High Country Gardens

David Salman, President and Chief Horticulturist, High Country Gardens/Santa Fe Greenhouses.

2008 GREAT AMERICAN GARDENERS NATIONAL AWARD WINNER
A national speaker on the topic of Waterwise Gardening and Xeriscaping, David Salman has spent over 20 years in pursuit of better plants for western landscapes. In 2008, he was a distinguished recipient of the AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 2008 Great American Gardeners Awards.

A prolific writer as well, Salman is the copywriter for our award-winning catalog and publications (Waterwise Garden Care and Spectacular Seasons of Color). He has written numerous articles for Fine Gardening, American Gardener and Horticulture magazine. In addition, he serves as a contributor to the Gardening Gone Wild blog.

Ava Salman, Vice-President, directs the marketing and e-commerce operations for High Country Gardens.

Retail Garden Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Retail Garden Center at the Jackalope Store, 6400 San Mateo NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

About Us

In 1993, I started High Country Gardens, the mail order division of Santa Fe Greenhouses, my retail nursery company in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our online catalog has been in operation since 2000, with my wife, Ava Salman, heading the marketing and e-commerce operations.

"I wanted to make shopping our catalog a fun, convenient and hassle-free way to buy top-quality plants and products."
--David Salman

New Retail Garden Center

In 2006, we opened the High Country Gardens retail garden center at the Jackalope store in Albuquerque. The 6500 square foot garden center is stocked with our quality High Country Gardens plants and merchandise. Map

Award Winning Plants

Agastache x 'Ava', Our most popular Award Winner!

Take a look at our beautiful award-winning plants. High Country Gardens has won 9 out of 9 consecutive awards for best new plant introduction from the Mail Order Gardening Association.

We have spent years perfecting our growing methods for a wide variety of new and unusual garden-tested perennials, grasses and shrubs that ship right from our greenhouses to your landscape.

"Of course, my favorite award winner is the ever popular, 'Agastache x Ava', named for my wife, Ava."

Santa Fe Greenhouses

Spectacular Seasons of Color

You will gain a few new gardening ideas to try at home when you visit our Xeric Demonstration and Cottage Display gardens located at our Santa Fe Greenhouses nursery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are proud of our highly-qualified and knowledgable staff --many who give seminars, garden tours, and workshops throughout the year.

Ava Salman

directs marketing and e-commerce operations for High Country Gardens and Santa Fe Greenhouses. Under Salman’s direction, HighCountryGardens.com ranks among the most highly rated gardening sites on the internet. Our print catalog has won 4 silver and 1 gold awards for Best Gardening Catalog by Catalog Age magazine, and High Coutry Gardens ranks in the TOP 30 most highly rated companies of Dave's Garden Watchdog. Santa Fe Greenhouses, our retail garden center has been voted Best Nursery by Santa Fe Reporter readers 9 years in a row!

Ava Salman contributes her expertise in the plant ordering business as a board member of the nonprofit Mail Order Gardening Association.

Noteworthy Articles about High Country Gardens :

"Sage Advice," by David Salman. Article published in the September/October issue of Fine Gardening Magazine.

Xeriscaping: A Hot Topic in Santa Fe
by NPR Senior Correspondent Ketzel Levine

“Gardening By The Yard” David Salman featured on the HGTV network September 30, 2006

"Southwestern look in Bay Area Gardens", Amy Stewart, San Francisco Cronicle