Summer Garden Prep—
Getting Ready for a Season of Blooms
As the warmth of Summer approaches, it's time to roll up your sleeves and prepare your garden for a season of abundant blooms, lush foliage, and vibrant colors. Summer garden prep is a crucial phase that sets the stage for a successful and thriving garden throughout the coming months, ensuring that your outdoor space becomes a haven of beauty and tranquility.
As you embark on your summer garden prep journey, here are some insights, tips, and inspiration to help you create a lush and thriving garden oasis that is ready to bloom in all its Summer glory!
1. Start with Soil Health: Ensure your soil is well-draining, rich in nutrients, and at the right pH level for optimal plant growth. Consider testing your soil and amending it as needed with organic matter like compost.
2. Choose Summer-Blooming Plants: Select a variety of flowers and plants that thrive in the summer heat and provide a spectrum of colors to create visual interest in your garden. Our plant specialists would be happy to assist you in choosing the right plants and flowers for your area!
3. Strategic Plant Placement: Place sun and shade-loving plants where they'll receive adequate amounts of required light, and consider the mature size of your plants to prevent overcrowding.
4. Mulching Matters: Apply a layer of mulch around your plants to retain moisture, suppress weeds, and regulate soil temperature during hot summer days.
5. Proper Watering Techniques: Water deeply to encourage deep root growth. Consider using soaker hoses or drip irrigation systems to water plants at the root zone.
6. Deadheading and Pruning: Regularly deadhead spent flowers and prune overgrown branches to promote continuous blooming and maintain plant health.
7. Attract Pollinators: Plant pollinator-friendly flowers to attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects that aid in pollination and contribute to a healthy ecosystem.
8. Pest and Disease Monitoring: Keep an eye out for common garden pests and diseases, and address issues promptly to prevent damage to your plants.
9. Fertilization Schedule: Follow a fertilization schedule tailored to the needs of your plants, ensuring they receive the necessary nutrients for vigorous growth and abundant flowering.
10. Consider Edible Plants: Integrate edible plants like herbs, vegetables, or fruiting trees into your garden space for a functional and delightful addition to your landscape.
11. Garden Maintenance Routine: Establish a regular maintenance routine that includes weeding, feeding, watering, and monitoring plant health to keep your garden thriving throughout the summer season.
It is now prime planting time! The fear of the last frost has passed, and it’s time to get outside and plant. Zinnias, Cosmos, Dahlias, Peonies, Hollyhock, Yarrow, Asters, Echinacea, Iris, and Salvia are all great choices for flowers that can now be planted in your garden. We have all of these in stock here at the nursery, ready to be purchased and taken to their forever homes!
Pave it Forward—
Creating Your Own Paradise
We’ve got exciting news! We now offer premium pavers, steps and retaining wall systems. In partnership with Castohn and Western Interlock, we now bring you a selection of top-of-the-line products designed to elevate your home and landscape projects. Whether you're looking to create stunning outdoor living spaces or enhance the functionality and aesthetic appeal of your yard, our new range of products promises durability, quality, and style.
This is just a small sample of what is available. For a full list of available products, please visit the Castohn and Western Interlock websites. If you would like to know more about pricing, sizing and color, and you’re interested in ordering any of these products, please send us an email and we’ll be happy to help!
THE FARMSTAND—
Hayden’s Hub for Locally Grown & Sourced Fresh Goods, Weekly.
We are thrilled to announce The Farmstand at New Leaf—a new endeavor for the nursery. Our objective is to provide locally sourced food options for our neighbors to provide a healthier lifestyle. We want to be your ‘go to’ weekly source for fresh produce, locally grown meats, fresh eggs, bakery goods, and cold pressed juice, along with fresh cut flowers, and, as we grow, local honey, spices and jams.
Many factors can influence the growing of produce, and most of us, as gardeners, know that 2024 has been an unusually cold spring. Due to this, local produce growers have experienced the same challenges as flower growers and have limited crops at this time.
Our first market will feature varieties of available fresh produce, but will also feature baked goods from Amber Waves Bakery, fresh pressed juices from PNW Juice Junkie, cut flowers from Sowing Joy Flower Farm, and local, non-gmo beef and chicken from Triple Five Farm. Along with those products, Koryn with PNW Juice Junkie, who is a regular food vendor at the nursery, will have fresh salad bowls of various vegetables and choices of her home made dressings, available to take with you for a quick and healthy dinner!
The Farmstand will run during the growing season from June to September. We aim to provide an opportunity for our community to not only shop local, but also meet our local farmers, learn about their growing practices, get fresh products, and support small farms. This is truly the “small-town” market experience we all enjoy, set in the wonderful atmosphere of our beautiful nursery!
The Farmstand will start Tuesday, June 4, from 2:00 PM-6:00 PM in front of Greenhouse 5, and every following Tuesday through September (dates are fluid, based on weather). We hope you will join us, and look forward to connecting with you, our friends and community at New Leaf Nursery!
Vendor Sneak Peek!
SAVE THE DATE—
Our Summer Festival is Almost Here!
Our Annual Summer Festival is around the corner! June 22, from 12:00-6:00PM, New Leaf’s Summer Festival comes roaring back into town. This year, we have assembled great vendors with beautiful jewelry, honey products, sweets and goodies, along with great home products.
We’ll have activities for the kids and of course, door prizes throughout the day. You’ll see some of our favorites like Uncorked with Friends, who will be serving up beer and wine, and returning vendors Carpe Diem Crepes, Gonzo Panini, and Hey Bear Dogs and Pretzels will be here, along with 7b Bistro, PNW Juice Junkie, and Good N’ Baked. And of course, you can indulge in the high-energy music from LakeTown Sound—they have a new set list that will blow your mind! Plan to come enjoy a delightful afternoon and early evening of fun, food, music, shopping and community at the Nursery.
Please keep an eye on our website, more detailed information will be added soon!
Employee Spotlight—Meet Makaylah!
If you’ve visited the nursery lately, then you’re aware of how busy we’ve been! You might have even seen a delivery truck or two…or three. Within the racks of items being unloaded you will find Makaylah, meticulously counting the new items, making sure everything is accounted for and signed. Makaylah's dedication and efforts reflect her commitment to the finer details, and we are so lucky to have her as part of our New Leaf team!
