Our newly remodeled website is up and running!  Have you had a chance to take a peek?  I think it looks great (if I do say so, myself) and hope you will give it a click! 

 

There are some new and some 're-designed' pages on our site that I think are worth a click.  Here are a few of my top picks for pages to view on the Otten Bros. website.

 

Click-worthy Pages...

1-     Otten Bros. Yard Care Calendar - Over 50 years of knowledge compiled into a basic month by month to-do list for your yard and garden.

 

2-    Plant search - Contains about 80% of the trees, shrubs and perennials we carry at Otten Bros.  Fun and easy to use.  Not sure what plants will work in your yard? Check the boxes of characteristics you want and it will tell you what you can plant!

 

3-    Our Garden Centers Management Team bios and contact information - Meet and get to know our Otten Bros. family.  (See if you can spot our most unique team member's bios) Otten Bros. Garden Center Team  & Flower Farm Team 

 

4-    Feedback - Want to tell us about a great experience you had at one of our stores or with our Landscape Department or do you need to give us some suggestions for improvements?  Here is the spot to do both and know that your feedback will be heard and greatly appreciated!

 

5-    Landscape Department  Image Gallery - Beautiful photos and incredible inspiration created by our Otten Bros. Landscape Design Team. 

Otten Bros. has two Flower Farm Express locations for your garden shopping convenience, now open!

 

Visit our temporary Flower Farm Express-Delano, located in the Coborns grocery store parking lot and our Flower Farm Express-Maple Plain just to the east of the new Ace Hardware on Hwy. 12 in Maple Plain.

 

Click for location maps and hours of operations.

 

Do you listen to KS95 FM?  This might be the week to do so, if you don't!  Listen in the afternoon during drive time to the Moon & Staci show.  Otten Bros. is sponsoring the contest Smarter than Staci.  Call in and match wits with Staci for your chance to win a $50 Otten Bros. gift card.

 

Staci will be out visiting Otten Bros. this Saturday from 1-3pm. Stop out to meet her, and get KS95 goodies and prizes. 

Otten Bros. is proud to be part of the Long Lake & Orono communities.  We also like having fun surprises for our customers.  This past Saturday we provided our customers with two unique events!  

The Orono High School Band provided music to shop by.  Members of the band played for several hours entertaining all who walked through our greenhouse.  Thanks Orono High School Band - you make beautiful music!

 

A flash mob made their appearance in our greenhouse Saturday afternoon, as well!  The Orono High School Dance team, made up of about 40 dancers, performed a rehearsed dance number in the middle of our greenhouse in an impromptu fashion.  It was an entertaining and unique experience for our customers and 'a blast' according to Dance Team Members.    We are currently putting together a You-tube video of this event for those of you who missed it!  Look for it on our Facebook and website soon!

 

The Orono Elementary school students spent a day in the sun planting seeds and veggie plants donated by Otten Bros. Garden Center in their new raised garden beds.  What a great way for kids to learn about where their food comes from, eating nutritious foods & living healthier.  Plus, if you have to be in school on a nice day...an outside classroom is the perfect place to learn!

Congratulations Mikaela F.- you are last month's trivia winner! Question: How many official flavors of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans are there?  Answer: There are 50 official flavors.

Ahoy me hearties,'tis time for really useless trivia!  Everyone (well, at least all that live in my house) is excited and interested in pirates and especially the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie coming out this week. Shiver me timbers and yo ho ho and a bottle rum can you tell me what Blackbeard's real name is and where he pillaged and plundered?

Get the answer correct, and blimey, you'll get a chance to win $50 in Otten Bros. booty (i.e. a gift card).  Email us your answer today!

This weekend visit the 8th Annual Wayzata Art Experience and chat with our Landscape Designers at the Otten Bros. booth.  Our landscape design team designed our booth to feature an old Minnesota barn door that they have turned into a unique piece of art work worthy of pride of place in your yard.  Otten Bros. booth will be located at the east end of Lake Street by Sunsets (right in the middle of the road!).

 

The 3^rd Annual Orono School Environmental Fair - Tuesday, May 24^th 5:00-7:30pm at the Orono Intermediate School in Long Lake.  Learn all about the environment and being green!  There will be giveaways and you can even visit the Science Fair going on at the same time. Kids, visit the Otten Bros. booth and plant a veggie seed to take home and grow.