Summer’s switch is turned on with tropical breezes and azure skies, as the calendar page flips to June. It’s a beautiful time to enjoy cool drinks, pretty plants, & the … Read More
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
This Saturday, May 25th, bring the kids and we will give them a small blooming plant for them to give to a friend or relative in need of a little … Read More
Staff Picks: Wyatt’s Vitex Tree
As we get into summertime, there are quite a few blooming plants that have yet to show their color. When I first moved into my apartment, I always wondered what … Read More
Mother’s Day Message in a Bottle!
Years ago, my mother-in-law, Ruth Bayne Gill, aka “Bayne”, bought a parcel of land on Mill Creek, between Vanderpool and Medina, Texas. It’s a beautiful piece of Texas Hill Country, … Read More
Top 5 Must-Do’s for May!
It’s Fiesta time around the Coastal Bend! Cinco de Mayo, Buc Days, Mom’s Day, Beach to Bay, Memorial Day & graduations bring us together in our beautiful city. So…get ready … Read More
Landscape Designer Kathy Hubner’s National Recognition
We are excited to share that Kathy Hubner, one of our landscape designers here at Gill Landscape Nursery, has become only the second Texan and first from Corpus Christi to … Read More
Diversity By Design!
An International Landscape Conference Worth Traveling 3,000 Miles to Experience! That’s right, last week I flew 3,000 miles round trip to Toronto, Canada to meet with 137 landscape design colleagues … Read More
Food for Our Hummingbirds!
Whether your hummingbirds are just passing through or they’re residents to our area, you can be sure they’re hungry! Hummingbirds are most attracted to orange & red blooming plants with … Read More
More on Whitefly
Last week James and I were visiting some friends of ours, Anita & Rolf Nelson, also in the garden center business. They own Nelson’s Water Gardens in Katy, Texas. Anita … Read More
My Sunshine Flower!
I get my green thumb from my sweet, sweet grandma. She was an avid organic gardener long before the term was coined. Her beautiful vegetable and flower gardens mesmerized me … Read More