We still have tulip, crocus & hyacinth bulbs available! On the radio this morning – the weatherman said that the National Weather Service is predicting a warmer than average November! This will mean that there’ll be plenty of time for fall projects. The bulbs are on sale at 30% off!
With Halloween coming next weekend – grab [...]
It’s time to think about planting your Spring Bulbs. Tulips, Daffodils, Crocus, Allium and other spring bulbs need to be planted now within the next month. The bulbs will actually root out a little now and then they’ll go through the winter freeze cycle and in the spring – provide a visual fairyland in your [...]
“Mums” the word! Our first fall shipment of the University of Minnesota Hardy Mums came in this morning. Loaded with blossoms – you’ll find colors in purple, yellows, rust, white, orange and maroon. Mums are heavy feeders – meaning they like to be fertilized almost everytime they’re watered to keep them blossoming as long as [...]
After what seemed to be a late start, my cucumbers are going crazy! Just when I think I have them all picked, there is another one hiding between the vines. We eat them fresh, top off salads, make a cream sauce as a side dish, Greek Salad, Garbanzo Bean Salad, make pickles, and more!
Heidi Brosseau, [...]
The average frost free day in southern Minnesota is supposed to be May 15th! Not this year! We are experiencing the last day of a huge low pressure system that by this afternoon will see the winds settling down, the skies becoming mostly clear and the lows predicted in the Minneapolis area to be 35 degrees. [...]
Pictured here is a sample of the many hanging baskets we just received! We have single flower baskets including fuschia, geraniums, calibrichoa and multi-flower baskets for sun and for the shade. These will make great Mother’s Day presents, decorate your door, or remove the hanger bracket, and they can be used as patio pots. With graduation [...]
Today we held our first annual “Kid’s Planting Day”. The kids came and planted annual planters to give to mom for Mother’s Day. They potted their chosen plants with the help of Heidi and Kristin from our staff, and the dads got right in there to help as well. We labeled the planters and will [...]
Our first shipment of spring annuals is scheduled to arrive late this afternoon. We’ll have the cool season annuals available first thing tomorrow morning! There’ll be Alyssum, Dianthus, Dusty Miller, Pansies, Petunias, Snapdragons, Vinca and Violas.
We’ll also have available a few varieties of the annuals that are for warmer temps if you’re starting your own baskets [...]
The Northfield Garden Club is sponsoring the Northfield in Bloom Program this spring. They are promoting beautifying Northfield. Businesses, the colleges, retirement communities and homeowners are all encouraged to plant flowers as we did last year. The Garden Club has chosen plants which are economical and would they would appreciate the use of these colors [...]
We are again offering our Bonus Bucks promotion! For every $25 in retail purchases during April and May, you will earn one Bonus Buck. Earn your Bonus Bucks when you buy mulch, your hanging baskets, annuals, shrubs, trees, and perennials. When you’re ready to plant your veggie garden – think Bonus Bucks! In June, Bonus [...]
We are proud to announce that we are a 2009 Proven Winners Certified Garden Center. Through the iGarden program from Proven Winners, owners and employees are provided with plant selling tips, customer service tools and merchandising techniques to help them better serve consumers in helping them select and grow the right Proven Winners plant varieties [...]
Bring your children ages 3 and up to the nursery on Saturday morning, April 25th, starting at 10:30 to pot up their very own flower pot for Mom, for Mother’s Day! We will care for their pot of flowers here in the greenhouses until Mother’s Day weekend when they can come in and pick it [...]
Our plant spotlight today is a new perennial Lupine. Lupines are colorful favorites in the spring and summer garden. They can be used as accent plants with shrubs, or used in the back of a perennial garden. They are a wonderful complement with irises, peonies, bellflowers and annuals. Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to their colorful stalks [...]
We are excited to have our new “Plant Search” tool up and running on our website. After hours of work this winter, we have most of our trees and shrubs on this search tool and about half of our perennials. We are continuing to add more plants as time allows and we hope that it will be [...]
This year, more than ever, I believe we will see more people going back to or start to vegetable garden. A well planned out vegetable garden will yield good results, prove economical and will definitely deliver a sense of pride in your accomplishments!
We have our vegetable garden here at the nursery (since we’re here most [...]
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