It’s almost Pansy time and I’m so excited I can hardly stop myself from writing a whole blog just about Pansies! Most of my horticultural career has had me perplexed that other gardeners aren’t as excited about Pansies as I am. Most of you will plant a few, primarily because it’s too cold to plant […]
I like to write really detailed blogs about bugs and plants. I think they are fabulous. Tracy and Alec, who help me edit and schedule these blogs often find them less fabulous than me. Beyond editing out my abundant comas and correcting typos, they are also the sounding board for my ideas. I wrote a […]
Want to garden with less work? Here’s my simple one step process to less work in the garden – add more mulch. There is no hidden snark or even puny garden geek humor here, mulching really is that much of a labor savor. I’ve always believed gardening is part art and part science. I’ve heard […]
You all know how this story goes. You walk into the garden center, you’ve got one pot to fill and you’re excited to pick 3-5 flowers for it — but suddenly you see HUNDREDS of colorful choices. Your quick and fun project has now turned into looking at row after row after row of flowers. […]
. What my garden taught me in 2022. Gardening feeds more than our bodies and it does much more than beautify our yards. It might seem absurd and self serving for me to write that given that I’ve spent my entire adult life helping others create beauty with plants, but thinking something is true […]
Chances are that you haven’t heard much about the Spotted Lanternfly. You’ve had a lot of things to focus on this past year and a really pretty colored fly probably wasn’t one of them. So consider this my early warning, there are going to be countless articles, flyers and news segments on SLF soon, very […]
Weather permitting we are hoping to open on March 22nd! Alec and I have been busy in our greenhouses planning, potting and caring for an exciting spring selection of new plants! The baby plants began arriving in early January and even though that can be one of the bleakest months of the winter season, it’s […]
Another year and another line up of new flowers we just can’t wait to bring out of the greenhouses! 2021 will see us introducing some truly new and exciting varieties for you to try in your gardens and containers. We’ve got all the new Proven Winner annuals, perennials and shrubs of course, but we are […]
Our first blog of the year has traditionally been my gardening New Years Resolutions. If you’ve ever read one, you know I make them for you, not for me! But, 2021 calls for something entirely different. I can’t remember ever writing a blog with a year in review. That’s probably because I rarely look back, […]
New Ways to Shop….. What does that mean? Because we are primarily an outdoor business with lots and lots of big open space, our store is open for you to come in and shop every day of the week from 8am to 5pm. But we want you to be able to keep gardening and also […]