It was a rainy weekend and we had planned to go over to Schoharie to visit Guernsey's Nursery with Mel and Marni. Marni has been bragging about this place for years and we just have never managed to get there. However, Marni had given me a gift certificate for Guernsey's for my birthday determined that a free gift would motivate me. She was right. The nursery has been in business for over 100 years and is a huge place with over 100 acres of beautiful plants. They were almost completely wiped out last year with Hurricane Irene and the flooding. The drive over is about an hour from Bovina. The nursery has a tremendous selection of trees, shrubs and perennials that you don't see at any chain nursery. We got lost in the trees and shrubs - always looking for new evergreens. We walked away with a Fernspray Hinoki Cypress Bush which has these beautiful fern shaped leaves and a few new perennials. We had lunch in town and then drove through another rainstorm trying to get home. The trip was worth it - after our trip here, I don't think we can shop at any other nursery.
It was a rainy weekend and we had planned to go over to Schoharie to visit Guernsey's Nursery with Mel and Marni. Marni has been bragging about this place for years and we just have never managed to get there. However, Marni had given me a gift certificate for Guernsey's for my birthday determined that a free gift would motivate me. She was right. The nursery has been in business for over 100 years and is a huge place with over 100 acres of beautiful plants. They were almost completely wiped out last year with Hurricane Irene and the flooding. The drive over is about an hour from Bovina. The nursery has a tremendous selection of trees, shrubs and perennials that you don't see at any chain nursery. We got lost in the trees and shrubs - always looking for new evergreens. We walked away with a Fernspray Hinoki Cypress Bush which has these beautiful fern shaped leaves and a few new perennials. We had lunch in town and then drove through another rainstorm trying to get home. The trip was worth it - after our trip here, I don't think we can shop at any other nursery.
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