A big birthday is coming up. For people, this birthday would be filled with feelings of “I’m getting old” or “I’m over the hill,” and of course, you would have to start holding things at arm’s length to see them properly. But this birthday isn’t for a person. It is time for Kerby’s Nursery to celebrate the big Four-Oh. And at forty years old, Kerby’s Nursery is feeling great and grateful that we have almost made it to four decades.

Our birthday isn’t coming up until the spring of 2020, but we want to celebrate it in a special way. Rather than turning the spotlight on ourselves, we want to shine it on you, our amazing customers. Kerby’s Nursery wouldn’t exist without you. As part of next year’s birthday celebrations, we will highlight a different story from customers and staff each week in this newsletter and online. So, tell us your story. We want to hear how Kerby’s Nursery has been a part of your life and garden. You can e-mail it to us at [email protected] (we’d love to see garden pictures!), give us a call at 813-685-3265, or of course come in and share it with us in person. We’re glad that you have let us into your lives and gardens for almost 40 years, and we’re excited to make the next 40 even better.

And just because we are already thinking about spring doesn’t mean that Fall Fun in the Garden is over. Far from it, it is just getting started. In this week’s Teaching Thursday, Kim shows you how to preserve herbs with salt, and this Saturday (October 26, 2019) at 10 am at the nursery we are having our Herb Gardening Seminar. Fresh herbs will make the delectable, delicious difference in all of your recipes, so get those gardens growing now for big holiday harvests.