Well.... to be honest, I worked at the biggest nursery in the county before going into real estate. I was already kind of a gardening fanatic and being a Costco shopper, I bought every gardening book they've every carried -which is a lot of books! I read through them all the time, like magazines. But, at the nursery, I learned soooooooo much! In California you can be pretty versitile in your plantings and Empire Nursery is giant. They have countless varieties of everything!!! I learned them all. Latin names, common names,
zones, quirks, you name it. Once my stupid joints started betraying me, I had to give it up. Standing and bending, kneeling all day just became too painful. So I had to pick a less physical way to earn a living. Well, that's my story, who wants pie?