Light up your garden!

Summer time and the living is easy, BRIGHT and breezy...
The Purple Orchid has a terrific selection of candles for outdoor use, both flame less and regular, fragrant and colorful. Pair them up with our lovely candlesticks or hurricanes with pottery.
The night time atmosphere on your patio or under your pergola can be enhanced with magical light!

Hello my favorite gardeners! As you have noticed, you have not received any emails from me as of late. The program that I use sort of broke down but is now up and running, I hope. (technology is great when it works!) So this is a test drive to see if we are back on track...
I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day and I want to thank all those who came in to sign up for our raffle. The winner is Ana Z. She won a fabulous gift bag with a gift cards from Anne Lynne's and River City Massage, some wonderful lotion products from Bear Essentials, a Lifetime Candle from our new gift shop The Purple Orchid, and a gift card from our Pinecone Perennials. Ana, I hope you are enjoying your special editions to your Mother's Day!
A reminder about signing up for our very own Pinecone Perennial's App. Your missing out on weekly specials that only those who use the App are privy to from discounts, to free merchandise so don't delay, click on the following link from your phone and start saving...pineconeperennials.appsme.com

In the spirit of my own Mom who I miss so dearly, I wish all of you wonderful ladies a Happy Mother's Day!

Please stop in and sign up for a raffle that will be taking place on Friday, May 8th at 5pm here at Pinecone Perennials. We will have a wonderful basket full of gift certificates from Bear Essentials, Ann Lynn's Ladies Apparel, River City Massage and of course from Pinecone Perennials and our new gift shop The Purple Orchid. You can enjoy it yourself or present it to a deserving lady in your life on her special day.

Our garden center is bursting at the seams with just about every plant you can think of and the new gift shop has a large selection of unusual trinkets, artwork, furniture and of course beautiful orchids. It can be your one special, one stop for gifts. We can wrap them up and help you choose a one of a kind greeting card created by local artists to add to your present.  

Grand Opening and Laura

An event announcement that needs to be put on your calendar, phone, computer, desk and of course your refrigerator!

Friday, April 17th at 6:30 pm we are having a 

Grand Opening of our new 
"Purple Orchid" 

 gift shop. 

We will also have local featured artist of the season, Laura Overman, a talented photographer of nature there to display many of her very beautiful photos both in frames ready to be hung and as photo cards for you to send or frame yourself.

Wine and lite bites will be served and you can stroll through the garden center in the evening when the little white lights make it seem almost magical. 

Stay tuned for more details...

"Garden to Gourmet" classes...

From time to time we will hold classes called "Garden to Gourmet" where you will learn about particular vegetables and taste delicious food made from them.

The first class will be held this coming Saturday, March 28th at 1pm

I will tempt you with Lettuce Soup. Yes you read it right. Lettuce Soup. Easy, peasy and nutrious as well. The other exciting recipe is Mock Potato Salad where I use cauiflower in place of potatoes which makes it better for those watching their intake of starchy, high carbs. It will surprise and have you running to pick up some fresh veggies or out to the yard plant your own!

Come join us rain or shine and bring a friend!

Happy, Happy Spring!

Tomato lecture correction

Correction on mis-typed date for the Tomato lecture...
The published date should have read: The "Trouble with Tomatoes" lecture on Saturday, March 14th, not the 12th, but knowing my smart customers, you all have probably already realized that.

Also, for all of those needing a seven day garden fix, we are now open on Sundays for the remaining of the year from 12-4pm through the end of March and starting in April our hours will be: Monday-Friday 8:30-6pm
                       Saturday 9-5pm and Sunday 10-4pm

Trouble with Tomatoes lecture

Just a reminder of our first lecture for 2015 - 

The "Trouble with Tomatoes", this coming Saturday, March 12th at 11:00 in the garden center, rain or shine. Our own grower, Rob will explain the whys, hows, do's and don'ts in the tomato world. He will also describe some of the vegetable varieties he has chosen to grow for this year's growing menu. Rob is the garden guru when it comes to vegetables. You will learn quite a bit on the subject and be entertained as well so mark it on your calendar as something smart and fun to do this weekend!

A few more bits of gardening interest: 

• All of our cool weather veggies are in waiting to be popped into the spring soil.
• Our new gift shop "The Purple Orchid" is almost finished as far as the construction goes. This is a very special new additon to Pinecone. Just bursting at the seams with a vast variety of home and garden related items, it will surprise and delight!
• Trucks full of shrubs and trees arrive weekly and we regulary take special orders for selections we do not have presently but you are looking for to complete your "Wish List".
• We are now taking orders for Easter lilies. please call in your order no later than March 23rd.