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Weekly News, 10.04.23
the week’s email newsletter Fall Traditions. Getting back into the fall routine has me thinking about everyone and everything that makes our lives possible. All of the people who came before us who believed in family, farming and this community. In our case, that was Russ’ namesake and grandfather, Russ,...
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Weekly News, 09.12.23
the week’s email newsletter Fall is in full-swing over here. We kicked off the season with our Fall Open House this past Sunday, and we were so glad to see many of you! If you’re looking for inspiration as the seasons change, we’re fully immersed in fall with colorful pumpkins and...
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Weekly News, 08.28.23
this week’s email newsletter I visited a few homes recently that our Landscape Team had the pleasure to work with on design and install last fall. It was so much fun to see the progress in just one year! The home pictured here was new construction in Canonsburg, so we...
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Weekly News, 08.01.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER I’m taking mental notes and photos of my lush August annual plantings and getting ideas on some garden editing. I love the impact and splashes of color from my sunpatiens and annual pennisetum rubrum grass. Then there are my pots of angel’s trumpet and oleander....
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Weekly News, 07.18.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER I’ve loved hearing about and seeing the JOYS to be found in your yard and garden right now, and thought I’d share a few below. Let’s keep spreading that joy! Reply back to share with me, and include a photo or two. Or please share...
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Weekly News, 07.12.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER ‘The only constant in life is change.’ I looked this quote up and it’s credited to the ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus. Ben Franklin took things one step further with ‘When you are finished changing, you are finished.’ People have been struggling with this for centuries,...
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Weekly News, 07.03.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER A few members of our staff and I made a quick trip to the Chicago area recently for a perennial plant event at Ball Seed Company. We enjoyed their gardens, as well as those at a fellow garden center and Cantigny Park. It’s always something...
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Weekly News, 06.20.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER It doesn’t matter how many years you’ve been gardening or working in the horticulture industry, there is always something new to discover. One of the best parts of my job is walking through the greenhouses each week thinking about what to share. And so often...
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Weekly News, 06.13.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER There are so many moments on the farm and in the garden center when we’re too busy getting things done to think about much else. We’ve had plenty of those. But we were also lucky enough to have a little time this winter and spring...
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Weekly News, 05.30.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER After the mad rush of spring planting and garden maintenance, it’s a relief to take a more leisurely approach to gardening this month. Here is your June Gardening Checklist, and a few things we’re looking forward to: Sunday, June 11th is our Summer Open House, when...
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Weekly News, 05.23.23
VIEW THIS WEEK’S EMAIL NEWSLETTER One of my daughter’s recent assignments for school was to enhance a space, then write about it. The idea was that we have wonderful opportunities to improve our lives, if we choose. For example, organize your bedroom or closet, pot up a flower arrangement for...
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Weekly News, 05.17.23
view this week’s email newsletter I love to be home. I try to save most of my errands so I can just make one trip. Recently the girls and I had to go to Bridgeville, so we hit up all the places on our list. As we drove (and sat)...
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Weekly News, 05.09.23
view this week’s email newsletter This is when—right before the mad spring rush—my heart starts to beat a little faster. I watch as plants we’ve grown from seed, plugs and unrooted cuttings come into bloom. And I want everything for my own yard and garden! I tell myself that I...
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Weekly News, 3.21.23
I spend a lot of my time on the farm at my desk working on my computer. Most of us know that we need breaks from sitting throughout the day. But I delay that break, again and again, telling myself that I’ll get up after I finish this email or...
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Weekly News, 2.22.23
You know that saying, do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life? It’s not exactly true, for me anyway. We work really hard at what we love because we believe in how important it is. We shared this message with students at a local school...
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Weekly News, 2.7.23
Have you noticed how days are getting longer? More daylight feels as good for us as it does for our plants, that’s for sure. I thought it might be fun to give you a peek into everything that happens behind the scenes leading up to spring. Like you, we spent...
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Weekly News, 10.25.22
Hello, Last week I mentioned that I was doing some garden “editing” in a large landscape bed that we have. I love to make some changes in the fall, after my ideas are fresh from the season. I encourage you to do the same. It makes the spring so much...
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Weekly News, 10.18.22
Hello friends, How did your garden grow this year? Just like life, the garden is always changing and a work in progress. To capture moments of time we take photos. Some of us perhaps are more worried about the pictures than enjoying the moment. There’s something about the passing of...
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Weekly News, 08.01.22
Happy August! A few of us are on the road this week at the National Perennial Plant Symposium, so I’ll keep this brief. Here are a few notes this week: we recently planted up some fresh, colorful container gardens. If you need something fresh to get you through to fall,...
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Weekly News, 07.26.22
Hi gardening friends, One of the to-do’s on our July gardening checklist is to visit other gardens. I’ve always loved visiting our customers’ homes to see what you create with the plants that you get from us. I always admire their hard work and come away inspired. Recently I had...
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