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The fol­low­ing is taken from an arti­cle about my site that appeared in the Los Ange­les Times Online Home sec­tion on Tues­day, Octo­ber 20.

Octo­ber 20, 2009 |  1:13 pm

Avid gar­dener and self-​​described “nurs­ery geek” Susan Hirsch has launched the new online nurs­ery direc­tory Socal​nurs​ery​plants​.com to help sup­port mom-​​and-​​pop busi­nesses in the Los Ange­les area.

The web­site is meant to help gar­den­ers too by fea­tur­ing 56 nurs­eries in the area, list­ing what type of plants are offered, what kinds of pots or other mer­chan­dise are sold, whether land­scap­ing and main­te­nance ser­vices are offered, plus hours, loca­tions and links. Hirsch also offers inter­est­ing tid­bits such as who sup­plied plants to the Getty Center’s cac­tus gar­den (Cal­i­for­nia Cac­tus Cen­ter in Pasadena) and who offers deliv­ery as well as plant­ing (Jau­regui Nurs­ery in Gar­dena).
Hirsch says she has logged nearly 200,000 hits since the site pre­miered in August. “We’ve got to sup­port our local busi­nesses,” she says, “or they won’t be here anymore.”

– Lisa Boone

Pho­tos clock­wise from left: Mal­ibu Gar­den Cen­ter, Grow in Venice, Green Arrow Nurs­ery in Van Nuys and Cal­i­for­nia Cac­tus Cen­ter in Pasadena by Susan Hirsch

Click to link to the LA Times Home online edi­tion:  http://​latimes​blogs​.latimes​.com/​h​o​m​e​_​b​l​og/

I would like to thank Lisa Boone for the great article!