Welcome to the 2012 Gardening Season!
February hours:
Monday - Saturday, 9:30am-5pm
Sunday 10am-4pm
Upcoming Classes & Events
Classes begin at 10am unless otherwise listed.
Advance registration for classes is appreciated. See our 'Classes & Events' page for details.
Feb 4: 'Fruit: It grows on trees’ Class – Free
Feb 11: ‘Bountiful Berries’ Class – Free
Feb 18: ‘Dealing with Disease’ Class – Free-
Feb 25: ‘Winter Interest: It’s not too late’ Class – Free
Feb 25: ‘Attracting Mason Bees’ Class – Free – 2pm
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The Northwest Flower & Garden Show is coming up, folks. And if you are wondering? YES. It is very much worth your day! This is a huge show at the Seattle Convention Center w/ literally hundreds of displays, gardens and vendors.
Our container display: ‘Jazz Up Your Yard’ brings Mary’s, our Greenhouse Manager’s, ideas on the 2012 theme ‘A Floral Symphony’ to the show. Visit us at ‘Treasure Island’, too, where we’ll bring to the tables a nice selection of great plant picks for you to take home. Swing by the nursery for tickets by Feb 7th and save $4/ticket.
Protect your soils! While a lot of the snow melt has drained from our gardens, some beds are still too wet to work in. Stay off the lawn and out of the beds until things dry out. Otherwise, you’ll ruin your soil structure.
Get planning on your spring vegetable beds! If you want to start from seed, some of your transplants need to be started soon. Read up on how to get started in our
February Newsletter from last year. Looking for more 'to do's' for the garden? See
'The Whistling Gardener's' archive for
February maintenance.
Feed the birds. And, if you’ve been feeding them, make sure to keep it up. Song birds are a wonderful winter attraction, but feeding them is a season-long commitment. Low on food? We’ve still got a great deal on suet (now $.99 each, regularly $1.49) and a wonderful food for feeders.
Our stock of fruit, flowering and shade trees along with our roses are in. The selection doesn’t get any better! Make sure when you come by to pick up some of our homegrown primroses. They really do brighten the winter days!
We, of course, have at least one of our Certified Professional Horticulturists here for you every day. Stop by the nursery for answers to your gardening question, winter interest and a free cup of coffee.
Welcome to the 2012 gardening season! ‘Come garden with us’ and we’ll get you started right!
