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03/17/2021

Attention to anyone interested in gardening!!!

Spring starts this weekend and so does the San Diego Master Gardeners Spring Seminar. Beginning on Saturday, March 20 through March 28, it's virtual this year! For $35 you have access to all 16 classes and workshops for a week! Check it out!

  Registration is now Open! Join us for Spring Seminar 2021 March 20 to March 28 Thank you to our Forest Level Sponsors     Thank you to our Tree Level Sponsors   Thank you to our Leaf Level Sponsors Scott & Liz Woodward   Each year, the Master Gardener Program of San Diego County's Spring Semi...

01/28/2021

Farmer Bill leaves behind an incredible legacy. Rest In Peace....

We wish we were able to share this news personally with each of you, the way Bill would have: across the nursery's front counter - the place he was happiest - where you approach as a customer and leave as a friend.

On Tuesday, after a six year, extraordinary and uphill battle against cancer and liver failure, our founder, Bill Tall, passed away. He was at home, surrounded by the ever-present sounds of the nursery; the background music of a life well lived.

A true Individual - there was, and will only ever be, one Farmer Bill.

In 1972, at the age of 16, Bill came down to an undeveloped bit of land at the corner of Home & Euclid, putting in long days for nearly fifty years - days that he said never felt like work at all because he loved it so - Bill built a place unlike any other.

The youngest son of Nathan and Bertha Tall, from an early age Bill has been a tireless advocate for school and community gardens, children's access to nature, farm animals, and hands-on learning.

Bill was a multi-year president of CAN, the California of Nurserymen. He was a community business advocate, a small business proponent, and the founder of Nate's Deli (now Nate's Garden Grill). He did all this, and so much more, from his little bit of the country in the heart of the city.

Thank you for being with Bill and us through his journey. Our journey now, together, continues.

The nursery will pause business this week, reopening Thursday, February 4th, allowing our family and staff time together. Sunday curbside pickup will remain open. We thank you for your patience and grace as we mourn, gather ourselves, and prepare for a future guided by our founder's brilliance, heart, humor, and love for plants and people.

Services will be held on Friday, January 29th, at 1pm PST. Because of Covid precautions, we will be streaming the service - the link will be available at cityfarmersnursery.com

If you'd like to read more about Bill's journey and the folks who made it possible, please go to cityfarmersnursery.com/farmerbill

Visit CityFarmersNursery.com to view service recording and learn more about Bill's memorial scholarship.

Warmly,
The Tall & City Farmers Nursery family

12/24/2020

Merry Christmas!

11/18/2020

Slugs in the news 😬

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two Oregon State University researchers have discovered a microscopic soil-dwelling nematode on the Corvallis campus that could be an important tool against invasive slugs that cause billions of dollars a year in agricultural damage worldwide.

11/02/2020

I need acorn people in my garden!

11/01/2020

Happy Halloween from the garden!

10/20/2020

From smallest to largest, from the size of a quarter to as big as a dinner plate, my stapelia are blooming.

09/29/2020

Love the colors!

09/12/2020

African Tulip Tree aka

09/05/2020

You're living in the dark ages if you choose garden plants strictly by hardiness zone. Thinking about the community the plant is a part of -- especially through ecoregions -- is key to nature-inspired garden success and wildlife support. https://www.monarchgard.com/thedeepmiddle/stop-gardening-by-hardiness-zone

08/26/2020

I did not speed up this video! It munched down my parsley very quickly 😩 but look at that beauty....