Mount Shasta Vacation

Every year my family and I spend a week camping near Mt. Shasta.
I have to admit that my favorite thing to do next to fishing (yes, I like to fish) is go into the nearest town.
The nearest town is Mt. Shasta City. My husband calls it Berkeley North.

For garden lovers, Mt. Shasta City is heaven.
It is a small town, but full of culture and history.
There are a couple casual public gardens located in the middle of town.
There’s a beautiful little nursery.
There are a handful of surprisingly good restaurants and a natural food, herb or crystal store on every block.

There are some really cute garden gift stores.
The best one in my opinion is Petals.
Petals is located on Alpine street between a bead store and an antique store.
These shops live in tiny cottages in a row, each is a different color.
They look like little jewels against the backdrop of Mt. Shasta.

I walked up to the front door of Petals and was greeted by a rather boisterous shop cat. I followed him in where the shop owner was telling him to hush.
Her two-year-old daughter was in a car seat asleep behind the counter.

Ah, I remember those days.

Petals is a small store but you could spend a lot of time there because the longer you look the more you see. I’m a sucker for these kinds of stores.
Oh, and there were flowers, the store was also full of flowers and plants.

Petals is packed with wonderful objects. The kind of things that you find in small privately owned florist gift shops. I stood in Petals and was mesmerized by all the goodies. Everything in the store was so artfully arranged and colorful. I was like a crow surrounded by a bunch of shiny objects.

I wanted to buy everything—but I settled for 3 handmade stained-glass stars from Africa.

Comments

[Kalyn]

Never heard of this town before but it looks so charming!

[kate]

I love shops like these. We'd make a great shopping pair ... you ere very restrained in only buying 3 things. Bet they are beautiful.

The scenery looks spectacular there.

[Annie in Austin]

It looks like a beautiful place, Chigiy - the boat photo is great.

I'm pretty good at looking without buying much, but that shop could change my behaviour!

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

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[Aiyana]

This looks like a charming little town, and the garden shops would make a visit worth it. I'll have to check it out for a possible future destination.
Aiyana

[Mandi]

Just happened to stumble across your page. I grew up in Mt. Shasta and my parents are still there. Jaime the owner of Petals is a close family friend, and she has an absolutely wonderful store! In my opinion, which is biased, Mt. Shasta is the most wonderful town on earth!! I'm glad you enjoy it too.

[philippines flower shops]

This the best flowers shopping,i wanted to buy everything. Thank you for sharing this,i glad coz i saw this earlier.

by:vee

[Flowers Philippines]

Seems so interesting. Currently, I'm looking for a vacation spot and I think Mount Shasta is good enough. I want to see the flower shop PETALS in person. I wonder how can I go their?

-fea-

[sending flower to Philippine]

I love fishing too.When i was a kid my father always take me near the sea and we always fishing.

-Ava

[florist Philippines]

Perfect vacation place for everybody.

~Ashley~