Flora Grubb came of age as a gardener in Austin, Texas, during a drought. Dazzled by the flora of the Bay Area, she moved to San Francisco in 1999 and started a landscaping company. In 2001 she opened a small nursery with her business partner, Saul Nadler, in the city’s Mission district. Distinguished by her selection of exceptional plants suited to California’s Mediterranean climate, Flora’s neighborhood nursery soon became a leading source of design inspiration for gardeners and landscape designers. In 2007 Flora and Saul expanded the nursery to its new facility, designed by Boor Bridges Architecture and built by Matarozzi Pelsinger Builders.