This is the first installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy! One rule of gardening I'm a big believer in is creating four seasons of color in your yard. [...]
"Fanciful Gardens" have arrived! Great dwarf and miniature shrubs for containers or rock gardens.
Springtime has arrived at Vander Giessen's! Our first loads of shrubs and trees are arriving, and the plants look great! Check out our wonderful selection of heathers, hellebores, nandina, rhododendrons, azaleas, bareroot fruit trees, periwinkle, and a lot more. New stock is rolling in daily, so be sure to check out our Facebook page for the latest information and pictures of what's coming in--or just stop by if you can't [...]
I almost hate to say it, but it’s sure starting to feel a little bit like spring! Of course, this weekend's forecast includes the potential for snow, so winter's not over just yet. But with several beautiful days recently, it’s easy to think that spring is coming early. And after last year’s miserably cool, wet spring, I think we’re all hoping for a nicer season ahead. So as the [...]
Potted hyacinths now available!
Our first shipment of perennial starts has arrived!
Primroses have arrived!
Quite often in December, we hear comments from customers to the effect of "well, I bet you're looking forward to having nothing to do next month" or, "you probably just take January off, right?" Well, nothing could be further from the truth--January is busy! In fact, this year it's been especially busy.Property in need of some serious TLCIn mid-December, Vander Giessen Nursery more than doubled in size with the purchase [...]
I love new beginnings. After a busy holiday season, it’s always nice to slow down again, restart normal routines and take stock of life. Indoors, this time of year is great for cleaning out closets, reorganizing and taking inventory of our belongings. Outdoors, the story is much the same…but who really wants to spend time working outside in 35-degree rain? I, for one, don’t. So what [...]
It seems that the projects never end--and in our case, that's a good thing! At Vander Giessen Nursery, we're growing again. If you drive through the neighborhood with any regularity, you may have noticed some changes in the last few days. I'll write more after Christmas when I have time to upload some pictures and a share more, but be assured--we're growing for you!