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Favorite nurseries and Intro,

cinquefoil_5@yahoo.com

2006-10-27, 9:25 am

Hello Everyone,

My name is Anita and I recently moved to Austin from Dallas, about 4
months now.
I have been container gardening as I plan on moving from my current
location in about a year.
I have found a couple of great nurseries here in town, but still was
wondering where everyone liked to go to get their plants and/or
supplies.
The location does not matter to me so much, as the quality and price.
Plus it interest me to see where people go and why if possible.

Thank you everyone ahead of time,
Anita

God Bless Texas

2006-10-27, 1:25 pm

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:14:29 -0700, cinquefoil_5@yahoo.com wrote:

> I have found a couple of great nurseries here in town, but still was
> wondering where everyone liked to go to get their plants and/or
> supplies.

Howard Nursery.

Ooops, never mind. :-(

Mike Harris

2006-10-27, 1:25 pm

<cinquefoil_5@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1161947669.162633.111720@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> My name is Anita and I recently moved to Austin from Dallas, about 4
> months now.
> I have been container gardening as I plan on moving from my current
> location in about a year.
> I have found a couple of great nurseries here in town, but still was
> wondering where everyone liked to go to get their plants and/or
> supplies.
> The location does not matter to me so much, as the quality and price.
> Plus it interest me to see where people go and why if possible.
>
> Thank you everyone ahead of time,
> Anita

Anita,

I sent this list earlier this year to a co-worker who just moved here from
the UK

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Travis county agricultural extension, or "what's that bug and is it eating
my plants?"

http://travis-tx.tamu.edu/

Retailers, in no particular order:

http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/index.html

http://breedandco.com/

http://www.bigredsun.com/site/tweet.html

http://www.hillcountrywatergardens.com/

http://howardnursery.com/

http://www.itsajungleaustin.com/

http://www.tedstrees.com/

No web site:

Utility Research Garden, 638 Tillery St., Austin TX 78702, (512) 386-9453.

Barton Springs Nursery, 3601 Bee Caves Rd Austin TX 78746, (512) 328-6655

Great Outdoors, 2730 S Congress Ave Austin, TX 78704, (512) 448-2992

Not specifically garden related but an old-school hardware / feed store, fun
to browse:

http://www.callahansgeneralstore.com/

OmManiPadmeOmelet

2006-10-27, 1:25 pm

In article <pan.2006.10.27.14.42.23.933945@no.where.no.when.org>,
God Bless Texas <no.one@no.where.no.when.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:14:29 -0700, cinquefoil_5@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
> Howard Nursery.
>
> Ooops, never mind. :-(

I'm rather fond of "It's About Thyme" personally.
Here in San Marcos, I generally hit Gardenville or Lowes.
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Victor Martinez

2006-10-27, 5:25 pm

cinquefoil_5@yahoo.com wrote:
> I have found a couple of great nurseries here in town, but still was
> wondering where everyone liked to go to get their plants and/or
> supplies.

The Natural Gardener, Barton Springs Nursery, Shoal Creek Nursery.

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Treedweller

2006-10-28, 3:25 am

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:43:58 GMT, "Mike Harris"
<harrisremovethiswest@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
>http://howardnursery.com/
>
As GBT implied, this one is no more.

RIP.
td

2007-01-06, 8:39 pm

I like Red Barn (north location)...

<cinquefoil_5@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1161947669.162633.111720@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> My name is Anita and I recently moved to Austin from Dallas, about 4
> months now.
> I have been container gardening as I plan on moving from my current
> location in about a year.
> I have found a couple of great nurseries here in town, but still was
> wondering where everyone liked to go to get their plants and/or
> supplies.
> The location does not matter to me so much, as the quality and price.
> Plus it interest me to see where people go and why if possible.
>
> Thank you everyone ahead of time,
> Anita
>

Bob

2007-01-06, 8:39 pm

"me" <bob@nobody.com> wrote in message
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I like Red Barn (north location)...

<cinquefoil_5@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1161947669.162633.111720@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> My name is Anita and I recently moved to Austin from Dallas, about 4
> months now.
> I have been container gardening as I plan on moving from my current
> location in about a year.
> I have found a couple of great nurseries here in town, but still was
> wondering where everyone liked to go to get their plants and/or
> supplies.
> The location does not matter to me so much, as the quality and price.
> Plus it interest me to see where people go and why if possible.
>
> Thank you everyone ahead of time,
> Anita
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Personally, I don't think you can beat Gardenville. You said location is
not a problem, but it is way down south on highway 71, and I'm in Georgetown
so I don't go often.

But, he has the highest quality stock, not always the best prices but not
bad, and way more positive than anything is the first class advice from
people who have been in Texas for years, know the various soils in the area,
and the native plants as well as hybrids.

I wish to heck they were closer.
BTW, you can hear the owner (John Dromgoul (sp?)) on KLBJ-AM (590) on
Saturday, and I think Sunday morning doing a garden show.

Bob

Treedweller

2007-01-06, 8:39 pm

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:19:16 -0600, "Bob" <bobwhite@suddenlink.net>
wrote:

>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>Personally, I don't think you can beat Gardenville. You said location is
>not a problem, but it is way down south on highway 71, and I'm in Georgetown
>so I don't go often.
>
>But, he has the highest quality stock, not always the best prices but not
>bad, and way more positive than anything is the first class advice from
>people who have been in Texas for years, know the various soils in the area,
>and the native plants as well as hybrids.
>
>I wish to heck they were closer.
>BTW, you can hear the owner (John Dromgoul (sp?)) on KLBJ-AM (590) on
>Saturday, and I think Sunday morning doing a garden show.
>
>Bob
>
John Dromgoole and Gardenville parted ways some time ago. Dromgoole's
nursery is called The Natural Gardener and is not far from
Gardenville.

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