2015! 
Happy New Year! From Behnke's
~Stephanie Fleming 
Happy New Year
I have been married 35 years, and the one sure thing that happens on New Year's Day morning is a visit from a male relative.  My husband's family has the tradition that the first person to step foot in our front door needs to be a man so we will have good luck for the whole year.  It took me a few years to figure out just why Grandpa Bowman would show up at the crack of dawn just to say hello. Now, my father-in-law shows up. I am not really sure he is doing it for this reason, or if he is just wandering by since they live next door, but all the same I enjoy the whole thing.  
I looked on Google to see if this is really something that others do, and found that some call it 'First Footers!'  Good grief ~ I wonder if Grandpa Bowman actually knew all of this.  I always knew about eating Black-Eyed Peas for Good Luck, and we have tried that a few times. I love traditions even if some call them superstitions, and while this one is not really something we ever talked about, today was made even better just knowing that my father-in-law, Marshall, knocked on our front door and came in. I figure 35 years of happy why mess with a good thing.

Happy New Year! May 2015 see you and your family healthy and safe.  
All Indoor Houseplants on Sale (entire month of January)
excludes Ducky Hong Bonsai plants
Houseplants1 The Larger the Pot, the Larger the Discount

2in, 3in, and 4in potted plants - 20% OFF! (these include terrarium sized plants and many of our cactus and succulent plants)

5in, 6in, and 8in potted plants - 30% OFF! (these include our beautiful orchids and citrus plants...lemons, limes, and calamondin oranges)


10in, 12in, and 14in potted plants - 40% OFF! (over 150 large plants in stock)

Houseplant Happy Hours 
Wednesdays in January 
cactus
Be Happy All Day  ~ Wednesday, January 7, 2015 

All Cacti & Succulents 50% off reg. prices
Excludes previous purchases
Saturday Bonsai Workshops with Ducky Hong
Ducky Class 2014

It's time to Sign Up for Winter Bonsai Classes with Master Ducky Hong.  

 

Class 101 (Beginner Basics) ~ $120.00 for two classes

2/7/15 & 2/14/15 10:30 am - 1:00 pm    

Class 201 (Advanced Beginners) ~ $120.00 for two classes

2/21/15 & 2/28/15 10:30 am - 1:00 pm    

Class 301 (Advanced) ~ $300.00

March, April & May 2015 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (12 classes)

This class is perfect for the student looking to improve their favorite specimen Ducky Hong Bonsai and learn from a Master Artist, Ducky Hong. 

 

Weekday classes            

If five or more peoples would like to take the Beginner Basics class on a week day, Master Hong will arrange times with you. Please call for your available time.

Class to run for two weeks; 2 ½ hours per class. ~ $120.00

 

Beginner (Hands-on class; one session) ~ $65.00 

With a focus on care and maintenance learn all the basics of bonsai design. Select a tree, learn how to prune, transplant, landscape with rocks, and discover what the art of bonsai is all about as you create your very own bonsai to take home. This is a fully inclusive class. (Materials provided).  Class is offered four times  this season from 2pm to 4pm.          

 

Saturday January 17    

Saturday March 7       

Saturday April 4          

Saturday May 2           

Start Off The Year With A
Great Deal on Gardening Necessities!
Listen to your inner gardener and don't miss out!
tools
ALL Worth & Dewitt Garden Tools  50% OFF

Check out our Weekly Sales Flyer for more gardening items that are on SALE this week!
Weekly Sales
Firewood In Stock
Kiln-Dried Firewood


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Kiln-Dried Firewood has been "seasoned" by drying in a kiln which makes this firewood bug free & mold free. It is cleaner and suitable for indoor storage, has a low moisture content allowing the wood to ignite easily, and it produces the highest BTU's of any firewood. Ready to burn the day it is delivered. Call today and reserve your firewood (payment required). This is our last truckload for the winter season!
Jessica's Garden:'Two Souls Sold for a Farmhouse'
~ Jessica Crawford, Behnke's Garden Blogger
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With the holidays coming quickly to an end, our life is slowly returning to normal. We had to take a three week hiatus from our farmhouse renovations due to my husband's holiday work schedule. As the holidays come to a close, we are looking forward to having him home more and also getting back into routine with renovating our home.   My husband is the Project Leader while I'm Design Coordinator and also in charge of throwing a wrench in the works by offering some new and elaborate design idea.
 

We've spent most of the recent weeks renovating the hallways and our living room. As I may have mentioned in months passed, everything in our home was adorned in at least two layers of Hallways Jessica antique but also severely water-damaged wallpaper; including the ceilings. While my husband spent his first couple of months taking stock and beginning to tackle many of the oddities in our home, I resigned myself to scraping paper. It took many, many weeks and enlisting the help when I could from my mother and sister, before all the paper finally had been removed; none of which was salvageable.
 

We began a plan of attack-conquering one room at a time to maintain sanity. We were making slow but steady progress and had several rooms achieved. But every time you would enter the house, no matter the accomplished work, it always looked the same because the hallways were forever sporting their bare horse-hair plaster walls. It was beginning to bring us down that the home always seemed to look the same. So, for the sake of sanity, we decided to tackle the hallways next to tie all the finished pockets around the house together.
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Color for Winter Time Blues
Brighten a room, cheer up a friend, the perfect hostess gift...
Christmas Cactus
Special selection of Holiday Plants - 40% OFF!

All Christmas Cactus (many still have buds and blooms opening)

All Amaryllis (many varieties ready to bloom any day now)

All Paperwhites

  
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All Cyclamen (we have a fresh new shipment of 4in miniature cyclamen)

All Pre-made Dish-gardens
(on hand inventory) 

All Bromeliads

All Indoor Azaleas

All Rosemary Trees (shaped like cones)

All Norfolk Island Pines
 

Orchid  Diagnostic & Repotting Clinic
with Carol Allen
 Saturday, January 10 ~ 9:30am to 4:30pm
Orchids
 
Bring in your orchids and ask Carol for her advice! In addition, for a minimal fee she will expertly repot your special plants.  Remember to protect your orchids from the cold when transporting them.  A paper bag gives better insulation than plastic.

Speaking of Orchids! SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, February 8th The National Capital Orchid Society will have their annual Orchid Auction here at Behnke's once again! 

Free admission - open to the public, so grab a friend interested in Orchids and join us in the fun. Preview from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. This live auction with offer over 300 blooming or near-blooming size orchids, from well-known growers coast to coast, Hawaii and private collections. There will be lots of very rare and unusual orchids. This is one of the largest Orchid Auctions in the country.
January Events, Workshops, Talks and More!
garden shovel FREE Tool Sharpening
Starting January 15 thru February 22
Thursdays 3pm to 5pm
Saturdays & Sundays 1pm to 4pm

Bring in up to 3 tools during the specified hours and have them sharpened ~ FREE
* Sorry we cannot sharpen lawn mower or saw blades


Saturday, January 24 10:30 am
Sunday, January 25 12 noon

After the class stay for a Potting Party! You can arrange your very own terrarium or dish garden. Cost equals the items your choose.


Chris Lewis Garden Talk: Growing Winter Vegetables & Using Cold Frames - w/ Christopher Lewis

Saturday, January 24 ~12 noon

Advice on how to grow vegetables during winter, including selection of winter hardy vegetables and how to protect them from the cold.
Saturday, January 24 ~ 2 pm

Christopher will offer advice on starting vegetable seeds indoors, along with tips on fertilizing, transplanting, potting and hardening off plants for the garden.

Seed Collecting
National Seed Swap Day!

Washington Gardener Magazine presents their 10th Annual Seed Exchange
Saturday, January 31, 2015
12:30 - 4pm at Behnke Nurseries 

For details, Click here! 

 
4th Annual Philadelphia Flower Show Bus Trip
with Kathy Jentz
Thursday, March 5, 2015 
Kathy Jentz

Organized by the Washington Gardener Magazine and Kathy Jentz, our 4th annual bus trip to Philadelphia will leave from Behnke Nurseries on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 10am. The deadline to sign up is March 1.

Stop in at Behnke's or go online to WashingtonGardener.com  for
information and registration form.   

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Tips
January's Gardening To-Do List
Weekly Sales
Entire Christmas Shop 25% to 75% Off
Additional Unadvertised Seasonal Inventory Reductions In-store.
Garden Blog
BPPS
Taking appointments for Spring planting and yard clean up.
Activities
SAVE THE DATE: Philadelphia Flower Show  
Thursday, March 5, 2015
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