Salon Zinnia’s day at Goin Native Gardens

Salon Zinnia, that fabulous San Clemente hair salon and stylish boutique, selected Goin Native Gardens as the location for their latest “team building” event. What is a team-building event you might ask? It is a time for co-workers to meet away from their shop or office to do something non work-related while getting to know one another in a different setting.

These creative folks assembled succulent container gardens and a few opted for nutritious herb pots. Marianne and Janet were on hand for design guidance and to relay the ease and delight of succulents or to suggest concocting a scrumptious mojito from a home-grown variety of mints.

If you would like the recipe for “Julie’s Sangria,” the delicious beverage served to all the SZ gals, we have Julie’s permission to share it with you. Take a peak at our “Recipe” section.

Thanks Salon Zinnia. We had fun and, from the smiles in these pictures, we think you did too.

The worms ate my junk mail!

Avid gardeners and owners of The Tea House on Los Rios, Claudia and Allan Niccola, introduced our class to the study of Vermiculture. Yes, they are caring for and maintaining red wigglers or tiger worms and are happy to extol the virtues of worm farming. Their hungry worms eat all of the Niccola’s junk mail, cardboard boxes, kitchen scraps, egg shells and egg cartons. Talk about recyclers of the first order! In exchange, the red wigglers provide worm castings that nourish all of the Niccola’s garden plants. Lush, large fruits, vegetables and flowers are the reward, as if disposing of the junk mail wasn’t enough.

Your kids could have a new excuse to offer their teacher, “The worms ate my homework.”