Maintaining a garden instantly makes a residence more welcoming, much like hiring a live greeter to man one's front porch. Amp up your home's hominess without managing a staff with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of flowers, plants, and home décor at Bushnells Landscape Industries in Granite Bay.

Bushnells Landscape Industries boasts a vast array of décor for outdoor spaces and gardening tools, as well as flowers and plants, 90% of which are grown on-site. Shoppers can browse the nursery garden and green thumb through locally grown annuals ($3.98 each; three for $10.50) to add a splash of color to black-and-white front yards that were built in the 1950s. As 5-gallon hybrid roses ($27.98 each), 7-inch tapered candles ($4.50 each), or Cretan hand-thrown pottery ($75+) await to brighten porches, patios, and yards, thick-leaved succulents and spiny cacti ($4.98–$25.98) dissuade undiscerning vegetarians from devouring entire gardens.

Bushnells's plants are acclimated to the local weather, so unlike Internet-ordered bulbs, they don’t require owners to spend ludicrous amounts on miniature windbreakers. Customers interested in large-scale landscaping projects can speak with one of the design savants at Bushnell's Landscape Creations.