Comfort store. My dear wife Karen and I didn’t expect to find a booming nursery when we pulled up for our annual seasonal excursion a handful of dozen miles to the north to the Ontario Orchards Farm Market. The store, thankfully, still stood sturdy and proud for all it offered, outside and in.

Grew a lot. This mature plant would look great in the backyard or front, my dear wife Karen and I agreed as we strolled and dreamed at the Ontario Orchards nursery. But, deep down we knew, no way we had a vehicle that could fit it for the ride home.

Natural or clipped? Did these grow like this on their own, I wondered as my dear wife Karen and I admired the collection at the Ontario Orchard nursery, or did the curator coax them into the three-balled shape?

See the bee? The purple bloom surely caught my eye as my dear wife Karen and I appreciated the cool collections at the Ontario Orchard nursery. Then I noticed who else appreciated this particular largest flower. The big bee left me alone, yes, and I went about my business, too.

Good company. The lone white bloom surely stands out to my eye as my dear wife Karen and I stroll the rows at the nursery to one side of the Ontario Orchards parking lot.

The long look. I’m still devoted to Ballantyne’s Gardens, I repeated to myself as my dear wife Karen and I looked out over the many plants we encountered at our first discovery of the nursery at Ontario Orchards.

More than plants and trees … My dear wife Karen and I chuckled when we thought about how we’d looked for a small bag of tiny rocks for a mini spot on our front lawn a few weeks ago. Look at the supply we could have chosen from at Ontario Orchards. We’d decided upon sand…

A pleasant surprise. When my dear wife Karen and I took our annual drive north to the popular apple farm stand Ontario Orchards, we were met by a new addition to the now-sprawling spread. The folks have added an orchard to the other side of the parking lot. We decided to stroll a bit before…