The last six months, as it has probably been for you, has been about ADJUST, ADJUST, ADJUST.

So what has the cafe been up to? ALOT.

Before Covid we never really had an online presence. However we now have an excellent online platform in which to purchase your cafe favorites. I cant thank the cafe team enough for their relentless efforts in putting together an online presence and constantly adjusting it as we went along.

We opened the restaurant and then we had to close the restaurant a second time. Frankly each time was brutal but we kept looking forward and adjusting to what could possibly become a new norm.

We went out and bought a smoker. Like most men, we don’t think about what it will take to put the smoker in place. Why would we read the instructions? Why should we actually think if it will fit through the door? Well, as you know High-Hand is always the little engine that could and it did. Desperation is the mother of all invention, when in doubt remove the roof and bring in the crane!

Our new friend THE SMOKER

As I said, desperation is the mother of all invention

We moved the restaurant outside

We are happy to say we are now back to our pre covid hours. The cafe now open Tuesday through Friday 11:00am – 3:00pm. Saturday & Sunday 9:00am – 3:00pm. Reservations can be made online by clicking here, come dine with us at High-Hand.

Cat on a cart

In the sheds we are moving forward with the relocation and remodel of the High-Hand Olive Oil store. You can still purchase your favorites online by clicking here. Be patient with us please, our supply chains have tightened up a bit due to Covid.

The remodel for the art gallery is moving forward and we hope to have it open soon.

We are happy to say that High-Hand Nursery is back to its pre Covid hours. The nursery hours are Monday-Saturday 9:00-5:00 and Sunday 9:00-4:00. Let’s see if you’re actually paying attention to this. In celebration of opening up to pre covid hours, Monday September 28th everything at High-Hand store wide is 10% off. Come on in. We would love to see you.

Always pretty in pink

The grow container that grows our lettuce for the cafe and vegetable starts for Maple Rock & High-Hand is back online. 😀

Lets summarize

• Nature never quits
• Cafe is back to normal hours (open on Tuesdays) and is smoking along
• The shed is being remolded, revamped, and flipped 😀
• The nursery is open 7 days a week
• The grow container is growing
• And Petunia is great!

Did I mention September 28th is 10% off at High-Hand Nursery? Let me throw something else in the mix for you. October 3rd High-Hand nursery will be bringing back our Name Your Own Price Sale! Name your own price on selected scratched and dented Japanese Maples and various trees as well as some selected shrubs. When you give us a price most likely we will counter back, but we might counter lower.

During a pandemic gratitude is tricky. With all the changes, challenges, and stress that we are all going through, gratitude can be at times hard to find. With much gratitude the team at High-Hand wants to thank you. For the last six months we have been constantly adjusting. Because of you, we have been able to work through the challenges and create a place where everyone’s worries can wash away. All of us are very grateful. All of you have kept us motivated.

Life moves forward.

See you at High-Hand,

Scott

What else is underrated that we can put in the win column? Laughter is underrated — it’s an emotion that is completely contagious while engaging mind and body. Is shelter underrated? It’s argumentatively the most important variable in our life. We rarely acknowledge it. Without shelter what would life be like? Water is liquid gold for our body. Do you ever stop and think about water as you are slamming it down? Grabbing a plate at the buffet line is so satisfying when you realize that you can put unlimited amounts of food on it. This too is underrated. Have you ever been to High-Hand Cafe and lamented over what to order? The feeling of satisfaction after realizing that you have made the perfect choice is very underrated. A deep breath, taking off wet socks and putting on dry ones, and high-fiveing a stranger when you are both in agreement are all underrated.

Is this a class on things that are underrated, no not really. What does this have to do with plants Scott? A lot, I was walking through the nursery the other day when I stopped and looked at a plant and thought “man you are so underrated.”

The plant that we are going to learn about is the common Geranium. I don’t know why it’s not used more often. I think we associate it with grandma’s yard. I associate it with being one of the most idiot proof plants on the face of the earth. If I told you there was a plant that you could forget about, forget to water it, chop it back and it comes back, and is a bloom factory, would that sway your stigma of this being an outdated plant?

Maybe I can entice you into using this plant if you just knew a bit of the facts about it. First of all, the name Geranium is quite a generic name that refers to over 200 species of plants under the family tree of Geraniaceae but don’t worry about that name; here we are talking about Geranium Pelargonium. This is the only species of Geranium that can be consumed. Native to the southern region of Africa, it’s been exported around the world as a wonderful garden addition and a medicinal herb. (Warning do not try this at home.) It is said that the leaves can be brewed into a tea that can have a slight rose hint and is known to create a calming effect. I have not used it myself, but I heard that it lowers stress. A quick cup of tea can relieve an unpleasant mood and a cluttered mind. I hear it relieves pain. Geranium oil is said to relieve pain in minutes. It has antibacterial properties, boosts immunity, aids in digestion, and yes (now I’m talking to the men … here pass this along) treats menopause. There are a list of other benefits, but I’m not going to mention them. Google it — “health benefits of a geranium.” Trust me they are an amazing plant and they have a half life of about 500 years in your garden. Just kidding. They are incredibly long survivors.

How do you care for it?

• Plant in full sun.
• Water as you will, it is very forgiving.
• Deadhead if you want. It is a flower factory.
• And forget about it as I did mine at home.

This is a trailing Geranium I planted about 6-7 years ago. Believe it or not I just rediscovered it after all of this time. It has sat there, froze and come back, it’s been neglected, and I have put zero energy into it. I don’t remember watering it or applying fertilizer. Such a neglectful gardener I am. I rest my case.

We have several colors of geraniums at High-Hand Nursery, come get yours and live long and prosper. You want this plant!

High-Hand Cafe Insider

Only tell your closest friends — High-Hand Cafe will be open for dine-in service May 22nd. It’s a Friday by the way!

We are going to spend the next week educating staff on safety, both yours and ours. Please be patient with us as we open our doors. We are trying to navigate 16 pages of health code requirements. There will obviously be some changes, but we hope to keep your dining experience at High-Hand memorable! As always reservations can be made online by clicking here.

News flash: As we transition back to a “new normal” this will be the last week for our produce boxes. We hope that you have enjoyed them as much as we have enjoyed providing them for you.

Like our curbside? It’s still available!

Here’s how the High-Hand Curbside Marketplace works:

1. Click here to order online or visit our website and click on the banner seen above.
2. Select a time for pick up. We are open for curbside pickup Thursday & Friday 11:00–3:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 10:00–3:00pm.
3. Now here’s the tricky part, toggle our menu options at the top. The menu options are listed as Restaurant, Grocery, Coffee Bar, Beverages, Nursery, and don’t forget the Olive Oil Company.
4. Make your selections then head to check out and pay online. We will have your order ready at your scheduled time in the Cafe parking lot.

Mission Complete

• Six Sutter hospitals
• Five Mercy/Dignity Health hospitals
• Four convalescent homes
• Four medical facilities in the San Joaquin Valley & Vallejo
• Three Kaiser hospitals
• UC Davis Hospital Sacramento
• Six Cal Star Air Medical bases

Thank you to all who emailed in to get involved; it filled our hearts with warmth. Thank you to all the volunteers who prepared Hydrangeas. Thank you to Teichert Corporation, Berco Redwood/Berry Lumber, Livingston’s Concrete, Charge EPC, Ken Dyer Construction, Placer County Treasurer, OK Tires North Highlands, and Bayside Church. Nice job everyone!

Let’s be a kinder humanity; you don’t know what is going on in someone’s life. A random act of kindness could change a persons entire perspective. Be good to people. ENERGY IS CONTAGIOUS.

See you at High-Hand Nursery & Cafe,

Scott

How did we get here?

Every cause starts with an event. This is the first event ever that has polarized the entire world at the same time. When a crisis shows up, the best of humanity shows up. We can’t necessarily control what goes on in the world. As individuals we really don’t have much control over the events in our country as a whole. As individuals we can’t influence what goes on in our own state necessarily, but what we can do is influence our communities. That’s where I choose to focus my energy — in our communities, where we have the most impact. So, how did we get here? It’s amazing to watch humanity fill the needs in an ever changing environment.

Hydrangea’s for Heroes – How it started?

• A guy sitting in his office one Friday had an idea.
• That ideas was “Hydrangeas for Heroes.” (He liked the rhyme to it.)
• Decision made — “Ok, fine let’s go!”
• He worked the weekend to find budded & blooming 8 inch Hydrangeas.
• On a Monday, he made the call to lock in 2,000 hydrangeas.
• Monday afternoon… yikes! How do we do this? (panic set in)
• A call went out to sponsors. (They showed up!)
• He started calling hospitals & convalescence homes to create a protocol on how to distribute.
• Packaging was created.
• More panic! How to keep them watered, how to put on 2,000 stickers, and how to tie 2,000 bows in short order?
• More panic! How much ribbon is this going to take and how to design a sticker with a meaningful message? (All while holding a watering wand.)
• Even more panic! Where to find “sticker stickers” — a person who applies a sticker to a pot, (noun), “bow makers,” and “bow stickers” — people who stick bows onto pots, (noun)?
• Boat loads of panic. How to deliver, swiftly, efficiently, and effectively?

Within a couple days the dust settled. In front of us stood all of you. Amazing! Everybody at High-Hand is grateful. An idea can be born, but in this case the execution of that idea was all of you answering the call to action. An email went out last Wednesday asking for volunteers and within a couple of days we had received hundreds of responses. “I can do bows!”, “I’ll do stickers!”, “We can help load vehicles”, “I would like to be a driver.”

We want to personally say that we are very grateful. You are our heroes.

Look what you accomplished

This is what 1,200 Hydrangeas look like, delivery #1.

You accomplished this in less than 72 hours.

Bow stickers & sticker stickers in action.

Loaders loaded & drivers drove.

Heroes received.

You accomplished this. Your eagerness and your willingness to get involved was not only heart-warming, but also inspiring. For all of you that sent in emails volunteering time and your resources, we are grateful. We were not able to contact all of you. For those we couldn’t respond to, your emails validated everything we always knew about the communities we live in. For all the donors, bow makers, sticker stickers, bow stickers, and drivers — this certainly would not have happened without you. Over the last six weeks a lot in our world has been canceled. Thank you for proving that love wasn’t canceled.

Changes at High-Hand this Week

• We are expanding our hours this week, the Nursery will be open Wednesday thru Saturday 9:00am-5pm and Sunday 9am-4pm.
• The Cafe will be open for curbside take-out Thursday & Friday from 11am-3pm, and Saturday & Sunday from 10am-3pm (for brunch curbside, finally!).

Lunch & Brunch Curbside Pick-Up!

1. Click here to order online or visit our website and click on the banner seen above.
2. Select a time for pick up. We are open for curbside pickup Thursday & Friday 11:00–3:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 10:00–3:00pm.
3. Now here’s the tricky part, toggle our menu options at the top. The menu options are listed as Restaurant, Grocery, Coffee Bar, Beverages, Nursery, and don’t forget the Olive Oil Company.
4. Make your selections then head to check out and pay online. We will have your order ready at your scheduled time in the Cafe parking lot.

This has been a long road traveled in a very short period of time. We have all been under a lot of stress and dealing with the unknown is generally not something we are comfortable with. I feel like a snail slowly coming out of my shell and like the mighty snail, we will get there slowly but surely. This weekend raise a glass to the volunteers, the community, and the heroes all around us.

Have a relaxing Mother’s Day and hope to see you soon,

Scott

Did you ever think in your lifetime that you would see an event take place that would reshape the lives of the whole world? Last Friday I sat in my office thinking about this. I sat here thinking about my world and the journey over the last seven weeks. There are parts of my world that I did not handle well in the beginning. To be honest I made mistakes that affected those around me. As a business owner, like so many across America, we were open on one day and completely shut down the next. I was thinking a lot about other business owners and what they may be going through. I can’t come up with any words to visualize it other than silence and shaking my head.

One thing that has been emerging of late that I have noticed for myself is that I am developing better “mind muscles.” I so want to come out of this stronger as person than even before this happened. Like so many things in my brain sometimes ideas just fire off. It’s kind of a curse because I have a tendency to be impulsive when I get an idea and I just go with it and try to not look back. Sometimes I hit a home run, sometimes I don’t. But most people who are self employed are generally risk takers, it’s kinda in our DNA as business owners. So a small light popped in my head Friday, I was thinking about all the heroes out there, first responders, nurses, doctors, the mail man, delivery drivers, warehouse workers, and grocery clerks just to mention a few.

I was thinking about what I could do for doctors and nurses besides just deliver food. I’m in the nursery business, the restaurant business, and the landscape construction business. I have decided to launch Hydrangeas for Heroes. We are going to deliver Hydrangeas to hospitals and convalescence homes around the region, to doctors and nurses who have sacrificed everything for our safety. Since Friday, we are up to over 1,500 Hydrangeas that will be delivered next week. We will be reaching from Auburn to the San Joaquin Valley, and Amador County. We will also be delivering at convalescence homes that are in lock down. To pull this off, there is a mountain of work to be done in a very short period of time.

If you’d like to volunteer for something, here is how you could help:

• I need 2,000 bows made by Monday. (I would provide the ribbon, cut to length, and the wire for them)
• I need drivers with covered trucks who would be willing to drop Hydrangeas off locally and throughout the valley curbside. My goal is to hit all six Sutter hospitals in one day.
• I need six drivers to come to High-Hand at the same time and depart at the same time on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
• I need sticker helpers.
• I need to place the label shown below on thousands of pots. Yikes!

We are very grateful for the corporate sponsors who have stepped up to date. High-Hand provided the first chunk of Hydrangeas. Teichert, Livingston’s Concrete, Berry Lumber, Placer County Treasurer, and the head nurse at San Joaquin General, and six other locations have all stepped up to help the cause, I am eternally grateful.

You can be part of Hydrangeas for Heroes as well:

1. Go to our homepage.
2. Click on the banner High-Hand To Go/Curbside Pickup.
3. Select the blue Hydrangea flower and you can be part of Hydrangeas for Heroes.

The hydrangeas are $15 each and this includes tax and delivery. Thanks volunteers 😊. We would love for you to be part of Hydrangeas for Heroes — if you are interested, email us at thoughts@highhand.com with name/phone/what you can help out with (drivers, bow makers, stickers). I thank you in advance.

Pruning

So while we are still homeschooling, let’s talk about Hydrangeas. Do you want to know about tips and tricks? Have you ever wondered why your hydrangeas have never bloomed? If that’s the case, you’re probably pruning at the wrong time of the year. Do not prune in the spring – shame on you. Most Hydrangeas bloom on old wood, while there are some varieties that bloom on new wood. I would still follow the same rule. I recommend fall pruning after the blooming is done. This could be September-ish? This allows the Hydrangea to put on active growth before it goes to sleep. Are you a bear that hibernated and missed the fall pruning? You can still prune in the spring, once you see the leaf nodes beginning to form you can cut back the end of stem to at least 3 fat and healthy leaf nodes. Leaf nodes are obvious. There are more things about pruning, but for our purpose that pretty much covers it.

Pest & Diseases

The most common pest is the snail and there are organic, non harmful, snail baits that you can apply, or broken egg shells around the base will help out as a deterrent. Share your beer with your Hydrangeas. A flat plate with some beer on it and the snails will belly up to the bar. Frogs keeping you up at night? Just know that they are eating snails — take a sleeping pill.

Thrips and Spittle bugs suck the moisture out of leafs, they love the shade those little bugs. Any garden insecticide should send them packing.

Powdery Mildew and Black Spot could pop up in shady locations, usually when there is poor air circulation. Cut the leaves off which have traces of mildew and fungus without hesitation.

Rust. Pops up up with too much sunlight after overhead watering. Water in the morning or late afternoon and allow the leaves to dry before the night air settles in.

Deer love Hydrangeas. Its a salad bar. Don’t have much help for you here — build a fence or get a dog.

Flower Colors

The color of blooms — here’s how it works. To create blue blooms (say that 10 times – I cant even say it once without having to slow down my mouth and think) is achieved by applying an acid based fertilizer. The degree of blueness is controlled by the amount of available aluminum. Burying a fish worked for the Pilgrims, but no, you cannot bury a beer can! You can buy aluminum sulfate and that will do the trick. A rule of thumb is a quarter cup per foot of Hydrangea. Do you want pink to red blooms? Applying lime once or twice a year should do the trick, apply until you get desired bloom color. Don’t have lime? Apply a fertilizer high in phosphate — there you go!

Where do I plant a Hydrangea?

Find a location that does not get afternoon sun. The good news is that they can take some direct sun once they are able to get established. Keep the plant thoroughly moist during hot weather until well established. At Maple Rock, I have them in deep shade, morning shade, afternoon sun, morning sun, afternoon shade, and because I’m a risk taker — full sun. They are extremely hardy and are an awesome plant. I don’t know if I have answered the question of where to plant? If you want to be a risk taker go ahead and plant wherever you want and experiment. Your best bet will be to plant in morning sun and afternoon shade.

Would you like to help with Hydrangeas for Heroes? Click here or on the HIgh-Hand To Go banner on our homepage and you’re in. We would love to have you as a volunteer. Send us an email. We will make every attempt to reach out to everybody in a timely manner — we will do our best. I would love to hear from you.

Class adjourned.

High-Hand Nursery is open!
Thursday thru Sunday 9:00am-4:00pm

If you can respect social distancing for your health and ours, welcome to the nursery. We wear masks and have plexiglass at the counters 😊.

High-Hand Cafe is open for takeout!
Thursday thru Sunday 11:00am-3:00pm

There are two ways you can order:

Visit www.highhand.com and order online.

What’s the second way to order? Come to the nursery, buy plants, order online, we will have your food ready in about 15 minutes at the cafe when you leave.

Check out our menu at High-Hand Curbside Marketplace online:

• Fresh produce
• Farm fresh eggs
• Cafe favorites
• Fun Plants

Here’s how the High-Hand Curbside Marketplace works:

1. Click here to order online or visit our website and look for the banner.
2. Select a time for pick up. We are open for pickup Thursday–Sunday 11:00–3:00pm.
3. Now here’s the tricky part, toggle our menu options at the top. The menu options are listed as Grocery, Beverages, Nursery, Restaurant and don’t forget the Olive Oil Company.
4. Make your selections then head to check out and pay online. We will have your order ready at your scheduled time in the Cafe parking lot.

Do you walk your garden in the search of green life? I think we all walk our gardens and don’t see beyond the green life that lies in front of us. Most of the time we just look at a flower and say, “oh that’s pretty.” You expect flowers in your garden, but have you ever asked yourself what is a flower?

Since we are all being home-schooled right now let’s step back into class. Ask yourself a question the next time you see a flower. What is the point? Is it necessary for the plant?

So check this out. There are two types of flowers. Perfect flowers and imperfect flowers. It sounds simple enough but it is not. Perfect flowers have both male and female reproductive parts. Imperfect flowers have either male or female reproductive parts. We are all walking imperfect flowers.

Let’s talk about the petals, what are they for? Do they have a purpose?

Flowers have evolved into bright, colorful appearances to lure us in. I am here to catch your eye. The flower says, “look at me.” The bright colors are seductive for pollinators such as birds, bees, and butterflies. Like mosquitoes, I have always wondered what the functionality of a wasp is in nature. They are pollinators too. Now we know about petals, we can stop there but let’s go a little bit further. In the center of the flower is the stigma, in the middle of that are pollen tubes, inside there, believe it or not, is an embryonic sac. Pollen works its way down the pollen tube into the embryonic sac and “would you look at that” a seed is developed. On a fruit tree it would develop into a fruit, on a flower it could develop into a seed.

Let me introduce you to Miss Osteospermum Eckionis aka Denim Blue. This flower should be in every garden. Osteo’s are extremely easy to grow and I think they are very underrated. They are friggin’ flower factories, blooming from spring all the way into fall. But Beware, they are heroin addicts, they LOOOOOVE fertilizer. They also love to be touched unlike your grumpy cat that sits on the couch and looks out the window all day. Deadhead this plant, not to be confused with the Grateful Dead, which I as an 18 year old got to see live in San Francisco. I didn’t know what a contact high was but I learned that night, sorry… off topic. Now, if you don’t want to touch this plant and pull of its dead flowers here is what I do. I wait until the blooms slow down and are 50% spent, I sheer it, and feed it. A few weeks later, Natures smiles.

So as we wrap up class, next time you look at a flower you’ll know a few basics. Oh and two fun facts before before we adjourn.

High-Hand Nursery is open!
Thursday thru Sunday 9:00am-4:00pm

If you can respect social distancing for your health and ours, welcome to the nursery. We wear masks and have plexiglass at the counters 😊.

High-Hand Cafe is open for takeout!
Thursday thru Sunday 11:00am-3:00pm

There are two ways you can order:

Visit www.highhand.com and order online.

What’s the second way to order? Come to the nursery, buy plants, order online, we will have your food ready in about 15 minutes at the cafe when you leave.

Check out our menu at High-Hand Marketplace online:

• Fresh produce
• Farm fresh eggs
• Cafe favorites
• Fun Plants

Here’s how the High-Hand Curbside Marketplace works:

1. Click here to order online or visit our website and look for the banner.
2. Select a time for pick up. We are open for pickup Thursday–Sunday 11:00–3:00pm.
3. Now here’s the tricky part, toggle our menu options at the top. The menu options are listed as Grocery, Beverages, Nursery, Restaurant and don’t forget the Olive Oil Company.
4. Make your selections then head to check out and pay online. We will have your order ready at your scheduled time in the Cafe parking lot.

Can I just say this? I want to thank you for thinking about us, it has been heart warming. Our nursery team and cafe team thank you for your support. Without you, we would just not be here, it’s that simple. From the bottom of our hearts to yours, thank you.

I hope to see you,

Scott

P.S. Buy an Osteo, you will smile all summer long.

Lets talk about Peonies, why? Because they’re cool. I was walking the nursery yesterday and came across a crop of Peonies that we have grown. I am sure at this point most of us whom are stuck at home have gotten out into the garden and found little surprises here and there. Natures details. At Maple Rock Gardens we have a hill full of Peonies, every year in the fall they go dormant. Every spring, after I have forgotten they are even there, their power emerges from the ground faithfully.

I was never a fan of the traditional garden Peony. I would have to tend to it, stake the flowers, and just wasn’t willing to put in the work. Yes, I have been know to be a lazy gardener.

Well don’t worry lazy gardeners, I have the perfect Peony for you! As you can see by the flowers in the picture they are pretty friggin’ awesome. Awesome blossoms you could say. The Peonies we grow at at High-Hand are Itoh Peonies — these aren’t your grandmother’s Peonies.

With the schools closed down let’s do a little bit of home schooling. In the early 1900’s plant breeders scoffed at the idea of breeding a regular garden Peony with a tree Peony. They were simply considered to be incompatible. Fast forward to 1948. After over 1,200 failed attempts a Japanese horticulturalist, Dr. Toichi Itoh succeeded. Can you imagine the patience it took to cross pollinate these plants and wait year after year to see if it worked?

Well sadly Dr. Itoh passed away, never seeing his creations bloom. Years later, an American named Luis, not to be confused with Luis and Clark, bought some original Itoh Peonies from Dr. Itoh’s widow and continued Dr. Itoh’s work. For some reason when I think of Dr. Itoh I think of Mr. Miyagi, the wax on wax off guy from the Karate Kid movie, both men had incredible patience.
It’s been four weeks since we closed the High-Hand Cafe. It’s been almost three weeks since we closed High-Hand Nursery. This allowed our team some time to settle their family, and create space between our families and the uncertainty we find ourselves in. After much thoughtful consideration we have decided to open up the nursery Thursday to Sunday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. While Disneyland may be closed, we are still on Wild Toad’s Wild Ride.

We welcome you to High-Hand Nursery, but we ask for your patience as we adhere to social distancing practices to keep ourselves and you safe. We encourage you to wear your face coverings and please help us remain at a safe distance. Don’t be offended by our Plexiglass sneeze guard when you meet us at the counter.

High-Hand loves you, please be patient with us while we are lightly staffed.

Great Peonies, a fresh shipment on Friday of vegetable starts, and of course what you have all come to love us for — our Japanese Maples.

Curbside Pickup? Click here to get some. WOW what a success! Did you know that you can buy fresh produce boxes, flower baskets, and other great High-Hand Nursery items online? Don’t forget about Collin’s farm fresh eggs — his girls are cranking out eggs for your enjoyment.

Check This Out

Here’s how the High-Hand Curbside Marketplace works:

1. Click here to order online or visit our website and look for the banner.
2. Select a time for pick up. We are open for pickup Friday–Sunday 12:00–4:00pm.
3. Now here’s the tricky part, toggle our menu options at the top. The menu options are listed as Grocery, Beverages, Nursery, and don’t forget the Olive Oil Company.
4. Make your selections then head to check out and pay online. We will have your order ready at your scheduled time in the Cafe parking lot.

Let’s Recap:

• High-Hand Nursery is open Thursday through Sunday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
• We love you!
• Buy a Peony, why not? And buy one for your neighbor too.
• Help us help you to be safe.
• Please respect our social distancing practices.
• Visit the High-Hand Nursery Marketplace for curbside pickup. It’s fun!
• Most importantly relax and stay safe.

Over the course of the last four weeks its been an emotional and wild ride for all of us. We have all been forced to re-calibrate and find our equilibrium. There is an eternal flame of optimism that burns in all of us that says tomorrow will be a better day.

And it will be,

Scott