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Greenhouse
Tour
Come have a tour of our greenhouses,
get a preview of our spring plants. We will show and explain
the innovations that help us grow better plants while
conserving water and energy. It will be on Saturday, March
24, at 10:00.
Bow Making Class
On Saturday, March 31
at 10:00 Julia and others
will teach a class on bow
making. Come learn how to
dress up your Easter
flowers. There will be a
$5 charge for materials.
Call 983-4107 to
preregister.
Spring Open House
You're invited to our
Spring Open House on
Saturday, April 14th. Come
and see our large
assortment of hanging
baskets, ferns, bedding
plants, lantana, Proven
Winners, Wave Petunias,
geraniums, perennials,
trees, and shrubs. We have
one of the widest
selections in the Triad.
Free hotdogs (served from
11:00-1:00), drinks, and
cookies will be served
with drawings for door
prizes.
Small Space
Vegetable Gardening
Demonstration
Come out April 14 at
9:00, to see how to put a
small space to work for
you at our demonstration
garden. Our small space
grows enough broccoli,
lettuce, mesclun, red
kale, Brussels sprouts and
spinach for our family and
others. Our broccoli grew
11” heads this year. We
also grow enough
cucumbers, peppers,
squash, and tomatoes to
keep us supplied while
they are in season.
These vegetables are
grown around our water
tank and pump house. Come
learn how to prepare soil,
make amendments, and mulch
plants.
We will
have leaf lettuce (red and
green), Swiss chard, red
mustard, Russian red kale,
and spinach for sell.
We will have cold
hardy spring vegetables
including broccoli,
collards, cabbage, leaf
lettuce (red and green),
Swiss chard, mescclun mix,
Buttercrunch lettuce,
Romaine lettuce, kohlrabi,
Brussels sprouts,
cauliflower and spinach
ready for sell the first
of March.
Our
summer vegetables will
include pickling
cucumbers, slicing
cucumbers, burpless
cucumbers, straight neck
squash, crook neck squash,
zucchini, red, yellow, and
green bell peppers, hot
and sweet banana peppers,
cayenne peppers, jalapeño
peppers, over 15 varieties
of tomatoes, okra, egg
plant, 5 varieties of
watermelon, and 3
varieties of cantaloupe.
They will be ready around
the first week of April.
Plant a Row for
the Hungry
 We
are sponsoring a local
Plant A Row for the Hungry
for the second time this
year. Plant A Row for the
Hungry is a
people-helping-people
program to help feed the
hungry in local
neighborhoods and
communities.
We are
asking Stokes County
businesses, community
organizations, and
individuals
to join us
and help with fresh food
donations by adding a row
in their garden for those
in need and donating the
extra harvest to a local
food agency, soup kitchen
or hunger relief
organization. We will kick
off our campaign on
Saturday April 14th. Take
the pledge and get a free
starter pack (vegetable
plants, row marker, and
bag of Daddy Pete’s
Manure) while supplies
last. Help make a
difference in Stokes and
surrounding counties.
Plant Bed
Preparation Class
Saturday, April 21st at
10:00am Jim will be
demonstrating how to get
your plant beds ready for
spring planting. Learn how
to mix in soil conditioner
to your soil to have
healthy and thriving
plants.
Bring a Friend Day
Bring a Friend Day at
Mitchell’s Nursery!
Saturday, April 28th bring
a friend and enjoy a
little savings along the
way. Those who bring a
friend and mention that
you saw this on our web
page will get $5 off of
your purchases of $35 or
more. This is only for
those who bring a friend.
The savings are for you
both.
Mix Container
Demonstration
Just in time for Mother’s
day, give her a beautiful
container that will last
all summer.
Saturday,
May 5th at 10:00 join us
for a seminar on mixed
container gardens. Jim
will give tips on how to
plant mixed containers
that will bloom all
summer. Bring your own
container or buy one of
ours to plant. Choose from
our large selection of
plants.
Mark
your calendar for these
open house dates.
September 29th Fall Open
House
December 2nd Poinsettia
Open House
We
hope to see you soon!
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