Comments on: Another One Bites The Dust http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/ by Ivette Soler Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10296 germinatrix Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:58:12 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10296 Susan - THAT is the kind of place I'm dreaming of - INSPIRING and interactive! We used to have a wonderful nursery here, one that went way beyond being just a place to buy plants. With space at SUCH a premium in NYC, that fact that Rooftop Farms is thriving is so fantastic! damn! Why can't that happen here in LA? It's the vision thing. I get very inspired by visiting fantastic retail nurseries - it isn't just about having plants for sale. It is like what they are doing there on the roof in NYC - sharing, educating, creating a new social space. YES! Thank you SO much for sharing this link! XO!! (and by the way, everyone - Susan is one of the newest Contributing Editors for Horticulture Magazine!!! Is that FANTASTIC or WHAT?) Well well well - if it isn't the OTHER newest Contributing Editor for Horticulture Magazine! Did you and Susan C. coordinate your comments? Oh Sweet One, it was SO sad... Mordigan was an institution for gardeners living in the Hollywood/ Mid-City area. And the photos perfectly expressed the bleakness. I love getting plants at good prices, but I will GLADLY pay to support a good nursery - right? That is where the guilt comes from. Even though it didn't close b/c of hard times, I still felt like I could have been more supportive. Considering how few places we have to buy plants these days, every loss is HUGE. Thank you for feeling my pain, Brain Twin! XOXO! Jim, you and my friend Laura are on the same page, and I think I am heading there, too! It might just be time... and if I do it, there WILL be coffee in it ... and snacks! A social/educational/retail nursery!!! Hoover Boo - okay I laughed as I typed your name. I just had to say that so we could laugh together! YES - I can appreciate them wanting to cash in ... but for a WALGREENS? Or the GAP? I don't know. It irks me SO BADLY! I would MUCH rather have plants than clothes. I can make clothes out of plants if I need to, but never visa versa. Thanks for stopping by! Laura Doll - We need to talk. This may be something that needs to happen. It can't happen just right now for me, but with some good planning and a few targeted spells ... we might be onto something! It's true, Hortus STILL haunts me, and it's time to move forward! XOXO!!! Hey Laura! Plant emergencies DO exist! You ARE lucky - I have to drive more than an hour to get to the nursery that makes my heart go pitter-pat. Next time you are at your local nursery, tell the owner how much you appreciate them! I'm sure it will make their day ... :-) Susan – THAT is the kind of place I’m dreaming of – INSPIRING and interactive! We used to have a wonderful nursery here, one that went way beyond being just a place to buy plants. With space at SUCH a premium in NYC, that fact that Rooftop Farms is thriving is so fantastic! damn! Why can’t that happen here in LA? It’s the vision thing. I get very inspired by visiting fantastic retail nurseries – it isn’t just about having plants for sale. It is like what they are doing there on the roof in NYC – sharing, educating, creating a new social space. YES! Thank you SO much for sharing this link! XO!!
(and by the way, everyone – Susan is one of the newest Contributing Editors for Horticulture Magazine!!! Is that FANTASTIC or WHAT?)

Well well well – if it isn’t the OTHER newest Contributing Editor for Horticulture Magazine! Did you and Susan C. coordinate your comments? Oh Sweet One, it was SO sad… Mordigan was an institution for gardeners living in the Hollywood/ Mid-City area. And the photos perfectly expressed the bleakness. I love getting plants at good prices, but I will GLADLY pay to support a good nursery – right? That is where the guilt comes from. Even though it didn’t close b/c of hard times, I still felt like I could have been more supportive. Considering how few places we have to buy plants these days, every loss is HUGE. Thank you for feeling my pain, Brain Twin! XOXO!

Jim, you and my friend Laura are on the same page, and I think I am heading there, too! It might just be time… and if I do it, there WILL be coffee in it … and snacks! A social/educational/retail nursery!!!

Hoover Boo – okay I laughed as I typed your name. I just had to say that so we could laugh together! YES – I can appreciate them wanting to cash in … but for a WALGREENS? Or the GAP? I don’t know. It irks me SO BADLY! I would MUCH rather have plants than clothes. I can make clothes out of plants if I need to, but never visa versa. Thanks for stopping by!

Laura Doll – We need to talk. This may be something that needs to happen. It can’t happen just right now for me, but with some good planning and a few targeted spells … we might be onto something! It’s true, Hortus STILL haunts me, and it’s time to move forward! XOXO!!!

Hey Laura! Plant emergencies DO exist! You ARE lucky – I have to drive more than an hour to get to the nursery that makes my heart go pitter-pat. Next time you are at your local nursery, tell the owner how much you appreciate them! I’m sure it will make their day … :-)

]]> By: Laura http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10295 Laura Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:51:41 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10295 That's so sad. Another one bites the dust! I am one of those people who regularly has a 'I need a plant ASAP' emergency. I am luck to live somewhere between the city and the country, where there are still a lot of these independent nursery's serving their customers well. I don't know what I'd do without my local nursery. That’s so sad. Another one bites the dust! I am one of those people who regularly has a ‘I need a plant ASAP’ emergency. I am luck to live somewhere between the city and the country, where there are still a lot of these independent nursery’s serving their customers well. I don’t know what I’d do without my local nursery.

]]> By: laura http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10294 laura Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:51:06 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10294 Germi! I know a perfect Eastside location, right here in the 'hood. Let's do it! We've all been in a permanent state of semi-depression since Hortus closed. Economy may be bad but with the lack of venues I think ther would be a good clientelle....just waiting for a well curated nursery. With tea. And a monthly seed exchange. C'mon! Germi!

I know a perfect Eastside location, right here in the ‘hood. Let’s do it! We’ve all been in a permanent state of semi-depression since Hortus closed. Economy may be bad but with the lack of venues I think ther would be a good clientelle….just waiting for a well curated nursery. With tea. And a monthly seed exchange. C’mon!

]]> By: hoover boo http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10293 hoover boo Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:56:37 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10293 I've read that the nursery is the job, and the land the nursery is on is the retirement account. At least this one wasn't because of the dreadful economy. Still sad though. And why would anyone want clothes when you can buy plants? I’ve read that the nursery is the job, and the land the nursery is on is the retirement account. At least this one wasn’t because of the dreadful economy. Still sad though.

And why would anyone want clothes when you can buy plants?

]]> By: Jim/ArtofGardening.org http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10292 Jim/ArtofGardening.org Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:43:39 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10292 I think this just opens up an opportunity for you! Open that ultimate store you've always dreamed about. Hell PUT a coffee shop in it. Having just gotten back from a week in Germany/Austria, I want to open up a Wine or Bier garten -- but with a garden center attached! Not sure that's a business plan that can get easily funded, but it's nice to dream. We're fortunate to have an awesome urban garden center in Buffalo. We count our lucky stars they're bucking national trends. I think this just opens up an opportunity for you! Open that ultimate store you’ve always dreamed about. Hell PUT a coffee shop in it. Having just gotten back from a week in Germany/Austria, I want to open up a Wine or Bier garten — but with a garden center attached! Not sure that’s a business plan that can get easily funded, but it’s nice to dream.

We’re fortunate to have an awesome urban garden center in Buffalo. We count our lucky stars they’re bucking national trends.

]]> By: rebecca sweet http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10291 rebecca sweet Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:20:16 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10291 Don't you just HATE that? Even when you can score a bunch of plants at ridiculous prices, it isn't even fun because you're so sad. I always feel guilty, too. That last photo, with the office chair just kind of lurking by the fence is so sad.... Don’t you just HATE that? Even when you can score a bunch of plants at ridiculous prices, it isn’t even fun because you’re so sad. I always feel guilty, too. That last photo, with the office chair just kind of lurking by the fence is so sad….

]]> By: Susan aka Miss R http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10290 Susan aka Miss R Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:56:15 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10290 As urban land becomes more and more valuable, nurseries like this one are going to have to be creative to survive the lust for more clothes, more coffee, more consumerist crapola. One idea that might fly is roof space. There is at least one huge NYC rooftop farm that has classes and a market and is thriving http://rooftopfarms.org/ so why can't a garden center? Forget about the loads and logistics for the up and down for now, but it could be a cool solution don't you think? In LA the whole damn thing could be solar powered year round. As urban land becomes more and more valuable, nurseries like this one are going to have to be creative to survive the lust for more clothes, more coffee, more consumerist crapola. One idea that might fly is roof space. There is at least one huge NYC rooftop farm that has classes and a market and is thriving http://rooftopfarms.org/ so why can’t a garden center? Forget about the loads and logistics for the up and down for now, but it could be a cool solution don’t you think? In LA the whole damn thing could be solar powered year round.

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10289 germinatrix Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:46:28 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10289 I KNOW, Pam! It just keeps getting worse and worse. I am beginning to thing I am going to have to be the one to do something about the situation instead of complaining about it all the time. Maybe this Texan needs to bring a little Austin retail nursery style to LA - hmmm... Thanks Loree. It is sad - I was shocked when I heard, because this was an old nursery. How strange that the owners suddenly decided it would be better to be a landlord for knock-off designer clothing boutiques! Sheesh! ESP!!! I would of course need to have my own jet to bring back the haul of goodies. Not a bad idea! Maybe I could get a sleek black and silver jet so that me and my lovely little sidekick could do skywriting fly-bys over the East Side Patch - THERE'S an idea! I'd better start selling books NOW, if we're going to make THAT happen... Sweet Tendril! Can you believe it - a nursery for a MALL? It is a travesty. Boo. LA is a little less greener now. XOXO - thanks for stopping in!!! I KNOW, Pam! It just keeps getting worse and worse. I am beginning to thing I am going to have to be the one to do something about the situation instead of complaining about it all the time. Maybe this Texan needs to bring a little Austin retail nursery style to LA – hmmm…

Thanks Loree. It is sad – I was shocked when I heard, because this was an old nursery. How strange that the owners suddenly decided it would be better to be a landlord for knock-off designer clothing boutiques! Sheesh!

ESP!!! I would of course need to have my own jet to bring back the haul of goodies. Not a bad idea! Maybe I could get a sleek black and silver jet so that me and my lovely little sidekick could do skywriting fly-bys over the East Side Patch – THERE’S an idea! I’d better start selling books NOW, if we’re going to make THAT happen…

Sweet Tendril! Can you believe it – a nursery for a MALL? It is a travesty. Boo. LA is a little less greener now. XOXO – thanks for stopping in!!!

]]> By: Alice Joyce http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10288 Alice Joyce Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:15:40 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10288 Dear Germi I feel your pain and disappointment. Another mall! One less nursery :-( Dear Germi
I feel your pain and disappointment.
Another mall! One less nursery :-(

]]> By: ESP http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/09/03/another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-10287 ESP Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:37:20 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=1120#comment-10287 Sad,sad,sad! Hi G...What is going on up there in LA? You will soon have to fly down to Austin to obtain your plants!!! Hey, not such a bad thing, I know somebody who would love this :-) ESP. Sad,sad,sad!

Hi G…What is going on up there in LA? You will soon have to fly down to Austin to obtain your plants!!! Hey, not such a bad thing, I know somebody who would love this :-)

ESP.

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