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GRAND CHUTE – A central Wisconsin company expanded into Fox Valley. Jung Garden Center opened today at 1175 N. Westhill Blvd. The store offers a wide variety of seeds and vegetable plants, as well as gardening and landscaping supplies. The property, just south of West Wisconsin Avenue next to GoldenRead More →
Published: 06:45 am December 24, 2021 Update: 08:27 30 December 2021 Their business started as a seedling and is now a 20 year old oak tree, but with only two “branches”. Brenda, 54, and Gary Groucott, 57, mark their silver anniversaries on January 1 – exactly two decades after theirRead More →
Currently celebrating its 75th anniversary, Henleaze Garden Shop is one of Bristol’s oldest family businesses. The store – now Henleaze’s oldest – was opened by John Stenner and his wife, Vera, shortly after World War II in 1946. Stock was limited at the time, but they did sell a fewRead More →
Last spring, most garden centers were only doing phone orders and curbside pickups. This year, avid gardeners put on their masks and shop in person. HAZEL DELL, Wash. – It’s sunny, and lots of it this week. We can already see the effect of spring: green grass, daffodils. And, forRead More →
A record season in the garden industry last year contributed to a nationwide plant shortage this spring, but garden center managers in the Chattanooga area say they have worked hard to ensure that customers won’t notice. “Fortunately, we always bring trailer load after trailer load,” said Cole Webster, general managerRead More →
NEWINGTON, CT (WFSB) – Mother Nature should remind us that it’s still technically winter. Even though snow is expected later this week, local garden centers are still preparing to open to start the spring season. The Stonehedge Garden Center in Newington plans to open on Friday, as usual, as theyRead More →
Owners of Harbinger and Harken Cafe Cameron Neal and Greer gilchrist, with the owners of Meeting Green Kendal Leonard and Sam metzger want to transform a 92-year-old building on the corner of Ashley Avenue and Wentworth Street into a garden cafe and store, inspired by concepts found in the UK.Read More →
Before the pandemic uprooted normality last year, Harrisonburg resident Emma Lundeen believed her gardening skills were on par with having a ‘black thumb’, so far the opposite of a green thumb whose plants withered at his touch. Ten months later, her collection of houseplants has grown from two to overRead More →
If you thought about investing in more plants or started growing a small garden during the coronavirus shutdowns of 2020, you weren’t alone. According to Flowery landscape, a company that ships live plants directly from greenhouses to customers’ homes, a number of people are showing interest in plants this year,Read More →
A local gardener buys plants during a field trip to Geist Nursery at 9890 Mollenkopf Road in Fishers. (IBJ Photo/Mickey Shuey) Garden centers in the region have seen more greenery than usual this spring. Stay-at-home orders led to homeowners in central Indiana spending money on their outdoor living spaces, evenRead More →
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, it’s too late for Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale and Swiss chard. Gardeners and farmers who live in central Pennsylvania should have these plants in the ground by the end of April. This has not happened to many people because of the coronavirus pandemic.Read More →
MANISTEE COUNTY – With the onset of spring comes the gardening season, one of the most crucial times of the year for greenhouses and garden centers. Gardening stores have started to open across the county, which is a welcome sight for many people tired from a long winter and weeksRead More →
Spring has arrived and empty store shelves in the aftermath of coronavirus closings appear to have spurred gardeners’ desire to build their own food stores as local nurseries brace for a high demand for fruit and vegetable starters and seeds. . Ara Lynn, owner of Amazing Flower Farm in NewRead More →
WINCHESTER – The coronavirus may be sowing the seeds for many residents of the northern Shenandoah Valley to embark on a new hobby. Business is booming in the local garden centers. Managers say they think people are tired of staying indoors during the pandemic and are turning to gardening –Read More →
Just a three-minute drive north of the Indiana-Michigan border is Vite Greenhouses. The family-owned and operated greenhouse at 2610 Redbud Trail in Niles has been selling flowers, trees, vegetables and fruit plants for over 30 years and never expected 2020 to be any different. Like many other nurseries, Vite co-ownerRead More →
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Hardy grasses sprout their green branches out of the dark, cold earth, and robins are in our backyards again. This is the time of year when gardening is normally on the minds of many Colorado Springs residents. But will it be this year? “I truly believe in the healing powerRead More →