The nursery at the John Fairey Garden

During my October trip to Austin, Pam Penick and I visited the John Fairey Garden in Helpstead, Texas. We had prior permission to visit, since the garden is only open on certain days—being the hostess that she is Pam had arranged everything. We passed this enticing sight (below) walking up to the visitor's center. Pam was all business, heading to introduce herself and get things squared away, where as I naturally veered towards the plants for sale. 
It took absolutely everything in me to walk on by, knowing (hoping, praying) that we'd finish up here once we'd walked the garden. I did stop to take a photo of this monster-sized Amorphophallus titanum however...
Today I am fast-forwarding to the end of our visit, when the plant shopping did finally occur. It was right after we oohed and aahed over Dixie Friend Gay's fabulous mural (here) that we finally wandered over to the greenhouses.
The beginnings of a massive crevice garden perhaps?

Looking to the right, and an "off-limits" area...
And looking to the left, where I was immediately smitten with this display...
As anyone who has read Fearless Gardening, or attended one of my book-talks probably knows, I am a fan of plants raised up on a pedestal or plinth. These are no exception. 
I would love to come across pipes like these I could use in my garden.
As for the plants for sale, they were a carefully curated collection.
Clean, healthy, well labeled.
I was on my best behavior only because I was flying back home with limited plant hauling capabilities.

Baby kalanchloe...
There were several mangaves.

Kalanchoe luciae or Kalanchoe thyrsiflora? I do not remember

Those big leaves drew me in.
A plant I'd never heard of, and note that tempting price!
It's in the Euphorbia family.

I would have loved to take one of them home with me...
That new growth color! That long tail!
It's a ficus!? 
"Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family...The sacred fig is considered to have a religious significance in three major religions that originated on the Indian subcontinent, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Hindu and Jain ascetics consider the species to be sacred and often meditate under it." (source)