Fun in the City

some beautiful sempervivums available at Gardenhood

We made a quick trip into Decatur today for a few specialty items for the wedding this Saturday. I was happy to find a wonderful selection of cheeses at the Dekalb Farmers Market available in whole wheels. It will make a deliciously wonderful presentation of cheeses for the reception. I always like to include some fun stops when running errands in the city and today, we stopped by GardenHood, the coolest little garden center, formally Urban Gardener on Boulevard.

Cool display of Ornamental grasses and containers on a upturned galvanized tub

Plants are organized by care requirements as well as color categories, here is the selection of sun loving annuals in greens and whites

pink and purple sun loving annuals

Conifer corner

shade & semi shade perennials

yellow and green sun loving perennials

chicken house with viewing chair

"cluck cluck"

Got a variegated selection of Northern Sea Oats

Blue African Basil, wonderful for flower arrangements

After an inspiring morning at GardenHood, it was off to Dekalb Farmers Market, in addition to the wonderful cheeses, I got some cool looking purple watercress, a case of mangoes and a big bag of Valencia oranges for juicing. We worked up an appetite shopping among the crowd at the market and headed straight to FARMBURGER for lunch.

cool blue chairs

chicken pot pie fritters

 

Love the atmosphere at FARMBURGER

Brown Cow: Root Beer Float

#3: Burger with arugula, beets and farm goddess dressing

Raleigh creation:with fresh jalapenos, onions and roasted garlic

My creation today with bacon, pork belly, house pickles and bacon

After the amazing lunch, a quick stop at the cooks warehouse for some star tips for piping and I also got some banana extract, going to attempt some banana macarons one of these days.