Organic Treatment Options for Fire Blight
Spring 2025 has brought us wild weather, and also, the perfect conditions for a serious bacterial disease called fire blight. While we select for disease resistant trees, resistant does not mean immune. Learn about this disease – mainly impacting Pears and Apples – and what you can do about it.
Hurricane Helene and Flooded Soils, Helping Our Farmers
Due to both the floods from Helene and the high amounts of rain experienced, the Buncombe County Extension Service is recommending that people get high quality soil tests and adjust for any changes to their soils.
‘Limelight’ Hydrangea – 2025 Presale – Two Weeks Only
We are offering our most popular summer Hydrangea for pre-sale! Limelight Hydrangeas are a classic, spectacular type of Panicle Hydrangea. Presale runs until Friday, March 7, 2025.
Helene T-shirt Fundraiser
Have you seen the groovy 1977 VW Bus at our entrance? Our amazing staff includes numerous professional artists, and they collaborated to repaint the bus. We have captured this wonderful artwork on a fun light-blue t-shirt. 100% of the proceeds of these shirts benefit victims of Hurricane Helene.
Recovering from Hurricane Helene – Accepting Supply Donations
In light of the heartbreaking devastation in our community, we will be accepting supply donations at our store location. If anyone has supplies they would like to donate we will be here to accept them and redistribute them in the community!
Japanese Maples – Refined Beauties for the Garden
The beauty, the mystique… but oh the price. We do get questions about why such lovely plants are so expensive, or how old the plants are in 1 gallon pots. Let’s talk about it!
September Garden Tips
It’s September and the temperatures are cooling down! Time to break out the flannels! Check out our tips on edible and ornamental gardening, as well as lawn care and more for this month.
We Love Red Rocks!
‘Red Rocks’ Penstemon is a magnet for hummingbirds and bumblebees!
We have it planted in our Pollinator Garden and we’re constantly seeing bumblebee butts going in and out of the tubular flowers. ‘Red Rocks’ flaunts its hot pink flowers all spring through summer with deadheading, plus the foliage is mostly evergreen. It’s deer resistant and drought tolerant once established, and a staff favorite here and in our home gardens…
Attending the 75th Anniversary Mountain Horticultural Field Day
On August 15, I (Joy) was able to attend the annual Field Day at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center down in Mills River. While I only attended the morning sessions, this all-day event was packed with learning all about new plants, new research, new-to-NC plant diseases, and more.
Get Your Garden Ready for Fresh Fall Veggies!
Fall is nipping at the air. Think lovely salads, collards and kale (did you know that greens get sweeter when kissed by a light frost?), broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts (so delicious roasted), peas, tat soi and more. Our delicious mix of veggie transplants are grown in super-nice organic soil from Dirtcraft Living Soils locally produced in Marshall, NC.