JUST IN
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At Southlands Nursery, things are always changing,
and not just with the seasons. We're constantly creating,
searching and bringing in new plants and exciting items
on a regular basis.

Get a sneak peak here or come visit us soon.

SOUTHLANDS NURSERY
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Could it be that dreams do come true?
When artistic talent, sweat, business savvy and encyclopedic
plant knowledge are combined, it seems they do....

Southlands Nursery is a walk-in fantasy,
where beauty always comes before profit.

STORE INFO
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Established in 1991, and located in a charming 'equestrian pocket' on Vancouver's upscale
westside, this unique area called Southlands is a horse friendly enclave right in the city.
Large lots and small acreages house many stables, and it is not unusual to see horses and their
riders go by our gates. With delicious free coffee always on hand, many people tell us that they
come down to the nursery just to experience the beautiful atmosphere.
We hope you will visit soon!

TOM SPEAKS
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According to all my grade school report cards, I never stop speaking!

Here is where I rant/ share/ proselytize about whatever I think is
beautiful/ interesting/ semi-important....

JUST IN
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At Southlands Nursery, things are always changing,
and not just with the seasons. We're constantly creating,
searching and bringing in new plants and exciting items
on a regular basis.

Get a sneak peak here or come visit us soon.

FAVOURITES
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Visiting Vancouver?
Want to order flowers?

Check out this very personal list of some of Thomas Hobbs favourite
Vancouver shops and restaurants you may not otherwise discover.

DAYLILIES
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Thomas Hobbs own hybrids (and other fabulous varieties) are available in
limited numbers. Hybridizing daylilies has become an absolute obsession....
using cutting edge parent plants from the world's top breeders.

Half the fun is in naming them!

ORDERING
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We will never be a fully online shopping nursery, but from time to time
we'll offer special plants or things.Thomas Hobbs own daylily introductions
will be available for Spring or Fall shipping.

We hope to offer other specialties,
such as own own Nerine hybrids, this way, also.

BOOKS & PRESS
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The only thing I love more than gardening is sharing that passion with others.
I've had the pleasure of writing 2 books and have been featured in a number of professional
horticultural and gardening magazines. For the past 16 years I've also worked in television on
GlobalBC's Saturday morning news 'Gardening with Thomas Hobbs' segments. The nursery has
been featured on virtually every gardening show including 'The Victory Garden', 'Martha Stewart'
and 'Recreating Eden'. We were even home to 'The Orchid Nazi' on the hit TV show The X Files!

December 12, 2014

Whad’ya do with unsold ornaments?

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010  With Christmas fast approaching, I couldn’t help notice that my favourite ornaments this year were the least popular (go figure!) and not selling. I loved these large purple cabbages !  I could see them on a tree with magenta lights….oh well.   So, I thought I would make a demonstration centrepiece with them and a few of their beet friends. I chose a very low birch bark dish, wired on a partial piece of OASIS foam and began wiring on my veggies.  I uses very thin florist wire and also a glue gun. I included some nice pine cones, and hid all my sins (wires) with green lichen moss. The whole thing took about half an hour. I like it so much that I am going to use it on my own holiday table this year !

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December 11, 2014

The Christmas Rose

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We have just received the most floriferous Helleborus niger I have ever seen !  They are incredible. It used to be that you were lucky to get three or four flowers on this winter-flowering perennial. Now, there are hundreds of flowers and buds on superior selections, mostly from Germany.  Through the miracle of tissue culture (cloning), millions of identical plants are available and affordable. Breeders have selected amazingly healthy, easy to grow standouts from their thousands of seedlings. With upward-facing flowers, these introductions were a fantasy only ten years ago !    Hellebores must be grown outside. They are not houseplants and will hate it in a living room, even for a few days. The front porch or balcony is ideal, then plant it out where it can remain undisturbed for the rest of your life!

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