Watsonville’s Budget Gardening Wonderland

Ortega Nursery

Editor’s note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Home & Garden 2019 magazine. Read the full issue here.   Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands? After 20 years in business, Refugio Ortega isn’t sure exactly how many succulents, cacti, flowers, herbs and other plants are currently growing at his overflowing namesake Watsonville nursery. What the patriarch…

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Best Of Santa Cruz County 2019

Best Of Santa Cruz County 2019

Road rage, succulent overload, and some next-level local comedy: Welcome back to GT’s annual tribute to the best, worst and weirdest that the community has to offer with Best of Santa Cruz County 2019. BEST OF 2019 WINNERS: ARTS & CULTURE | COMMUNITY | FOOD & DRINK | HEALTH & RECREATION | MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE | SHOPPING & SERVICES   BEST OF 2019 EDITORS’ PICKS:   Best Happy People…

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Midcentury Modern is Back

Midcentury Moden birdhouse

Blame it on the simple living movement, or maybe just Mad Men, but the soothing minimalism of midcentury modern decor is back in style. Suddenly every fashionable interior designer, collector and amateur DIYer is talking about the functional elegance of design from the middle of the 20th century (the late 1940s to early 1960s). So…

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