A baby Cooper’s Hawk fell out of the nest in our Dawn Redwood behind the store! John Pogacnik, Lake Metroparks Biologist, stopped by and helped Mark get it back into the tree. The nest is about 70′ high, so we

We had a great time with Passport2Plants last weekend…seeing so many friends, old and new. The weather was great and everyone is anxious to get going in their garden and yard. People are looking for trees again. We had a

Things are going crazy! The weather is great! Our lot is full of cars! Passport2Plants is in full swing! WKKY was broadcasting from our parking lot this morning and I had to go out and talk with the DJ, on-the-air.

It’s Fall in the garden center! Our honeylocust is spreading golden leaves across the gravel.

The maple behind the store is gorgeous red! We’re planning for Christmas Trees! We must be crazy! So few others are still selling them!

We’ve

Our store is open again! Debby and I painted and cleaned and rearranged for several weeks! I’m looking forward to seeing all our customers again!

Last week I presented a ‘Local Nursery History’ Powerpoint to the Concord Garden Club. These

In October, 2012, we camped near Assateague National Seashore on the eastern shore of Maryland. We saw fewer wild horses than our last visit two years ago, but this time there were no mosquitoes! Lots of native bayberry. The area

I love to sell trees! It makes me feel like I’m doing something good for the customer, the community and the environment.

Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides Height 60′, spread: 25-30′. Completely hardy in Northern Ohio.

I sneak over to the wholesale office sometimes because I can be near the copier and FAX machine. Also, I get to see what they’re up to in ‘wholesale’. The office is really a house that used to belong to

It’s been a rough Spring and Summer. I lost my father in June. In July we moved my mother from a retirement home in Florida to a ‘memory unit’ in Ravenna. I’m visiting her twice a week and she’s finally

Spring means BACK TO WORK for me! It’s great reopening the store, getting in lots of new things and seeing old friends again, coworkers and customers.

During March I did a presentation for the Wildwood Garden Club in Mentor showing

I’m really fortunate to have a ‘book club’, mostly with former teachers in our local communities, and a ‘card club’, mostly with ladies in the nursery industry…both of which meet once a month! Sometimes we talk about books and cards.