Time to smell the roses

At last, the time and perfect weather to enjoy my garden. It seems like with the heat this summer, I did not want to spend much time outside. Other than the necessary daily watering, occasional deadheading, and of course harvesting the vegetables. I think we need time each day to simply enjoy the garden and not dwell on the negatives- the weeds, unfinished projects and deer damage. Instead I focus on the details, like a newly opened flower, frogs in my pond, the amazing butterflies, or the beautiful goldfinches chirping on my cosmos. Such simple pleasures!

Fair Week

Ahh, the last weeks of Summer. As all of the locals know, when the West End Fair starts, school soon follows, signaling an end to a lot of Summer activities. Here at the Garden Center, we are happy to begin a new season with lots of fresh plants and flowers. We unloaded 2 trucks today. Beautiful ornamental grass, fall flowering perennials and some deer resistant shrubs. Next the mums arrived along with asters and ornamental peppers you have got to see! The colors are unbelievable! So stop by on your way to the fair, or soccer practice, band ,dance, whatever your Fall activities are and bring something home to brighten up you gardens. We are just getting started on this beautiful season.

Summer Sales

We are continuing to move things around in our garden center,
filling in the spaces where plants and trees have sold. The rare and unusual trees and shrubs are now on sale and we have made a lovely display to feature them, so you can see how they would look in your yard.The trees include Japanese Maples, redbuds, contorted pines and columnar Blue spruce. There are some interesting weeping specimens, such as white pines, Norway spruce and of course the favorite weeping cherries. A few unusual, one of a kind plants are hinoki cypress, global blue spruce and blue shag pines. This is a great opportunity to purchase some beautiful additions for your landscape. Stop by this weekend and check out our yard sale for even more great savings.