Best garden supply

Classic: For nearly 50 years, Lyngso Garden Materials’ industrial-scale landscape supply yard in Redwood City has been the place to go for supplies to spruce up your outdoor space and even to rent a dump truck for moving them. Their selection of pebbles, gravels, and stones is unmatched—plus, they carry soils, mulches, and landscape construction materials, including boulders. “If you want big rocks, this is the place to go,” says local architect Olle Lundberg. “And
they’ll deliver.”
19 Seaport Blvd., Redwood City, 650-364-1730,
www.lyngsogarden.com

Future classic: Has there ever been a more gardener-appropriate name than Flora Grubb? City gardeners who love Mediterranean-climate plants have been fans of the eponymous proprietress since she and her business partner, Saul Nadler, took over the Palm Broker space in 2003, but it was a case of almost too much love—they outgrew their Guerrero Street digs in no time. “People were never able to find parking,” Grubb says. Now, with a new location in Bayview with plenty of parking, as well as a gorgeously modern design studio, Grubb’s ready to help the masses find gardening bliss, with a huge selection of succulents, cacti, agave, palms, and bamboo, as well as modern garden furniture and books on garden design.
There’s a lot to look at, so be sure to fuel up with a cup from the on-site Ritual Coffee Roasters counter before diving in.
1634 Jerrold Ave., S.F., 415-626-7256,
www.floragrubb.com