Locally we can buy it by the pound (as a bulb), or in a two pack, but no one ever buys it that way so the quality is low for those. And very rarely you can find a garlic braid. Oh how I miss the famers market in Arkansas! When I lived there we used harvest them and as soon as they were dried enough we would braid the "stalks", my mother would even tuck in dried flowers they were simply beautiful.
I've wanted a braid to use since before my daughter was born, and found one this spring (strange time to find them it seemed to me) and I was looking at it today, I'm getting low again! :D It is a joy to pull off an entire bulb and stick it in chicken noodle soup or the like if anything is going around.
My mom swears by proccessing the garlic the way I told you, maybe she likes not getting the oil on her when she presses it. Personally I prefer it fresh, but it only keeps so long. :D