We have a new Facebook page that I’m trying to keep up with. Being seasonal, it’s hard to put things on there in the dead of winter, but now with a few things starting to happen and spring right on the doorstep – it’ll be much more relevant. Just search for Knecht’s Nurseries & Landscaping [...]
The Northfield Chamber of Commerce has named Leif the 2010 Business Person of the Year. We are very proud of his award – he definitely deserves it. He will receive his award at the banquet hosted by the Chamber on March 11th, 2010. This is a wonderful way to head into spring. Now only if the [...]
Full-time and part-time positions are available for people of all ages provided the candidate is capable of physically demanding work and has good people skills for positive interactions with customers. Experience is preferred – with an emphasis on horiticultural knowledge. We do have a limited number of positions available for people without a horticultural background [...]
The weather forecast is perfect – make the most of your last long weekend of Summer. We’ll be here to help you with suggestions, picking out plants, and local delivery of soil and mulch products. If you just need some advice – stop in and chat with our sales staff.
Saturday – 8 am to 5 pm [...]
We will be holding our Fall Seminar on September 12th. Our designers, Kristin Lucas and Amy Voight will present a seminar titled ‘Take the Guess Work out of Fall Clean-up and Winter Prep’.
If you’ve wanted to know which perennials to cut down before winter or how to protect your new trees from winter damage this [...]
This past week, our crews installed 12 balled and burlapped shade trees into two of the City’s parks. Grant Park was the recipient of 3 hybrid Elms, 3 Oaks, 2 Maples and 3 Honeylocust trees. Jefferson Park received an Autumn Blaze Maple. Each year we donate trees to Northfield’s parks in appreciation of the support that the Northfield [...]
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, [...]
Northfield’s Annual Crazy Days will be held this Thursday – July 23rd starting at 7:00 am!! We will be having over 50 varieties of trees, shrubs and perennials on sale at 50% off!! There will be 30% off regular prices on many other plants as well! And, Leif will almost certainly find some things that [...]
We would like to wish everyone a great 4th of July. We will be closed on Saturday to enable all of our employees to celebrate this holiday with their friends and family!
We are open from 8 am to 6 pm on Friday, July 3rd, and we’ll be back open on Sunday morning, July 5th [...]
We are excited about our upcoming Shade Garden seminar
The Shady Gardener Seminar
Saturday morning – July 18th
10:30 am – 11:30 am
$10.00 per person
This seminar will feature interesting shade perennials (it’s not just hosta anymore) that every shade gardener should know about! Come and check out our shady characters!
- 6 part shade perennials
- 6 full [...]
A reminder to those of you that are re-doing your landscaping this summer! Think about entering the Great Minnesota Makeover Contest.
Bailey Nurseries is sponsoring this contest which started on May 22nd and runs through July 31st. We are a participating garden center. See our Blog Post from May 22nd for more information! Enter your yard – before and [...]
The establishment of the highly destructive emerald ash borer in Minnesota will once again force us to re-evaluate what type of trees we should be planting. When Dutch Elm Disease devastated our urban and native forests starting in the 1950’s the same question was asked since so many communities had planted such large numbers of [...]
Bailey Nurseries in St. Paul is sponsoring a contest – starting today and running through July 31st called the Great Minnesota Makeover.
The concept of the contest is to create a garden makeover in one of four outdoor areas -
Front Entry Way
General Yard
Outdoor Living Area
Boulevard Area
You need to provide digital images of your before and [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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