"Our gardens have not arrived on spring’s first day (March 20) but are coming out of dormancy and have already displayed spring blooms," writes columnist Tom Karwin. "Astronomically, the first day of ...
Hawthorne Nursery, one of the last Japanese American-owned plant nurseries established before World War II in Los Angeles, ...
Hawthorne Nursery, which has operated since 1927, is closing in February 2025. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) ...
For the better part of a century, generations of the Nakai family have kept the shelves at Hawthorne Nursery stocked with seeds and fertilizers, the lot outside full of fruit trees, potted plants ...