Oh the Things you Can Learn!

A greenhouse and garden center can be a fascinating place for kids to come and learn.  This year, students from PICA in Brooklyn Center joined us on a few different occasions to get tours of the greenhouse and our Garden Center.  They learned about how plants grow and then brought plants back to school to pot up as a class.

Buddy system! Time to start the tour.

Intense focus learning about plant plugs.

Learning how the conveyor belt and the planting line works.

Taking a peek in the germination chamber.

Class photo!

Planting Parties

From time to time, we have groups and organizations come into the Garden Center for planting parties.  This was one such evening!  A local women's group organized their monthly outing at the Garden Center for an evening of planting fun and socializing.  They brought their own spread of goodies and treats and we set them up with all the makings for pansy patio pots.  

Picking out the perfect curly willow branches.

Now that they've picked out their pansies, it is time to get started!

Some of the final products.

Busy planting.

Admiring their handiwork and putting the finishing touches on.

A final project!

A great end to an April evening.

Mother's Day is Around the Corner

There are a lot of new toys to choose from this year!  We took a lot of your advice with us while we were shopping for items for the Garden Center.  If you're looking to do something different for Mother's Day (yes..it is Sunday!) or maybe just for yourself this year, look no further.  Accessories for your gardens, container gardens and around the house!

We got more pet planters in!  If you remember, last year we had the larger size pet planters.  This year we're carrying a large assortment of animals!  Get them fast, they fly off the shelves.

Just a quick picture of the fun and new planters we're carrying this year.

Frogs are on the 2012 Trend List!

Colorful plant stakes

We're carrying a wide variety of wind chimes this year!

Many different styles, shapes, colors and chimes to choose from!

Very bright and colorful stakes, these twirl in the wind.

This doubles as a plant stake and a bird house!  The back opens up.

A garden stake, this with a more rustic feel.

This plant or garden stake will be moving and grooving with the wind.  Comes in a lady bug as well.

For the garden enthusiast in your life.  Would be great for Mother's Day.

The art of creation!  From a local artist.

Great addition to a succulent container.