| Summer Open House! Saturday, July 19th. |
| We will be hosting an open house of our gardens on Saturday, July 19th, when our perennial borders are at their peak. The event will feature open, self-guided tours of our gardens from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Nursery hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Garden admission is $5. Customers will receive a $3 voucher toward their next purchase at the nursery with their paid admission. |
| Shop at Hortulus for Your Native Plants! |
| We are now carrying an extensive selection of indigenous perennials, shrubs, and trees. Our spring catalog will be posted on our website soon. Call or visit the nursery for details. |
| Spring/Summer Hours |
| We are now open Mon-Sat from 9-5 and Sun from 10-3 |
| Open Garden Tours, Every Wednesday at 10 a.m. |
| Beginning in May, we will be offering guided tours open to any size group. Tours are every Wed. at 10 a.m. For private tours, pleas contact the nursery |
| Meet Our New General Manager! |
| Brian English has joined the Nursery staff as manager. Brian has been in the horticulture business since 1992 and has extensive experience in nursery and garden center management and landscape operations. Stop by to meet Brian and the rest of the staff, who can help you plan your perfect garden. |
| Read about |
| Hortulus's own Jack Staub has an article on npr.org about what he calls "the unsung frog prince of winter vegetables" celeriac. Click on this link to learn all about celeriac -- and get some great recipes! |
| EXCITING NEWS! |
| The Hortulus Farm Foundation and Hortulus Farm Nursery are pleased to announce a brilliant new partnership with The Heritage Conservancy.
As always, Renny & Jack will be availabe to consult on design, lecture, lead tours, etc., and the nursery will continue to offer really unusual perennial and greenhouse plants as well as hard-to find vegetable seedlings and herbs, etc. Please do come pay us a visit and see first hand what all the excitement is about! Click on this link to learn more about the important mission of The Heritage Conservancy. |
| Composting Workshop with Bonnie Oliver - Sat. June 14th at 10 a.m. |
| Taught by Penn State Cooperative Extension staffer and Master Gardener Bonnie Olliver, you'll learn all about the benefits and the proper way to compost, as well as make your own quick-generation wire compost bin!
Bonnie's compost bin is the most effective compost maker, which she highly recommends over the traditional plastic bin. This workshop is fun, informative and interactive--you'll go home with your own bin and have the skills to make more on your own! Pre-registration and $10 materials fee required |