Your Home for Gardening in the Eastern Sierra
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If you need to bring a physical sample for identification, there is a place in the lobby of the Inyo County Services Building at 207 W South Street in Bishop, next to the thrift store. (MAP.)
Be sure to visit our Facebook page as well to see what's going on in the garden!
This site contains local information of interest to gardeners in our region.
We don't try to be a comprehensive source on horticulture. There are hundreds of books and other websites that can provide that knowledge including the California Garden Web and the UC IPM Program to name two.
Our goal is to provide information that applies to our local situation, beyond what's provided in a general way elsewhere.
If you're interested in learning more about gardening in our area, consider attending one of our workshops or becoming a Master Gardener volunteer yourself!
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Start Your Own Nursery!
Some years back, I toyed with the idea of starting my own wholesale nursery business. We're not talking acres of palm trees in huge wooden planters here, just a few kinds of natives, wildflowers and grasses. I even got a business license and came up...
