Dear Friends,

       What a beautiful day and week it will be this week. Perfect temperatures and great moisture! June is National Perennial Month so we will be highlighting pollination gardens and pollinators this month. Do you know the importance of pollinators in our lives? Along with that we are having some great plant sales. Don't have your color gardens planted yet? Our container gardens are buy one, get one at 50% off! All one gallon perennials are $2.00 off each plant. AND, next weekend we are hosting a CUSTOMER APPRECIATION WEEKEND!!! Great savings and free food then..............check these specials and more out below.

See you in the garden!

Sandi Hillermann McDonald

 

Saturday, June 6, 2015

       Join us as we celebrate National Perennial Month! Check out special sales that will be available and shop from our great selection of perennial plants!

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Saturday, June 6

       (9:00 am) Come, enjoy coffee and conversation with a member of our staff, and discuss seasonal lawn and garden care and tips. Write down your questions and bring them in to be included in the discussion. Then, pick up supplies and put your fresh knowledge to work in your yard and gardens.

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Saturday, June 6

       Bring the kids anytime between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm to play in the garden and enjoy a FREE activity - make a stepping stone to give Dad on Father's Day!

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Hillermann's

Customer Appreciation Weekend

Friday, Saturday and Sunday,  

June 12, 13, & 14, 2015

       As a way to say "Thank You" to all our customers, we are offering 20% OFF All Plants and In-Store Garden Center Items - these three days only! Join us on Saturday 6/13/15 for a Butterfly and Bee Plants for Your Garden presentation at 11:00 am, and a Concrete Leaf Make-N-Take Workshop at 2:00 pm ($20.00 supply fee, call 636-239-6729 to register). Lunch will be available each day! Open Friday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Father's Day is June 15, 2014!

       Give dad a Hillermann Gift Card (good in ALL departments), and let him choose his own perfect gift! If you can't be there for Fathers' Day, we can deliver a Floral Arrangement, or Garden Center Item for you. Call us for great ideas, or visit the equipment center for Lawn & Garden Equipment!  

Call us at 636-239-6729 

       Technology, as we all know, dominates much of our lives. Computers are wonderful, but no amount of gigabytes can duplicate the sight of a male cardinal offering a seed tidbit to his mate. No television program can be more real than a robin building her nest. And, no website can capture the nuanced sights and sounds of your backyard oasis.

       By creating bird friendly backyards, we move to slow a trend of habitat destruction, helping make up for the loss. The need is acute as land is cleared for housing, office complexes and shopping centers, natural areas are shrinking, but good habitat can be an island amid development.

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Pollinator Partnership - www.pollinator.org

1. Plant for Pollinators

* Habitat opportunities abound on every landscape - from window boxes to acres of farms to corporate campuses to utility and roadside corridors - every site can be habitat.

* Utilize plants native to your area (or at the least, non-invasive for your area).

* Utilize the BeeSmart Pollinator Gardener App or the Ecoregional Planting Guides available on the pollinator.org website.

Decide among the plant material options - seeds, plugs, plants or a combination.

* Know your soil type and select appropriate plant material.

* Plant in clusters to create a "target' for pollinators to find.

* Plant for continuous bloom throughout the growing season from spring to fall.

* Select a site that is removed from wind, has at least partial sun, and can provide water.

* Allow material from dead branches and logs remain as nesting sites; reduce mulch to allow patches of bare ground for ground-nesting bees to utilize; consider installing wood nesting blocks for wood-nesting natives.

Click here for more.

Click here for the pollinator.org website.  

Window Basket Shade Planter

Video from Garden Answer

Click the image above to see the video. 

Japanese Beetles

      As frightening as these little bugs can be, if they were not so destructive - their distinctive iridescent luster makes them almost "pretty." Numerous phone calls, reporting their return have been coming in. The question is almost always the same. "How do we make them go away?" Japenese Beetles are the adult stage of the White Grub, which can destroy your lawn. The adults will devour your treasured plants. The best defense is the eradication of the grubs by using a season long Grub Killer or by applying the beneficial product Milky Spore.

       Milky Spore, once established can keep your lawn grub free for 15-20 years, AND, it's organic.

       To alleviate the adult pests from your prize rose bushes or fruit trees, Japenese Beetle traps are available to safely lure them away. This organic trap uses a Pheromone to attract them to the trap in which they cannot escape. This stops the life cycle of the beetle. So, consider Milky Spore or Japanese Beetle traps and come visit us for help.

       Visit the Pot Shop in the Garden Center at Hillermann Nursery & Florist. Watch the artists at work creating one of a kind hand made pottery and browse our finished pieces! See pottery in all the different stages of creating, firing and glazing! Pick up a nice gift of handmade pottery for Father's Day or for any occasion. 

       Pottery Classes: Learn to make your own pottery items! We can work with your schedule. Call us to learn more!

       Pot Parties: Enjoy a Pot Party with a group and make your own pottery item! Gather friends, family, home schooled group, scouts or any group for a fun activity! Pot Parties are just $25.00 per person and can host 3 - 12 people.

For more information,

call Carol at (636)221-5593 or Noreen at (636)584-3169

or send us an email to potshopathillermann@gmail.com.

Hillermann's Farmers' Market

Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

 

       Come browse vendor booths for locally grown produce, canned and baked goods and hand made items.

       We would like to say "Thank You" to our loyal and consistent vendors! We would also like to invite NEW Vendors to set up and offer their wares as well! Booth fee is just $5.00 a day! We offer a fun, relaxing, environment with the most beautiful ambiance in the area! There is no better place to shop or set up on Thursdays or Fridays!

Call Debbie Ashworth at 636-239-6729 for more information.

Washington In Bloom 

Yard of the Month Contest

       Washington In Bloom is offering the Yard of the Month contest in conjunction with the America In Bloom program. The contest runs May through October. Judging will be done the first week of the month. Judging will be based on front yard areas only. They are looking for best curb appeal (lawns, shrubs, flowers and trees). You can enter through the Washington Parks Office. Call the Washington Parks Department at 636-390-1080 for more information.

Click here for an entry form.

St. Louis Water Gardening Society's

2015 Pond-O-Rama  

June 27 & 28, 9 am to 5 pm

       The St. Louis Water Gardening Society will present its 15th annual water garden and pond tour, Pond-O-Rama, Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The 2015 self-directed tour includes over 40 private gardens, each owned and maintained by Society members, located throughout the St. Louis metropolitan and Metro East areas. The water features range from spectacular high, thundering waterfalls to quiet streams, some "over the top," some small and private. There are pondless waterfalls that simply disappear at the termination of the falls, and a number of new rain-recovery systems that make the storage and use of rainfall practical. Some owners have enhanced their ponds and gardens into outdoor rooms and quaint woodland spaces. This year you can expect to see some unique and creative designs in waterfalls and ponds, gorgeous koi fish, and fantastic gardens.

Click here for more information.

Tickets are available to purchase in our Garden Center.