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Welcome to Ridge Road Garden Center

Beautify Your Gardens

Lots of Garden Color for late summer!

The Ridge Road Garden Center is situated on one acre in the foothills in Pine Grove, CA; the gift shop is 1600 square feet of unique and often one-of-a-kind gifts. There’s usually something to do in your garden at any time of year. It could be planting any number of drought hardy plants, mulching to keep existing plant roots cool, or fighting garden pests. We have aids for hands-on chores and tools for every garden season. Visit our garden center for gorgeous, seasonal selections! You're sure to see something you love! 2025 Bareroot list is available now online and in-store hard copies.

Bulk planter’s mix, compost, gorilla hair cedar bark, plus all the bagged soils, bark and manure!

We offer Gift certificates so the recipient can choose from a diverse garden and nursery selections: bird houses, house plants, yard art, bulbs, seed selections, gems, unique planters, potted plants, bird baths, ornamental grasses & more!🌱🌿🌼

Check out our abundance of lovely perennials as the seasons progress. Remember: If you want a stunning show of color for spring or summer, planting bulbs is a simple and inexpensive way to add splashes of color to your landscape. Your bulbs will work as nature intended by breaking through the soil when conditions are optimal for your area. Look for mid-season and late-season blooming bulbs! Added bonus for our area is that many bulbs are deer resistant! Extend the bloom season by planting bulbs in succession, weeks apart!

Blue fescue is a most amazing grassy plant which is ice blue/gray and stands up to the hottest day, or relaxes in a bit of shade. In summer, it throws out seed heads on long, willowy stems from the center of the spiky, blue mass. This is a very drought-tolerant plant. Try pairing it with a lovely pink Carnation, stunning! Besides the usual favorites, consider planting something new and different, like Dahlias, Anemones, Gladiolus, Ranunculus, Oriental Lilies, Buddleia, Canna, or Freesia. All lovely, colorful and they bloom annually for glorious color explosions! Try a Rose of Sharon with abundant flowers. It's drought tolerant, too!

Plants that work hard for you such as Cyclamen, Primrose, nasturtiums and geraniums all have long bloom periods and are great for every garden's early seasons. Shrubs like Nandina (Heavenly Bamboo) go the extra mile! Great foliage that turns red in the fall, spring brings white berries, and summer such lush growth. Cold hardy, Nandina grows well in most types of soils, survives drought well, and is relatively pest and disease resistant. Plant away from bird feeders, as it is toxic.

There is such an abundance of seasonal perennials for your gardens. Don't forget about canna; they are the perfect low-maintenance flowers and love the summer heat. These gorgeously-hued plants will bloom for years in your garden. Wonderful ornamental grasses will enhance your gardens, also. Try something new this year! Visit us soon!

Wonderful Gifts!

So many selections are sure to please our foothill neighbors! The Garden Center has wonderful items for all the special occasions in your lives -- birthdays, graduations, holidays, retirement, 'Get Well' gifts, home warming gifts, anniversaries, gifts for new mothers and fathers, too. If you can't decide, then a Gift Certificate is always perfect!

We also have great gifts for yourself or your favorite gardener: Frost cloths, Rain gauges, Battery operated mister, bendable moss poles, garden knee pads, Renee's Garden Seed varieties, a garden bench, special t's for your gardener, garden books, planting mix, statuary, wind chimes, lovely gazing balls, garden art, solar lights, garden pots, and tools besides an array of beautiful house plants. Selections change seasonally and often, even weekly. We carry local artists' copper mobiles, gourd art, water color cards, gemstones & minerals, soy candles and other specials throughout the year!

House plants & More!

You'll love our comprehensive shade plant section under the arbor; lush and beautiful, with garden statuary and whimsical garden décor. We carry ferns, houseplants, caladium, nettle, Peace lily, callas, coleus, impatiens & violets, depending on the season. Remember that luscious green houseplants also provide more oxygen for your homes, especially important in winter. Stop by soon and browse our Garden Center and Nursery!

What To Do in the Garden

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Time to Look towards your Fall garden!

Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha) is a perennial that grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide. The persistent flowers are velvety and purple which attract butterflies and hummingbirds. New England asters (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) have large, purple flowers with a yellow center and bloom from August to October. The flowers attract bees and butterflies and make lovely cut flowers.

We have Roses, CA native milkweed, air plants, and flowering hanging baskets! Our selections are exciting and the flowers perfect for brightening up gardens, yards, porch pots and urns, for years to come. We have everything you want for your soil needs. Mulch is everything in the summer! Check our locally-made pottery for all your indoor and outdoor plants.

We have bendable moss poles for your climbing plants or to support heavy plants, garden tools, shears, rose gloves, knee pads, garden pots, vases, hanging baskets, and garden statuary. We also have lotions for those hard working hands, and solar lights to beautify your gardens on perfect starlit nights. Beautiful plants, and other garden goodies too, like colorful garden books and hats for your favorite gardeners!

See our Products

The Ridge Road nursery is stocked with beautiful seasonal plants, flowers, shrubs, trees, ground covers, birdbath designs, besides a bounty of wonderful gift items from our Garden Center. Check out our various planters, pruning shears, garden products, and more. There's still much to do in the busy 2024 planting season; buy new plants and pots to freshen up gardens indoors and out.

The beautiful deer-resistant flowers on a Butterfly bush continue blooming until the first frost. The clusters of purple, white, or yellow flowers form a conical shape. These shrubby plants grow as perennials and are evergreen or deciduous, depending on your climate. The beauty of growing butterfly bush cultivars in your garden is that they still flower when many other plants have stopped. Their stiff stems and flower clusters create attractive cut flowers displays. Despite their delicate scent and appearance, butterfly bushes are astoundingly resilient and easy to grow, exhibiting hardiness from zones 5 through 9!

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What To Do in the Garden

Continue to deadhead annuals and flowering perennials to keep them blooming until the first frost.
Clean up rotting fruit from the ground or mushy fruit left on trees as this can spread disease.
September is a perfect time to plant evergreen trees or shrubs of all kinds, as well as cover crops such as clover.
Plant a variety of cool-season, pretties such as calendula, cosmos, pansies, and chrysanthemums.
To help your pumpkins ripen for Halloween, remove leaves shadowing the fruit, plus raise them off the ground to prevent possible rotting.
Plants to grow now: snap peas, onions, winter greens (chard, mustard and collards) also brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli) and root vegetables.
Be sure to mulch around your plants to hold in moisture and also mulch around your perennial plants now, too. Mulch will conserve water and save time weeding.
Plant perennials, some annuals, and wildflower seeds in the fall, and get a head start on spring-flowering bulbs.
This is a good time to order and plant spring flowering bulbs for next year's early flower display. Plan for different flowering times to extend the season. Have garden fun!!

Perennials - September signals cooler weather ahead but there are still hot days left! Be vigilant in staying aware of watering needs. Still, it is also a great planting time ahead for trees and shrubs, bulbs for spring color and transplanting. September is actually the perfect month to plant radish, kale, garlic, greens and lettuce before first frost sets in and cold weather arrives for good.

Year-round plants for landscaping can also include plants that have berries, such as viburnum, barberry or holly. They may also be plants with interesting seed heads throughout winter, like Echinacea and Sedum Autumn Joy.

In general, it is best to water deeply and infrequently. This helps to develop deep roots which can help the plants become more drought tolerant. When it starts getting very hot, you might need to water more often though. Keeping up with tasks like mulching, weeding, and pruning will keep your garden looking great and keep your plants happy and productive.

Fill your gardens with bight color using marigolds, white alyssum, zinnias, gladiolus, dahlias, cosmos, gigantic sunflowers, and native wildflower blends. A diversity of flowers for continuous color, flowering shrubs, and a consistent supply of nectar for local bees and butterflies will create your paradise.

No matter what you’re planting, I hope your garden is a source of pleasure as well as sustenance! Have fun in the garden, teach your kids to garden and enjoy the harvest!