Joy Creek Nursery, located outside the small town of Scappoose about 20 miles to the north of Portland, Oregon, is the kind of the nursery you dream about. Every plant looks pristine—better than it ever would in your own garden.
In fact, Joy Creek’s demonstration garden, which surrounds an equally picturesque farmhouse where I believe one of the nursery owners lives, is a glossy plant catalog come to life. I had never been to a nursery like that. I’m not sure we have anything comparable in all of Northern California.
