Happy Spring from New Leaf Nursery!

Spring has always been described as a time of rebirth, renewal, or another chance to start afresh! But we gardeners know, that while indeed, spring is all of that, it’s so much more! For us, it’s a time of reconnecting with our gardens that have been quiet since the end of fall.

There is nothing quite so special as discovering our hellebores, that had fallen quiet, now bursting in colorful blooms once again. Or that moment as you are walking in the garden catching a waft of the sweet fragrance of the hyacinth bloom. Or seeing new buds on branches that have been bare for what seems to be an eternity. It is almost a reunion of old friends! For us, it’s a time of great joy!

Yes, we are! If you haven’t been by, come on over and say hello! Our team is busy at work, getting the nursery ready for another amazing year! Trucks are arriving with beautiful evergreens that will add so much dimension to your landscape! And everyone wants to know when the vines, the annuals, and the veg will arrive…and the answer is mid April. We’ve had so many calls asking when is it truly safe to plant those annuals and the answer is it’s probably best to wait til mid May, when the last chance of frost has finally passed.

We are working our way through calls to those of you who put your name on the ‘wish list’ last season…if you are looking for a specific fruit tree, NOW is the time to get it. You can come select your tree, pay for it, and leave it in our care in our greenhouses and come get it once the last chance of freeze has passed, in mid May.

Oh, and did we remember to tell you about our Seeds Rewards Program? Join on our web site today! It costs nothing to join, and every time you make a purchase at the nursery, you will earn rewards points to be used towards later purchases!

The date to save is Saturday April 16…

Welcome Spring with us at the nursery on Saturday April 16…come enjoy a beautiful holiday Saturday in the nursery! Spring gifts and home décor in the garden center, along with pre planted Easter Baskets, and a ‘plant your own’ station! Buy a plant, buy a pot, or a basket, and we’ll provide the soil and even some Easter decorations!

Need new garden tools! We have them! If you’re a Seeds Rewards member, get 10% off any garden tool purchases that day!

Experience interactive garden demonstrations during the opening hours on Saturday! Everything from which plants are best in a shady environment, to how to pick the best plants for a container garden!

Random lucky visitors to the nursery will receive New Leaf Nursery Gift Certificates on Saturday! What better way to embrace the season?

More details will be share on social media, so like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram!

Every newsletter, we shine the spot light on one of our amazing team members…truly we are a family, and everyone has a huge roll to play in the success of the nursery! Tara is a standout! She is one of the most versatile and creative ladies on our team! Tara can create gorgeous fresh holiday wreaths (she made most of ours last holiday season!), and is an accomplished floral designer in her own right! Now, she is also leading the team in our endeavors to grow our own beautiful annuals and veg! Look at this shot of ‘her’ greenhouse filled with new life! Tara, we thank you for countless hours spent with us! You make us look great and your dedication is truly appreciated!

Next time you’re in the nursery, keep an eye out for a vivacious blonde with a smile as big as her heart!

Happy Spring to you all! Can’t wait to see you all again soon!

From your friends at New Leaf Nursery in Hayden!

Welcome to a new year at New Leaf Nursery!

Welcome to a new year at New Leaf Nursery!

For all of you who read our newsletter, visit our website, and visit our garden center and nursery, you all have a sentimental attachment to gardening, and your garden, in particular. Every winter, we gardeners, count down the days til once again, we can get our gardening shoes, and hats, and out to the garden we go, tools in hand, and hats on heads, ready to take on the challenge ahead! We spend the better part of the winter thinking about what we can do in that blank patch against the fence, studying the ways we can help protect our pollinators, or how we can add more year round color to the front walk. We stare at the photos of our gardens from earlier in the year, and dream of the day they look like that again!

The joy of witnessing something beautiful spring from a simple seed or bulb can be almost euphoric for those of us who are gardeners. There is a sense of peace in our spirits as we think ahead to the happy days we will spend again in our garden. Seeing the bulbs we planted in the fall, bloom into spectacular tulips, narcissus, and hyacinth, is almost a miracle. And, as the perennials return, the garden breathes new life, not only into itself, but into us as well!

“We thank you for being part of our gardening community, and for giving us the opportunity to once again provide you with an amazing selection of plants, trees and shrubs to allow you to create the garden you have been dreaming of all winter long!”

Elaine, Eric & Ben Christen

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GOOD NEWS!

Good news is what we love to bring you, and here’s the insider scoop!

Traditionally we have opened in early April, but since you are calling and sneaking in around closed gates, we decided to officially open for the 2022-2023 season on Friday, March 4th at 9:00am!

We are receiving 2-3 truckloads of trees and shrubs every week, and in the next few weeks—weather permitting—the annuals and perennials will begin to arrive.

This year, another great news item, is we are planting our own beautiful garden baskets, brimming with gorgeous colors. Watch the website in the next few weeks on how to reserve yours, and the availability of vibrant color combinations!

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WHAT’S NEW?

The season starts out with the barn loaded with new products for gardening and home decoration, as well as pottery, hanging baskets and garden tools, door mats that will make you giggle, silk flowers that will brighten any room, beautiful soaps and lotions from wonderful Kew Gardens just outside London (www.kew.org) stunningly beautiful wind chimes, and the most amazing selection of seeds you’ve ever seen!

Soaps & Lotions

Kew Gardens gift soaps and lotions, and we carry a ‘gardeners’ hand soap that is wonderful!

Spring Seeds

Beautiful seed packaging from Hudson Valley seeds! They make great Easter basket stuffers!

The battle of the bugs is real.

Explore our extensive line of organic gardening products to win the battle and keep your garden growing.

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SEED STARTING

Seeds, trays, tags, soils, and amendments can be found inside the garden center…now is the time to start your seeds for a great summer harvest! We have all you need to get your project started!

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FRUIT TREES

Some of you may have been waiting patiently on the ‘wish list’ for the tree you weren’t able to get last season! If you did sign up, you will get a call when your variety arrives at the nursery. Trucks are coming every day! Once you get the call, simply pay for the tree, and if you like, come pick out your tree, we will label it, and we will house it for you in our greenhouse, to protect it from the freeze, and it will be ready for you to pick up generally around the 2nd week of May. And…if you didn’t sign up, and you want a tree, we suggest you order your tree on line by the middle of March to guarantee that you will receive it. As with last year, the supply chain issues remain, and it looks like it will be another challenging year for the nursery industry too!

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CLASSES

Did you know we teach classes at New Leaf Nursery? We have classes for everyone! From fun and creative crafting ideas, to learning how to prune everything from shrubs to vines, we have a class for you! Are you interested to learning the art of preventing deer and other varmints from eating the landscape…we have it all! Our classes are fun and informative! Check out the website and sign up for any and all. Space is limited, so first come, first serve!

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COME SEE US AT THE HOME & GARDEN SHOW

Once again, New Leaf Nursery will be front and center at the NIBCA Home & Garden Show at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, and we’d love to have you drop by and say hello! The show starts on Friday, March 4 at noon. Stroll the show and then head down Government Way to come see us on our opening weekend! Pick up a hand out at the show for a great discount coupon for your first purchase of the season at the nursery!

The show continues through the weekend so come on in out of the cold and get some great ideas for not only your gardens, but lots of other great vendors in the home improvement market!

Friday, March 4, 12:00 - 6:00pm
Saturday, March 5, 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, March 6, 10:00am - 4:00pm

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SPECIAL VARIETIES

Our buyers are ‘plant detectives,’ working long and hard to find the newest, and most unusual varieties of plants and flowers to bring to you at New Leaf Nursery! Every year, the growers introduce new varieties, in various color ranges and sizes, as well as newly hybridized versions of old favorites. If you shop our greenhouses and nursery regularly, you will see these plants as they arrive. Our trucks come two and three times a week, sometimes more, so visiting the nursery on a regular basis allows you the opportunity to see the new things first! We have a helpful and friendly staff who are happy to be of service to you!

We’re back!

Our team of landscaper designers are back to work, so if this is the year you want to have a professionally created landscape design, contact our team either through the website or give us a call! We are now booking for the season. (208) 762-4825

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JOIN OUR TEAM

We are always looking for new people to join our team! If you’re interested in more information, give us a call! We’re a happy place to work, in an amazingly beautiful environment, out in the fresh air…what more could you want!

Call today, or stop by to see us!

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SEED REWARDS MEMBERS

If you haven’t already done so, sign up to earn rewards every time you shop at New Leaf Nursery! Join our Seeds Rewards program and see how fast your points add up. 

It’s easy, and free! Sign up on our website, or next time you’re in the nursery; one of our associates will be happy to help. Then, every time you come in, or purchase online, you will earn rewards! Yay! Free stuff!

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Now, old man winter… blow your winds another way… melt your ice… soften the soil… the gardeners are on their way!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Happy New Year!

Hello 2022! As one year ends, and another begins, we want to thank you for your patronage and support of our endeavors at New Leaf Nursery & Garden Center! With every new year, we all turn over our own “new leaf.” As gardeners, we look forward to Spring, which to us, is dirt on our hands, dirt on the soles of our shoes, and the promise that with all of our hard work and dedication, we will create beauty in our yards and gardens!

From all of us at New Leaf Nursery, we send our very best wishes to all of you for a year filled with beautiful color, tall growing plants, lavish vines, robust gardens, and remarkable growth on your trees! The very best resolutions we can make in the new year involve surrounding ourselves with nature. We look forward to another year of providing you with new varieties of plant products, beautiful garden art, home décor products, and the finest in soil and landscaping products!

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DISCOVER

As we begin a new season, and the nursery re-blooms with color, we will feature new varieties of plants. This past year, we saw new exciting varieties of everyday favorites…two groups of new propagation was in the marigold and mum families. We saw colors that we had never seen in the past!

The ’Strawberry Blonde’ marigold were a gardeners favorite. Their bloom started out in shades of pink and yellow, and ‘aged to a vibrant gold as the season progresses. They are sun loving favorites, that bloom well into the summer in garden pots, or as borders! Later in the season, we saw truly amazing colors in new mum varieties. ‘Bronze Elegance’ is one of the varieties that we could not keep in stock. It ranged from a strong butterscotch bronze to almost a peach tone as it came into full bloom. Magnificent! It’s a member of the ‘hardy’ mums, which we feature later in the season in abundance at New Leaf Nursery!

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EXPERIENCE

A new year, a new you and a new us! 2021 brought the introduction of learning opportunities for the community at New Leaf Nursery & Garden Center. 2022 promises a larger, more expanded class schedule. Keep your eye on the EVENTS page of the website for a full listing of classes and experiences.

We will be offering an 8 week course in pruning. You will learn everything from what are the best tools for the job, when to prune, what to prune and everything in between! You can take one class or eight classes! The choice is yours! More gardening ‘how to’ classes are being offered, including the ever popular “So You’re New to North Idaho” class, “Deer Friendly Gardening,” and “Indoor House Plant Favorites…and How Not to Kill Them”!

Every season brings a new reason to visit New Leaf Nursery & Garden Center. Mark your calendars for Saturday April 16, for Spring Fling & Easter Things! A celebration of all things Spring, with some fun crafty things for the kids in the family, as well as learning opportunities in the week leading up to the event, food, entertainment, a real ‘something for everyone’ type of an event!

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CONNECT

Follow our posts on social media and email through the winter with handy tips of how to prepare for spring, create whimsical art pieces for your garden, and learn about promotions and sales! If you aren’t already a member, sign up for our Seeds Rewards program and earn points on every purchase, either in the garden center, or on line, that can be redeemed for anything in the nursery. In addition, when you sign up, you will receive a welcome gift certificate in your email to use the first week we open in the spring (weather dictates opening day; stay tuned for more info as the season approaches).

Sign up and along with rewards, get ‘first peek’ notifications of new products, sales and learning center opportunities!

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Looking forward to the opportunity to provide you with the very finest in plants, garden supplies, and landscape materials!

The joyous season!

I remember being young, and hardly being able to wait until Christmas! It seemed that the year dragged on forever, and the mere thought of Christmas sent me into a full-blown state of ecstasy. It was such a joyous season of love and light! And now, the months seem to fly by so quickly, and from one Christmas to the next seems to be a ‘blink,’ it has still remained a season of joy, and peace, and love, and it comes with anticipation and promise of a new year ahead!

For gardeners, those of us who love our connection with the earth, a little thing like winter doesn’t stop us from dreaming up our gardens for the new growing season! We think of little else, except the promise that Spring brings us each year! As a nursery in a growing community, 2020 and 2021 introduced us to new group of ‘budding’ gardeners, who discovered gardening during their time at home, and brought back the seasoned ‘green thumbs’ who live to garden! So many people have come to enjoy the lifestyle, which includes creating, and nurturing a garden. Flowers, vegetables, fruits and ornamentals have brought us closer to our roots!

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The Heirloom Gardener

If you haven’t read his work before, let me introduce you to The Heirloom Gardener. John Forti is an author, a chef, a lover of nature, and a gardener. His book is available on Amazon and his posts are found on social media platforms, including many of his posts on our social media pages as well!

In The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti celebrates gardening as a craft and shares the lore and traditional practices that link us with our environment and with each other. Charmingly illustrated and brimming with wisdom, this guide will inspire you to slow down, recharge, and reconnect.

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We are honored that so many of you choose to select your annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs from New Leaf Nursery. We love growing with you, and always look forward to seeing you as you create outdoor spaces for your family to enjoy year round!

Our commitment has always been to provide you with the best quality, affordable plants, soils, and gardening materials on the market today, that will thrive and grow in our climate. This coming year, we plan to introduce more native plants to our inventory, along with drought tolerant plants that will do well in our unpredictable climate. We, like you, are anxious for old man winter to release the frozen ground from his grip, so that our hellebores, and hyacinths, and snowdrops will peek up thru the patches of snow, to offer us hope that a beautiful growing season is right around the corner.

As the winter continues, you’ll receive newsletters that will give you a sneak peek at what is planned for the early spring in the garden center. Our web site is a great resource for information, as well as our frequent posts on social media.

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New Gardeners to the Inland Northwest say…

“What can we do right now to prepare for spring?” This is that time of the year that we gardeners dream of all that we want to plant in the new season. Is this the year you finish up that bed of iris alongside the house, and introduce some of the amazing new varieties? Or is this the year you decide to add roses to your bed under a flowering pear tree?

Whatever your desire, check out these links below to help you plan the additions to your garden, and remember that we offer landscape design consultations that continue during the winter months. Whether you are starting from scratch, or you are wanting to refresh the styling of one certain area of your garden, our designers can help you solve any challenges you might have. They are full of great ideas and know exactly what plants to suggest for your specific areas! If you are interested in speaking with one of them, please contact the nursery and we will set up time for you to meet with them!

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Whether you live in a planned community, or on a large parcel of land, the landscape should reflect your personal style, and be designed to fit your lifestyle!

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Hope we have inspired you to begin to dream about your projects for spring 2022!

Remember, our HOLIDAY SALE begins Thursday, December 16 and will run through December 22, the last day of our season. Select items up to 50% off, so mark your calendar because this is the sale of the season and we sell out fast! From wreaths and garlands to ornaments and whimsical décor, it all has to go to make way for our new spring products!

From all of us to all of you, we send our best wishes for a wonderful holiday season, and a Happy Christmas!