is a small nursery & farm in north Idaho specializing in fragrant and lesser known ornamental, edible & useful plants for northern climates, plus herbal necessities using herbs and flowers from our gardens, woods and fields.
Scented flowers & foliage, night-blooming plants, a vase of amazing cut flowers for the window sill; we offer all these plants & more, with a special yen for the unusual, the far-flung and the hard-to-find. Cottage garden plants, alpine lovelies, herbs from around the world, exotic fruits all find a place here. Plus, of course, anything blue.
We grow a wide range of fragrant herbs, Primula, species Peonies, Penstemons, species & heirloom Roses, culinary, medicinal, dyers' and perfumers' plants, Western native plants and more.
Check out our recipes, lore, reading and how-to pages for ideas and tips on cooking with, using and gardening with herbs and fragrant plants. Visit our blog In Paradise, where we chat about gardening & farming, soapmaking, cooking, etc.
The catalog for 2012 will be solely online; both here for browsing and as a treesaver .PDF file for download. While I will miss the paper format, my wrist demands it, and the savings in paper and time assure me it's the right decision. Print copies will still be available for a small charge (refundable with order); details will be on the availability page soon, the online shopping cart is up and running now.
The soaps have their own website now! Check out Wildwood Soap Company for handmade artisan soaps made by Judith.
All pages, text & images copyright Paradise Gardens Rare Plant Nursery & Black Mountain Arts except for the lovely Chickadee logo and tree artwork, and the new homepage design and its elements, courtesy Céline Jolly (thanks, Lez!)
