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The Greenhouse & Garden

Greenhouse Happenings 

Sallie Scribner - Summer Winter Gardener

I am very honored to join the team at Summer Winter Restaurant as the Gardener!

I am inspired by how agricultural sustainability is at the philosophical core of Summer Winter Restaurant. I am a firm believer that homegrown tastes best, and I am excited about growing delicious organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and edible flowers in the greenhouse and garden season after season.

I graduated from New College of Florida with a degree in Environmental Studies. My background is centered around my passion for a healthy relationship between people and the environment. From ecology fieldwork in California, to organic farming in Virginia, to green building in Florida, the environmental sustainability movement is an important facet of my life. I am excited to extend my passion to the greenhouse and garden!

I look forward to the coming seasons at Summer Winter Restaurant!

Summer 2011

The long winter blizzards and spring rainstorms have become distant memories as the summer sun and heat have finally arrived! Summertime at the Summer Winter Restaurant garden and greenhouse is a time of bounty. Before long we will be harvesting our popular and delicious purple beans, decadent heirloom tomatoes, crisp cucumbers and other flavorful delights!

Each year I compose and arrange the Summer Winter Restaurant garden a little differently, making space for new vegetables, fruits, herbs and edible flowers. This year, I am highlighting our heirloom tomatoes (22 varieties), cucumbers (7 varieties), hot and sweet peppers (9 varieties), eggplants (6 varieties) and beans (8 varieties). Some of the most unique plants I am growing include Green Doctors Tomato, White Queen Tomato, Jelly Melon Kiwano (African Horned Cucumber), Chocolate Habanero Pepper, Goyo Kumba Eggplant, and Asian Winged Bean. Additionally, our variety of heirloom lettuces keeps growing, as do our varieties of root crops, greens, and herbs – banana mint is one of our most fragrant new herb additions to the garden.

Tip of the season:

To make sure you attract the most pollinators to your garden, I recommend planting flowers that your pollinators will love! Sage is wonderful for this purpose, but one of my other favorite plants to grow is Anise Hyssop. Not only can the leaves and flowers of this plant can be used in salads, teas and cocktails, but the beautiful spikes of violet flowers are a major bee attractor! I like to place several containers of Anise Hyssop throughout the garden to attract the bees and encourage pollination.

Hope to see you at Summer Winter Restaurant soon! When you come, be sure to step into the garden and say hello!