Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our family at Vander Giessen Nursery to yours! We hope that in the coming days you are able to enjoy special times with loved ones sharing gifts, good food, and special memories, but most importantly, that you would know the joy that's found in the gift of the Savior, born in Bethlehem that first Christmas morning. As Christmas nears, please note our upcoming [...]
The turkey is thawing, the table is set, and the last preparations are being made for the big day--Thanksgiving is almost here! At Vander Giessen's, we've been busy setting up our Christmas displays, but before we dive into the Christmas season, we want to pause to say thank you. Once again this year, we've been richly blessed to be able to serve you, our customers, and to be a part [...]
To put it simply, thank you. 2020 has brought challenges none of us could have anticipated or properly prepared for, and while so many continue to struggle with the loss of jobs or school along with the worry about when we’ll ever get back to “normal” life, we count ourselves so blessed here at Vander Giessen’s. In the midst of everything that happened this spring and has continued throughout [...]
To all who voted for us as 'Best Nursery' in the Best of Lynden contest in 2019, we wish to say thank you! We're honored to have your vote again this year and appreciate the affirmation this award brings. Having served our community for 82 years in 2020, we're ever mindful of the fact that we wouldn't have lasted the better part of a century without the consistent support [...]
With your busy schedule, we know it can be hard to find time to pick out a Christmas tree. In order to better serve your family, we have extended our hours for the first part of the Christmas season! Our extended hours are as follows:Through December 8Monday-Friday 9:00-5:30Saturday 9:00-5:00December 10-22Monday-Saturday 9:00-5:00We have a great selection of fresh-cut trees, including Noble, Fraser, Nordmann, Douglas, and Canaan Fir, in sizes from 2-4' [...]
After a cool, wet start to spring, pleasant weather has finally arrived, and with it, the opportunity to once again plant a garden and watch your flowers grow. As you enjoy time spent outside this month, here are a couple of my favorite plants to find a spot for this year as well as some tips to keep your garden growing and healthy. First, May is the best time to [...]
Late on February 3, Ada Vos, the second-generation owner and long-time face of Vander Giessen Nursery passed away at the age of 91. For 50 years, Ada designed floral arrangements for weddings, funerals, holidays and husbands who needed to get out of trouble. Also during that time and in the years to follow her retirement from floral work in the late 1990s, Ada and her husband John ran the [...]
The Christmas season will soon be here--and in fact, for many stores, it is already. We choose to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to get into full swing here at Vander Giessen's, but that doesn't mean we're not busy getting ready! Stop in today and you'll see we're busy changing our greenhouse around to accommodate our indoor Christmas tree shopping area, a separate poinsettia & indoor plant area [...]
As we begin to enjoy the transition from summer to autumn, now is the time to plant fall flowers for a new season! We're now stocked with winter pansies, mums, trailing pansy baskets, cabbage, ornamental grasses and more. Freshen up your patio planters or hang a new basket by your front door for winter-long color. From plants to potting soil to new pottery, we're here to help bring new life [...]
The month of August brings on feelings of change--while there's still plenty of summer weather left in the year, later this month will be back-to-school time, and with it, the shift in gardening to autumn.One of the best flowers for late-summer and early-fall color is echinacea, known more commonly as the coneflower. Once a humble perennial available only in purple or pink, echinacea has come a long way in recent [...]
