As the year comes to a close, we’ve been asking ourselves, what does Perennial Favorites want to accomplish?
I’ve heard a lot about New Year’s Resolutions this past week–do they work? One study said that 40% of the people who make resolutions follow through with them all year. That doesn’t sound so great unless you compare it to people who don’t make the formal resolution and just vaguely mention something about “next year I’m going to exercise more.” The success rate for that is 4%. So making a resolution suggests that you’re ten times more likely to succeed with your goal.
With that in mind, here are the resolutions for Perennial Favorites for 2013:
1. Offer more classes. We always do a trough class in the summer and it is one of our most popular events. This year we’re going to offer the following new classes:how to start plants from seed; how to construct a miniature crevice garden; and a class in harvesting herbs. July will be the month for our trough workshop, as always. In each of these classes you will be able to make the project and take it with you. We’re listening to all of you and may add other classes as we go through the year.
This picture of a miniature crevice garden was posted by a friend on Facebook. I love the look of it and think it would be great to create this with our native shale.
2. Make signs for EVERYTHING. Our nursery started its life as a wholesale growing facility and signs weren’t important. Over the years, as we’ve opened more days for retail, our sign making hasn’t caught up to our new business plan. We know signs would help our customers find the right plants for their garden, and so we’re making this a priority.
3. Grow more vegetables. We are going to offer some of the more uncommon vegetables this year, not just tomatoes and peppers. It’s easy for us to focus on those, because everyone wants them, but we’re going to have a much wider selection this year. Check back in a week or two to see the new catalog listings.
4. Grow more native wildflowers. This is our best-selling section, and we want to be able to offer everyone a wide selection of plants that can survive our dry, hot/cold climate. This means more penstemons, more agastaches, more salvias–more of the plants that hummingbirds, butterflies, and humans love! More succulents and cactus, too, because they’re so much fun.
Four resolutions. Setting reasonable goals is another way to make sure you succeed. I’m not going to push my luck, four is enough. Good luck to each of you with your own resolutions. We wish you a very Happy New Year!
