Welcome to Happy Growing With David

My wife Linda has finally convinced me I needed to start a blog and share thoughts about my work as a horticulturalist (glorified name for a plantsman ;). I do love growing plants of all kinds and love helping folks succeed in whatever they are trying to grow. I am presently employed as the Garden Center Manager at Canyon Lake Ace Hardware in Sattler, TX ( a small hamlet) not really a town on the south side of the lake. I started just over a year ago and hit the ground running and in many ways have not slowed down yet. I started March 2nd 2006 with a bare minimum of basic plants. I started immediately working with old friends from Buell's Nursery in Cibolo and Schumacher's Hill Country Gardens. This provided a base of more interesting and diverse selection of Texas native plants and well adapted plants for the Hill Country. I really just started ordering the hundreds of plants I already knew about so I could share these with my new and old customers from over the years. I already knew hundreds of people from around the lake so as the word got out more and more people came by to see this one and only nursery at Canyon Lake was about. Suffice it to say I had my work cut out for me but I really felt up to the challenge and I feel I did a great job getting the Garden Center of the ground and heading in the right direction. The management and owners really didn't know what I could do so I aimed to please and from all around they came and came and came, even I was surprised at the support I received from the local community. I thank you Canyon Lake from the bottom of my heart for all your kind words and support.