Gardening doesn’t get the same media play as the culinary professions. While garden shows and magazines are suffering food related media grows. I think we are going to see and are seeing a melding of the two arts as we head into the future. The biggest trend I can see coming down the pike is people growing and then preparing their own food. Not so much as a survival technique but as an artisan revival.
Found a hydroponic shop that sells gardening supplies, wine making supplies, and beer making supplies. The gardening supplies sell during spring while the beer and wine making supplies sell during winter. I expect to see more hybrid stores like this in the future. You could come up with some fun fall and winter workshops with these subjects.
This is interesting — as one of my many gardening goals is to make a pomegranate punch with my pomegranate trees and honey harvested from the beehive. Also in mind is some sort of juice creation for my table grape vines — once they start to produce.
That’s a long way off though. I’m getting ahead of myself.
Comment by Bill — July 30, 2010 @ 10:07 am
No bees around to suck up to poison nectar. They’re dead. The paying public hates bugs. Big Money gals are bug free.
I’m guilty about dosing aphid infested plants with Bayer’s sub for the original aphid poison.
Am I doing the right thing?
Comment by Old Kim — July 30, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
I love this idea and I think you are right on the mark! my favorite hybrid garden shop is Walker farm in Dummerston, Vermont (Walkerfarm.com). It is a nursery and mini faarmers market!
Comment by susan hirsch — July 31, 2010 @ 10:40 am
I love the idea of a Farmers Market and Nursery combination!!! I really miss the Public TV garden shows we used to get, don’t mind the cooking shows but a combination and garden crafts thrown in. Great idea!
Mary Hoblit
Comment by Mary Hoblit — July 31, 2010 @ 2:15 pm
The hybrid ‘garden center’ has been alive and well for quite some time, especially in more rural areas. In our market we are the only garden center, but, in addition to the box stores, there are numerous plant retailers who fill greenhouses in spring with transplants and baskets and then switch to produce sales through the summer and fall. In my experience it seems that the majority of older plant retailers began as produce stands. Many larger garden centers have moved away from their produce origins, but there are others who have continued to embrace their past and do it quite well. Adams Fairacre Farms in upstate NY is a great example (adamsfarms.com)
Comment by Christian — August 1, 2010 @ 5:52 pm