Yesterday I escaped from the craziness for a while and went with my good friend and neighbor, Elaine, to Flower World. Flower World is a 15 acre nursery near Woodinville, WA. It is huge and amazing!
I had never heard of the place before, so when Elaine suggested an outing, I was delighted to check it out!
We spent several hours there, wandering around talking about plants and discovering plants we hadn’t seen before (or rather, plants I hadn’t seen before—Elaine is incredibly knowledgeable about plants!)
After several hours, we still had only seen about half the nursery, so a return trip is definitely in order. If you sign up ahead of time on their website, you can get a 10% off discount card for Flower World.
In addition to a million plants, they also have pots, planters, pavers and garden statuary, like this gnome and mushroom:
Elaine and I demonstrated extreme restraint when it came to purchasing, considering the offerings at the nursery. I came home with a fragrant evergreen clematis, a pink dwarf butterfly bush, a broad-leaved variety of lavender, a stevia plant, a pink jasmine vine, coral bells and some sedums, all for about $50. Not bad, in my opinion.
After Flower World, I met for the first time the lovely Anika of the Vegan Score (one of my favorite go-to resources for local vegan happenings—if you haven’t checked it out, you should!). It’s a special thing to find a kindred spirit and Anika certainly seems to be one—someone devoted to using her energy to promote justice for all creatures. It’s heartening and inspiring to meet someone with these aims!
Overall, yesterday was a much-needed day of self-care—spending time with good people, enjoying good conversation, getting out of Seattle for a minute, and enjoying amazing plant-life. Now, I have to go teach and then get ready for the arrival of my sister TONIGHT!!
What do you do for self-care?
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