This week the spotlight is on the Medina Garden Nursery along State Highway 16 just east of the town of Medina, Texas. After an hour of driving northwest from San Antonio into the beautiful Texas Hill Country I wasn't sure what to expect. What I found was a pleasant surprise.
It felt a bit like driving up to someone's garden and that's just what it is. Medina Garden Nursery grew out of the owner's interest in native plants. The nursery is in Ernesto Cariño's yard and acreage along the Medina River where he and Ysmael Espinosa have built display gardens around his stone house to teach customers about the beauty and durability of native plants. You can read more of their story in this article from the Native Plant Society of Texas newsletter. The article relays the facts, but Medina Garden Nursery turned out to be even more than I had expected.
A pretty and rustic cedar arbor welcomes you to come on in and see the selection.
