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The Plant Foundry hosts Holiday Open House

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED NOV 28, 2018

The Plant Foundry has transformed into a winter wonderland for the holiday season. (Photos courtesy The Plant Foundry)

Oak Park nursery and garden store celebrates season in style

In just four years, The Plant Foundry in Sacramento's Oak Park has become a holiday destination, especially for gardeners.

On Saturday, Dec. 1, the popular nursery and garden-minded gift store hosts its fourth annual Holiday Open House.

"We are happy to be celebrating our fourth Christmas in Oak Park at our annual Open House," said owner Angela Pratt. "The event is all day from 9 to 5. Beers in Sac will be running their beer/wine/craft cocktail bar, Yolanda’s Tamales will be selling fresh, hot tamales, and we’ll have a live holiday jazz guitar performance by local guitarist Doug Pauly from 1 to 3 p.m.

"We’re also expecting a visit from Santa!"

Rain or shine, the special event includes stuff for the whole family, including kids and canines.
"This is a family-friendly and dog-friendly event," Pratt said.

Complimentary hot cocoa, cider and candy canes will be offered. Also, 4 R Friends: The Street Vets, an animal rescue group dedicated to bringing veterinary care to under-served neighborhoods, will have an information table and more special guests.

The gift shop at the "urban nursery" has many unusual items.

"You'll get to meet some of their sweet pups," Pratt said.

The Plant Foundry has an excellent selection of fresh-cut Christmas trees including some Sierra-grown Silvertips. Sizes range from tabletop 2-footers up to about 9 feet.

"The bulk of our trees come from a family farm in snowy Mossyrock, Washington," Pratt said. "Varieties include Cultured Nobles, Natural Nobles, Fraser fir, Nordmann fir, Douglas fir, and Grand fir.

"We’re also very excited to offer California-grown Silvertips," she added. "Ours come from family-farmed land in the high Sierra.

"All of our trees are freshly cut and in water while they are on our lot," Pratt said. "We also sell fresh wreaths, and fresh garland is available by the foot."

Christmas decor and cards are now in the shop.

Patrons will find plenty of unusual items to put on -- and under -- that tree as well as decorate the whole house, inside and out.

Said Pratt, "Don’t miss our Holiday Gift Shop, which is filled to the brim with ornaments, poinsettias, Christmas cacti, cyclamen, unique pottery, bulbs for forcing and gifting, budding and blooming orchid plants direct from Hawaii, and great gifts for plant lovers of all ages. "

Located at 3500 Broadway, Plant Foundry continues to expand its offerings year round.

"We’re still aiming to fill the organic and artisan niche at our urban nursery," Pratt said. "We continue to buy from our favorite growers and vendors, and are always on the lookout for new and unique plants, products and gifts."

Details: www.plantfoundry.com .

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November still offers good weather for fall planting:

* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.

* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.

* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.

* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.

* Plant garlic and onions.

* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.

* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.

* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.

* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.

* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.

* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.

* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.

* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.

* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.

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