Shonnard's Blog
Thursday August 5, 2010
Tips for Extending Summer Color
Keep your hanging baskets and annuals blooming all summer by deadheading and fertilizing.
Deadheading keeps flowers and plants producing. When old leaves and flowers are left on the plant it focuses on keeping them alive instead of new growth.
Another important step is to fertilize toward the end of the season to keep the flowers looking their best. Using an organic fertilizer will last longer into the fall than a non-organic or synthetic fertilizer.
-Andrea Shonnard
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It's Time To Garden
Even though summer has come late it’s not too late to plant veggies and summer color
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Raised Bed Reflection
Today I am back to thinking about my own garden. I seem to always think about other people’s gardens! This year I’ve build new This year Shonnard’s supported Project H.E.R. by donating a portion of our Mother’s Day sales. Volunteers helped deliver flowers and... Shonnard’s has adopted the Philomath Community Garden as a community enhancement phoject for a five year period. The garden is open to... Our Mother’s Day bouquet is a special creation from Shonnard’s Floral Department and benefits Project H.E.R., a local breast cancer awareness program. Cost is $59.99; $5.00 from each bouquet goes directly to help Project H.E.R. It’s spring and pond owners are taking a look at their pond after the winter. Water gardening can sometimes be a mystery to even the most experienced pond lover. We divided a lawn depleted of nutrients, treating one half with conventional products and the other with organic. We’re conducting an experiment to see what happens. Here’s the first step. While the rain we’ve seen this week may not making working in the garden as much fun, it’s a great opportunity to get a little more rain and get caught up with late winter chores like pruning, planting berries and spreading lawn food. Shonnard’s selected Mike and Michelle Owers’ home for its March Gorilla Landscaping Project. The crew cleaned and beautified the couples’ home after Mike, who is in a wheelchair, and Michelle struggled to keep up with the yard work.19
Fighting Cancer with Flowers
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Philomath Community Garden Is Up and Growing!
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Mother's Day Bouquet
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Water Gardening: Take the Plunge!
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An Experiment in Organics
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Rain, Rain - Stay Just a Little Bit Longer
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Gorilla Landscape Division Strikes Again
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