Freeze warning

There is a freeze warning tonight and it is important to protect the tender plants and flowering shrubs you might have in your yard.  You can protect them with burlap, sheets or row protectors (which we have – great to have on hand when an emergency strikes.)  If you have containers and you can move them, put them in the garage or shed.  It will probably be a killing frost especially for flowers.  So enjoy those Magnolias and Forsythia, you might not see them after the weekend.

Hope everyone is getting spring fever, I am swimming in it, lots of perennials that are popping up from their winter hibernation.  We got the prettiest Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ in today, this is a must have for any garden especially one with some shade.

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Workshops Are Back Again

I have figured out the Workshop Schedule for April & we are diligently working on some fabulous ones for May.  Stay tuned for Building Butterfly Gardens (this includes host plants & nectar plants).

Calendar Dates:

April 1, 630 pm, Rain Garden Workshop. In cooperation with Friends of the North Fork, all proceeds benefit Friends.  $10/person.

April 3, 9 am to 12 pm, Celebrate Spring with Plant-Ur-Own for all children. Plant your own seed & watch it grow.

April 10, Free Workshop, CPR for Winter Damaged Plants, 10 am.  Care, Prune, Resuscitate your plants from the winter damage.

April 17 10 am, Free Workshop, Victory Gardens – Vegetable Gardens, all you need to know about vegetable gardening.  We will also be kicking off our Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign along with a seed swap exchange.  Got some extra seeds, bring them & trade with others for seeds you desire. Don’t have seeds, come anyway, we will have some extras to share.

April 24, Free Workshop, Fruit Trees & Shrubs, 10 am, What you need to know about planting & caring for a home orchard.

As always, free refreshments (coffee, lemonade, water and light fare).  Got cookies to share, please bring! 

Coming up in May:

Butterfly gardens, perennial gardens, cut flower gardens and designing arrangements from your gardens plus MORE!

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Potting up perennials

Got some new starts for perennials for spring in & we are potting them up tomorrow, I hope.  Plus the strawberry plants will be in their new pots by tomorrow as well. 

We are getting stocked up on onions, potatoes & seeds plus we got our first shipment of pansies, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli in this week.  More to come this week.

So, if you need any supplies or just need to stop by and get a touch of spring, come visit me…..

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Coming up with ideas…

So, I am working on the workshop schedule for spring.  I have a bunch of ideas of the workshops I would like to host here at the garden center.  Veggie & herb gardening, obviously, the Rain Garden, and Rain Barrel Workshop, plus, perennials, CPR for trees & shrubs from winter damage and more.

I am working on developing a children’s program as well.  I so enjoyed gardening as a child and I want to share that enthusiasm I experienced with others.  My dilema is figuring out what day would be the best for the most people.  It has to be short & sweet!  This will definitely be a make it take it kind of program & for free!!

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