ICYMI, the undisputed queen of all things lifestyle, Martha Stewart, was weaving around San Francisco this weekend, dining and checking out her favorite local spots.
As it so happens, Martha Stewart’s favorite SF plant shop, Flora Grubb Gardens, is world-renowned for its plant selection, aesthetic, and gardening courses — a greenhouse Stewart, herself, picked as one of the “American-made ” winners for Martha Stewart Living Magazine.
“I spent part of this afternoon at [Flora Grubb Gardens] visiting Flora in her plant emporium in San Francisco. Flora was one of our chosen ‘American made’ winners for Martha Stewart Living Magazine,” reads an Instagram caption. “[I] love seeing what our winners are up to. Flora has a growing farm in Southern California, a big nursery in San Francisco, and one in Los Angeles.”
Flora Grubb Gardens was started over 20 years ago after Flora Grubb, the self-taught gardener and owner of the gardening business, had moved from Texas to San Francisco in 1999; her initial landscaping company spurred a meeting with her future business partner, Saul Nadler, the pair later ideating, creating, and opening up a nursery and pottery brick-and-mortar in the Mission District.
While neighbors of the Guerro Street plant fawned over Flora Grubb Garden’s initial location — locals noted the nursery provided a “semi-public” greenspace to escape inside of — its operations quickly outgrew the available square footage. By 2007, the pair moved their business to the now world-renowned expansive greenspace in Bayview, where their “new concept in garden retailing” — an ethos steeped in teaching, immersion, and meditation on how to incorporate nature into modern-day life — remains a staple for the West Coast’s gardening community.
“[It was] such a delight to have [Martha Stewart] back at Flora Grubb,” the plant shop captioned on Instagram, showing Grubb and Stewart next to one another. “Always a joy welcoming a true fellow gardener—your curiosity, generosity, and depth of knowledge never fail to inspire us. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, and please stop by anytime.”
Stewart suggests bringing a truck for your hall, but most of us in studio apartments will have to make do with the size limitations of a Bay Wheels Ebike’s front basket.
