelving all around it (the shop is in a mall, but it's free-standing, so there are plants on all four sides of the building).
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| Cool season edibles |
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| Pretty pansies |
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| I love Primroses, but unfortunately, the slugs love them even more. |
Many of the plants outside are also grouped in color-coordinated displays, like this Fritillaria and matching Heuchera.
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| I picked up a couple of pots of these tulips, I just couldn't resist that flower and leaf together. |
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| Magnolia stellata |
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| Inside the shop, I almost missed this interesting cactus look-alike, Euphorbia polygona |
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| I bought both the solid green and this near white one, called 'Snowflake.' |
