Let It Grow Nursery & Garden Market is dedicated to the culture of agriculture - the people, place, plants growing together over time.

Agriculture is about the culture of living off the land. It's about the community that evolves around the business of growing.

That's the answer we give the folks who ask us why we have a farm, a plant nursery, an espresso bar, books, kitchenware and children toys, all in one place. We love helping build a community that develops around the business of growing.

And we're grateful: grateful to the people and the place.

Small batch artisanal roasting of some of the finest coffees on earth. A cup of excellence!

Drink Locally!

Over one hundred years ago people came from across the country with knowledge of fruit and orchards. They settled in Montezuma County planting large orchards, developing an economy of fruit production. These were not simple homestead orchards, although there were, and are still, these small orchards. These people were professionals. They could graft, plant, harvest and market their product. They were aware of the numerous varieties that existed at that time, and experimented aggressively. There was a premium on quality.

Many of these orchards still exist, though many now as remnants of themselves. There are varieties of trees here that are near extinction, dropped from nurseryman's catalogs years ago. We also have many descendents of the families whose grandparents planted these old orchards. Together these people and these trees create a living history that few other places have held on to. It is the purpose of the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project (M.O.R.P.) to preserve these trees, orchards, and living histories in as much as possible. We wish to restore an economy for fruit so that there is incentive to save the trees. We want to learn and preserve the history of these extraordinary people. We want to graft from and save the most endangered varieties.

For this project to be successful it will require community involvement. People will have to learn to graft and prune. Volunteers will be needed. People will have to be willing to pay to pick fruit. Histories need to be recorded and databases need to be established and maintained. I would like to see this as a democratic process that enables anyone with the will to help or a good idea to be able to help.

Thank you,
Jude

info goes here