Starting a Fall Vegetable Garden

Growing Late Season Crops

Were you unable to plant a spring garden this year? Don’t fret! There is still time to get in a fall crop! In this short video, New Leaf Plant Specialist Jen, explains how planting a late summer garden can still provide you with harvest fresh produce well into fall and sometimes into early winter.

How To Use Your Late Season Veggies

Making the Most of What You’ve Grown!

Late-Summer planting may yield an abundance of fall vegetables. While this is a wonderful problem to have, figuring out ways to utilize your vegetables so they don’t spoil can be challenging. In this article from Eatingwell.com, you can find some tips and tricks on making the most of your summer garden haul, as well as preserving it for months to come!

Employee Spotlight

Customer Service Superstars

One of the things New Leaf Nursery prides itself on is Customer Service. We can always count on our New Leaf Plant Experts Jen, Patrick and Brianna to enhance the customer experience day in and day out. Between the three of them, there is no question left unanswered, and their knowledge leaves the customer feeling more confident and skilled as they enter their gardening journey!

Whatever it is you decide to do with your garden this fall, we have lots of staff on hand to answer all your questions and to help you make great choices!

SAVE THE DATES!

Our Annual Fall Festival is Back!

Come one, come all…to the event that offers something for everyone! Our Annual Fall Festival is less than a month away. Come enjoy a weekend of music, great food, FREE kids activities and fun!

Friday, October 6th: 12:00-5:00 PM

Saturday, October 7th:  9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Sunday, October 8th: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM

If you were at last years’ festival, you know that New Leaf Nursery loves to throw a great ‘Welcome Fall’ party! Our three day event encompasses the entire Nursery grounds and admission is always FREE!  In addition to FREE admission, there will be Face Painters, Bouncy Houses, Arts & Crafts projects and a daily Scavenger hunt for kids, ages 3-10. 

Did we mention that’s ALL FREE?!

 The Petting Zoo is back, as well as the Kids’ Pony Rides (these are paid attractions, and weight limits will apply to the pony rides). Come find your perfect Halloween Pumpkins…from traditional orange carvers to warty green specialities. Make sure to come early for the best selection!

 And come hungry! Your favorites plus some newcomers will provide great fall eats, along with over 35 local artisans. It’s the perfect place to start your Holiday shopping!

If that’s not enough, there will be amazing deals on trees, plants and shrubs, as well as garden art to finish off your dream garden! Our barn is loaded with beautiful fall blooms and branches, along with fragrant candles and unique home décor for the fall. Plus, with Christmas right around the corner, you’ll be able to see a sample of our holiday collection!

We can’t wait to see you there!

You can visit our Events Page for even more details on the Fall Festival!

As summer comes to an end, we’ve got a lineup of classes we’re certain will put you in the fall mood. Just click on the class name to learn more and sign up!

Make sure to check out our Events Page to learn more about our upcoming classes this month and in October. Don’t forget to register early.

Looking for Low-Maintenance Landscaping?

Are you a ‘Snow Bird’ or someone who likes to spend your weekends on the lake?

We’ve got you covered!  Low maintenance landscaping is for you!  ii

No matter the situation, if your passion is something other than gardening every weekend, look for easy to grow, low maintenance plants. Here are a few versatile suggestions.

Spirea, Smoke Bush, Barberry and Potentilla are your ‘go to’ plants and great news, generally speaking, the deer will leave them alone!  We have a nursery filled with several varieties of these that wil lset your yard apart in the neighborhood!  Dwarf pine, such as ‘Slowmound’ mugo, many varieties of dwarf spruce and boxwood are evergreen choices for year-round interest.

If you’re looking to add more color, try some of the suggestions listed below.

Best Loved Flowers in America
Are Your Favorites on the List?

The online gardening site Gardening Chores looked at top Google searches to determine the flowers Americans love best. The top ten are flowers we often find in our gardens here in North Idaho.  Did your favorites make the list?

It’s no surprise Lavender is the #1 flower. It’s pretty easy to grown, and its unique fragrance is said to promote relaxation.

Watering, Watering, Watering

It’s a topic we’re covering regularly as we enter into the hottest time of our summer. Sometimes it seems our yards just can’t get enough water, yet we feel like we are watering all the time. Remember that the best time to water is in the evening or early morning hours. If you wait until the middle of the day, a lot of that precious water evaporates into the atmosphere instead of settling in the ground!

Check out Jen’s tips on watering! It’s great information and will help you water your gardens in the most efficient manner possible. Great info Jen!

Employee Spotlight: New Leaf’s Watering Warriors

The nursery staff is a team, no member more or less important than the other, but during the hottest time of the year, the watering team stands heads above!  Sometimes watering the entire nursery, not once, but twice in a day, in a heat wave, they manage to keep the plants alive and fresh! 

Here’s a few of our watering warriors:  Lauren, Tina, Maddy, Lisa and Cindy. Still attached to hoses are: Cheryl, Kelly, Reese, Sarah, Vicky, Andrew, Evan, and James S.

SUMMER FESTIVAL

Now that the warm weather is finally upon us, bet you are looking for some fun for the family on a summer afternoon? Or, maybe you’ve been waiting to buy that gorgeous maple tree, knowing that Double Points Day for Seed Reward Members would roll around soon? Or, maybe you just wanted to hear great music and have a cold beer and a hot brat in the shade of the hydrangea garden?

The wait is nearly over! That day is right around the corner! We have a great line up planned for you and your family on Saturday July 15 at the nursery! And, yes, you guessed it, it’s DOUBLE POINTS DAY too! Plus, all barn decor is 20% off on Saturday and Sunday. And we might have a surprise visit from Harriet, or favorite Highland Scottish cow. She’s just about ready to become a mom, so may not be able to make the trip if she has her baby before the event.

Load up the minivan, or grab a friend and swing into the nursery for The Summer Festival. Event hours are noon until 7 p.m. The nursery opens at 9 a.m., and many vendors will be happy to see you then! The sweet treats, the crepes, the brats, and lots of other goodies will be ready for you! We’ve got an obstacle course for your young Ironmen and other fun activities for kids.

LakeTown Sound will take the stage at 4 and play until the end of the party! LakeTown Sound is a local gem, and its music will take you back to 70’s, 80’s and 90’s! You’ll be up dancing and singing along!

The nursery is filled with absolutely gorgeous plants. The displays will inspire you, and you’ll likely find so much more since your last visit. Our Renaissance man, Ciro, built a water feature in one of our greenhouses that you’ll want in your garden! We expect a big shipment of rice hull pots that are fully recyclable and tolerant to our winters. You won’t believe the high energy colors! A huge shipment of birdbaths arrived, new garden trellises and arbors, including a new circle ‘moon’ arbor. Ornamental grasses, shrubs, trees, perennials and vines come together to create our garden-like setting.

We’re excited to have many of our favorite vendors with us again for the festival, as well as new ones — nearly 30 vendors in all.

Admission is free so plan to while away a fun-filled summer afternoon at the nursery. We can’t wait to see you!

Here are the many delights you’ll find: 

Food and Drink

Artisan Crafts and Amazing Pros

Summer Perennials Are Bursting with Blooms

Bumblebees just love blooming salvia, as do many of the pollinators that grace our gardens this time of year. Summer is here and it’s time to enjoy our gardens after all that hard work in the spring cleaning up, pruning, and getting things in shape. Now it’s time to relax a bit more, fill in those bare spots in the garden, deadhead the flowers, and pull the occasional weed or two.

And we’ve got you covered with ideas for filling in your garden. Our greenhouses are bursting with perennials that bloom throughout the summer such as daisies, rudbeckia, yarrow, echinacea, and more. Another sun-filled favorite are the lilies. The Asiatic, oriental and day lilies are all just starting to bloom.

And don’t forget those part sun and part shady areas of your garden. These can be filled with numerous satisfying blooms and greens creating a delightful serene garden space. Here are just a few ideas:

The Art of Watering During Hot Summer Months

Did you know there is an art to watering your plants during the hot summers here in North Idaho? New Leaf plant expert Jen gives us tips on watering our plants to make sure they are fully hydrated and root growth is stimulated.

Beautiful Wrapped Designer Bouquets Make Their Barn Debut at Summer Festival

We are so excited to present the newest addition to the great products in the barn at New Leaf Nursery!  Beautifully wrapped designer bouquets of locally grown cut flowers will be available starting the morning of our Summer Festival, Saturday July 15. Carefully curated color palettes will be available. Cut flowers bring the beauty of nature inside your home. Whether you are a seasoned floral designer, or just nature lover, having flowers in vases in your house brings joy! We will continue this service through the summer. And, of course, custom orders are available. Our designer asks for a week’s notice in order to procure special requests. See us as at the front desk to put in your request.

New Leaf’s Belle of the Bulk Yard

 If you’ve ever purchased any of our bulk soils, barks and rocks, you’ve worked with our Belle of the Bulk Yard, Christianna. She’s the one who coordinates and dispatches all of our bulk material sales, loads and deliveries. In radio banter around the nursery, she is lovingly called “Dirt Girl,” while her bulk materials assistants are called “Bark Buddies.” When not on bulk materials duty, you’ll find Christianna’s smiling face and can-do work attitude all over the nursery. She is often the person answering our phones, she assists at the front desk and helps to wrap those trees for their voyage home. She’s been with us for two seasons now and we are so lucky to have her!

Coeur d’Alene Garden Tour Is Coming

The Coeur d'Alene Garden Club tour is July 9. You can purchase tickets at the nursery for this fun day of touring local gardens.

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WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE SEASON, BUT WILL REOPEN MARCH 1, 2025.