Snowbird Season

The constant flurry of movement around the nursery is punctuated by the busy flitting of brownish-grey snowbirds, often seen as flashes of white as their tails and underbellies soar neatly from tree to shrub to feeder.

Early 2026 Happenings & Updates

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The Triumphant Tufted Titmouse

Last week, we promised you birds, and birds you shall receive.

With the digital drop of our 2026 New Plants Supplement this week (get it HERE in PDF format), it’s officially time to dive into the weeds of some of this year’s primary landscape trends and concerns. Aside from resilient, adversity-tolerant plants capable of succeeding in hellish conditions, we’ve noticed increasing demand for plants that support native bird and insect populations. This year, we’re going to introduce or re-familiarize you with various North American birds and the plants that help to determine their livelihoods on a larger scale. This week, we bring you a long-time (and my own personal) feathered favorite, the affable tufted titmouse.

Old Bones & New Beginnings

Yet another blank slate within the arbitrary rhythm of life that is time, ready to be inundated with new plans, routines, affirmations and aspirations. This is true also for our natural ecosystems, regardless of location, scale, or inhabitants.  Wandering through the surrounding nursery woodlands, as I’m often wont to do during the chilly, barren months of January, my brain underwent a gentle refresher, ruminating upon the possibilities of what’s to come, what could be, and the appreciation for and understanding of things that no longer are.