From Cheryl’s Garden: Garden 9 – The Bird Garden

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This theme garden is for the birds.  There are lots of bird friendly shrubs, a bird bath, bird houses, bird feeders and even a hummingbird stepping stone.  There was a lone maple tree in our backyard and needing another … [Read more...]

From Cheryl’s Garden: Garden 8 – The Center Garden

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This garden sits in the center of our half moon driveway.  The landscape bed with its stone edging was there when we bought the house and it also had rotten granite stones like the Ally Mae Garden as the mulch.  After … [Read more...]

Open House with Me! (Mike) :)

Me and some women from last weekend's workshop.

Well I think spring has finally sprung…..now it’s time to get down to business!  This weekend is our kick off to Spring: our Annual Spring Open House.  And this year it’s extra special as we celebrate 30 years in … [Read more...]

From Cheryl’s Gardens: Week 7: The Ally Mae Garden

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This week's tour is one of my favorite gardens the "Ally Mae Garden."  The garden is about 50' by 20' and has a lot of shade plants.  When we moved to this property, this garden consisted of two ash trees, nine spireas, … [Read more...]

From Cheryl’s Garden: Week 6 – The Music Garden

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What does 'All That Jazz', 'Blue Danube', 'Radar Love, 'Rhythm and Blues' and 'Dancing Queen' have in common?  These are all cultivars in my Music Garden.   This next garden is dedicated to my son, the musician.  Over the … [Read more...]

From Cheryl’s Garden: Week 5 – Conifer Garden

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Welcome to week five and a tour of the Conifer Garden.   The bed is anchored by two very large spruce trees with an assortment of evergreen or conifer shrubs and trees.  Year one the garden consisisted of the anchor … [Read more...]

Workshop Calendar

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We're here to to get you inspired with the knowledge and know-how for planting, growing and outdoor living. Click here to view upcoming workshops >> … [Read more...]

Flashback Fridays: Images from the Archives

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Flashback: Michael was 17 years old when he started making wreaths in FFA. Flashback: The Wreath Factory broke ground on the first building at the current Plymouth location in … [Read more...]

From Cheryl’s Garden: Week 4 – The 50 Garden

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Welcome to week four of the tour of my 13 gardens.  This garden is ten years old and was created to block the neighbor's horse barn from our view when sitting on the deck.  We planted ten Lonicera tatarica 'Arnold Red' … [Read more...]

From Cheryl’s Garden: Week 3 – Delaney’s Garden

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Welcome to Week 3 with Delaney's Garden.  This garden was started in 2005 and named after my then 3 year old stubborn niece Delaney who would only wear the color pink.   I decided to use shades of pink and lime green to … [Read more...]