Custom Container Design Service
We are delighted once again to offer the design talent and potting-up service of our creative container expert, Elissa Kamins, so you can have the perfect combination of plants and pots for your home or for gift-giving. Here’s how it works:
1. Bring your own container or pick from our great selection. Elissa will consult with you about: Colors? Style? Sun or shade? A hanging basket, tabletop or deck pot? Do you want to have instant impact or several seasons of enjoyment?
2. Elissa will then pot up a thrilling mix of plants for you, using our premium potting soil and fertilizer.
Consultations available:
Wednesdays through Sundays
Appointments:
Call 360-466-3821 and ask for Elissa
Drop-in service:
We will make every effort to accommodate drop-ins but appointments are preferred.
Cost:
Price of your plants, soil and pot (if bought here), plus a service charge for consultation & potting up. A $20 basic service charge is for one 12-14” pot with about 8 plants. Talk with us about the service charge for your specific needs or if you want a series of containers.
OUR ‘BIG TENT’ EVENTS IN JUNE!
Saturday, June 22, at 1 p.m.:
Dan Hinkley presents “New and Exciting Plants for the Pacific Northwest”
Reservations required: $5
We are thrilled once again to welcome renowned plantsman Dan Hinkley to our Nursery, in partnership with Monrovia. We’ll be setting up a big tent on the lawn behind our Schoolhouse and have plenty of seating, but please call soon for your reservations!
Dan will be talking about “New and Exciting Plants for the Pacific Northwest” and we’ll have a great selection of The Dan Hinkley Collection of plants from Monrovia available for sale. Dan has traveled the globe to find new plants. In 1987, he founded Heronswood Nursery with Robert Jones on the Kitsap Peninsula, and it quickly became the “must-go” destination for gardeners looking for the unique and wonderful. Heronswood, a nursery no longer, now has a fascinating future ahead for it with its new owners, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Since 2009, Dan has been consulting with Monrovia on trialing and evaluating new introductions from his many expeditions.
Hinkley has been bestowed with many honors and lifetime achievement awards from the most prestigious horticulture organizations, including the prestigious Veitch Memorial Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society and Liberty Hyde Bailey Award from the American Horticultural Society for a lifetime of achievement in education, writing and plant exploration. He was named Garden Communicator of the Year by the American Nursery and Landscape Association.
Sunday, June 23, at 1 p.m.:
Karen Chapman presents “Container Creations”
Reservations required: $5
Are you looking for ways to bring pizazz to your pots with plant combinations that keep delighting throughout the seasons? Make the most of your container gardens with the exciting ideas of Karen Chapman, co-author with Christina Salwitz of the new book, Fine Foliage. Karen will do a fun mix-and-match with a wide variety of plants while demonstrating two container gardens during the class – one for shade, one for sun. You’ll leave with great ideas, ready to plant!
Born in England, Karen Chapman grew up with an appreciation for the beauty of nature and the wonders of gardening. She has her own design company, Le Jardinet, and teaches container design at Edmonds Community College Horticulture program. You can start drooling over some of her design ideas at fine-foliage.com.
Saturday, June 29.:
A Rosy Day Out: Tenth Annual Rose Festival
Featuring Keynote Speakers and longtime ‘Rose Buds:
Ciscoe Morris and John Christianson
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Self-guided tour of Schoolhouse Rose Garden
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Rose Display entries can be submitted
10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tri-Valley Rose Society Display
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tri-Valley Rose Society members available for rose advice
10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
WSU Skagit County Master Gardener Plant Clinic
1 – 2 p.m.
Robyn Swesey and Larry Sawyer of the Tri-Valley Rose Society
talk about “No-Spray Roses”
2:30 p.m.
Ciscoe Morris and John Christianson will wow you with their favorite roses and companion plants. Complimentary event (no reservations required)
Ciscoe and John’s talk will be followed by a Rose Ice Cream Social
Calling All Rosarians!
As part of Christianson’s Annual Rose Festival, the Tri-Valley Rose Society is hosting its Rose Display in our Schoolhouse and is extending an invitation to amateurs and experts alike to submit their roses to be voted on in the following categories: (1) Best in Show, (2) Best Fragrant Rose and (3) Best Floral Display incorporating perennials with roses. Ciscoe Morris and John Christianson will announce the winners in the afternoon and gift certificates will be awarded. Entries may be submitted between 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. on the day of the festival, June 29. For more information, please call Christianson’s at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200.
Master Gardener Clinics
We are happy to welcome WSU Skagit County Master Gardener Program volunteers as they host their Plant Clinics at Christianson’s during two big days in June:
Saturday, June 22:
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (before Dan Hinkley’s talk)
Saturday, June 29:
10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (before Ciscoe Morris and John Christianson’s talk)
Saturday, June 22, and Saturday, June 29:
Plan for a picnic with ‘The Milkman’s Daughter’
We are delighted that on two of our big event days in June, we will host The Milkman’s Daughter – Inger Herman – with her gourmet picnic fare sold out of a fabulous 1956 Winbledon White Ford panel truck. Visit their website to learn more about all they offer!
Iversen’s Espresso will also be on hand at the Nursery to keep us going, on both June 22 (Dan Hinkley) and June 29 (Rose Festival). Bon appétit!
Sunday, June 30:
Skagit Symphony Sixth Annual Garden Tour: Gardens of Note
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Private gardens in the La Conner area are featured, with live music at each location, in this lovely tour that is a fundraiser for Skagit Symphony. Tickets and full information can be found at www.SkagitSymphony.com or by calling the symphony office at 360-848-9336.
How to Make Your Own Photo Book
Friday, May 3
6 – 7 p.m.
reservations required (class fee: $5)Learn how to use free online tools to create and self-publish a photo book; it’s easier than you might think! After the class you should be able to take your own photos and create a book from them – for a garden journal, special family event, recipes, you name it! Our speaker,
John Holtman, is a local photographer who has self-published several photo books and often can be seen lugging his eclectic collection of photo gear around Christianson’s (see his website at
johnholtmanphotography.com). If you have a book that you would like to use as a pattern, feel free to bring it to class.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
Mother’s Day Festive Cooking
Friday, May 10
6 – 7:30 p.m.
reservations required (class fee: $10)
Fresh tastes of springtime are on the menu for this lively cooking demonstration in our Schoolhouse by Jackie Davison, cooking instructor and owner of Potluck Kitchen Studio, the new cooking school and center for fun food events in Anacortes. Bring Mom to enjoy the class together, or learn how easy it will be to create your own delicious luncheon for her on Mother’s Day. On the menu: Chilled Pea and Mint Soup; Garden Green Salad with Spring Flowers; Smoked Salmon, Asparagus and Goat Cheese Strata; Strawberry-Rhubarb Tartlets.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
Invincible Vines
Friday, May 17
6 – 7 p.m.
reservations required (class fee: $5)
You can always find room in your garden to go vertical with vines! Create a “wall of Wow!” with dramatic big-flowered clematis, or let peek-a-boo blooms sweetly scramble through a shrub. Join Rachel Zeutenhorst and Andrej Suskef of T&L Nursery in Woodinville as they showcase a wide variety of flowering vines, focusing on fragrant honeysuckle and clematis, shade-loving akebias, intriguing climbing hydrangeas, and vines that attract hummingbirds.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
CLASS CANCELLED…with our sincere regrets
Growing Proven Winners: Not as Simple as It Looks
Friday, May 24
6 p.m.
Saturday, June 1
11 a.m. – noon
reservations required (class fee: $5)
Fancy leaves, Martha Washingtons (Regals), ivy type, scented-leaf type…join us in an exploration of Pelargonium (the genus name for what we commonly call geraniums). These beauties, native to South Africa, reward us with steady blooms and great fragrance. Kevin Jones of Jordan Nursery Greenhouses in Stanwood will discuss the selection and care of specialty geraniums, inspiring us with great choices for hanging baskets, potpourri gardens and window boxes.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
Your Herb Garden: An Inviting Home for Beneficial Insects
Saturday, June 8
11 a.m. – noon
reservations required (class fee: $5)
Herbs are among the best plants for attracting beneficial insects to aid in the health of your entire garden. Alison Kutz has been an owner/operator of Cascade Cuts nursery in Bellingham for more than 30 years and is dedicated to growing in the least toxic way possible. She consults and supports biological approaches for the green industry through Sound Horticulture, and will share ideas with you for making your herb garden an “insectary” – a habitat for the good bugs that are a dynamic part of a healthy ecology.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
June Bloom Walk with John Christianson
Saturday, June 15
1 p.m.
reservations requested (complimentary)
With summer just around the corner, join John Christianson on a stroll among the flowering trees, late-season rhododendrons and early roses at the 11-acre English Garden of La Conner Flats, adjacent to our Nursery. The walk begins in our Schoolhouse garden; from there you’ll meander next door to discover the highlights of the season.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
Dan Hinkley: A Plant Explorer’s Passion
Saturday, June 22
1 p.m.
reservations required (class fee: $5)
We are thrilled once again to welcome renowned plantsman Dan Hinkley to our Nursery, in partnership with Monrovia. We’ll be setting up a big tent on the lawn behind our Schoolhouse and have plenty of seating, but please call soon for your reservations!
Dan will be talking about “New and Exciting Plants for the Pacific Northwest” and we’ll have a great selection of The Dan Hinkley Collection of plants from Monrovia available for sale. Dan has traveled the globe to find new plants. In 1987, he founded Heronswood Nursery with Robert Jones on the Kitsap Peninsula, and it quickly became the “must-go” destination for gardeners looking for the unique and wonderful. Heronswood, a nursery no longer, now has a fascinating future ahead for it with its new owners, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Since 2009, Dan has been consulting with Monrovia on trialing and evaluating new introductions from his many expeditions.
Hinkley has been bestowed with many honors and lifetime achievement awards from the most prestigious horticulture organizations, including the prestigious Veitch Memorial Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society and Liberty Hyde Bailey Award from the American Horticultural Society for a lifetime of achievement in education, writing and plant exploration. He was named Garden Communicator of the Year by the American Nursery and Landscape Association.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
Karen Chapman: Container Creations
Sunday, June 23
1 p.m.
reservations required (class fee: $5)
Are you looking for ways to bring pizazz to your pots with plant combinations that keep delighting throughout the seasons? Make the most of your container gardens with the exciting ideas of Karen Chapman, co-author with Christina Salwitz of the new book, Fine Foliage. Karen will do a fun mix-and-match with a wide variety of plants while demonstrating two container gardens during the class – one for shade, one for sun. You’ll leave with great ideas, ready to plant!
Born in England, Karen Chapman grew up with an appreciation for the beauty of nature and the wonders of gardening. She has her own design company, Le Jardinet, and teaches container design at Edmonds Community College Horticulture program. You can start drooling over some of her design ideas at fine-foliage.com.
For reservations, please visit the Nursery or call us at 360-466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200
