Hillermann's  

Customer Appreciation Weekend

June 12, 13, & 14, 2015

Join us on Saturday 6/13/15 for:

Butterfly and Bee Plants for Your Garden  

Presentation at 11:00 am

and

Concrete Leaf Make-N-Take Workshop at 2:00 pm

($20.00 supply fee, call 636-239-6729 to register).

Saturday the 13th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm  

  Grilling 'Sticky Chicks' (chunks of white meat chicken marinated & glazed w/agave sauce) Grilled stuffed Jalapenos. Making a Blue & Black (Blueberry & Blackberry) Sangria. Brewing Bavarian Berry Sun-Tea. 

A FREE Hot Dog Lunch will be available each day!

Bill & Friends Car Show

Saturday, June 20 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

See classic and specialty cars! Grilled hot dogs will be available! Fathers, receive a FREE Pair of Jersey Gloves on this day only! (While supplies last).

A Tasteful Affair Grilling Demo -  

Better Burgers, Brats, & Bacon, for Dad  

June 20th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm  

Coffee & Conversation

Saturday, June 20 at 9:00 am

Enjoy coffee and discuss seasonal lawn and garden care tips with

Hillermann staff members. Bring your questions.

Happy Father's Day!

Sunday, June 21 - Open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Mini Garden Make-N-Take Workshop

Saturday, June 27 at 2:00 pm

Create a beautiful mini garden at this workshop! $30.00 supply fee.  

Call 636-239-6729 to sign up.

Patty's Perennial Picks for the Shade

By Patty Lynch, Plant Buyer

       Don't you just love the shade on sunny summer days? Some may think that it is hard to grow attractive plants in the shade. Although, you can have beautiful gardens in shady spots. These plants will actually thrive in your shady garden. They are available in a virtually limitless selection of sizes, shapes & colors.

Aralia Sun King - This hardy, tropical looking golden beauty will brighten up the shade garden. It emerges with bright golden leaves on contrasting reddish colored stems. If it is given a few hours of sunlight, it will remain golden yellow all summer, in heavier shade it will be more lime green in color. Tiny white flowers in mid - late summer followed by deep purplish black berries. This plant is also deer resistant and attracts honeybees.

Astilbe - These beauties produce mounds of fern like foliage...

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Special offer for Garden Club Members. Not a Member? Sign up at checkout! 

Good through 6/30/15. With coupon. In stock plants only. Not good with any other sale, coupon or discount or on previous purchases.

Click here to learn more.

       The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge is a campaign to register a million public and private gardens and landscapes to support pollinators. Pollinators are responsible for 1 out of 3 bites of food we take each day, and yet pollinators are at critical point in their own survival. Many reasons contribute to their recent decline. We know for certain, however, that more nectar and pollen sources provided by more flowering plants and trees will help improve their health and numbers. Increasing the number of pollinator-friendly gardens and landscapes will help revive the health of bees, butterflies, birds, bats and other pollinators across the country.

       Here's how you can help! From individuals, to schools, community groups, and businesses - everyone can make a difference! BEE Counted! Add a photo of your garden or landscape to the S.H.A.R.E map on the MPGC website. Anyone and any size garden can join in our campaign to reach 1 million sites for pollinators!

Click here to learn more.

Remember Dad this Month!

Father's Day is June 21, 2015!

        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 Eenter for Lawn & Garden Equipment!  

Call us at 636-239-6729

Tomato Plant Quirks

       Sometimes a tomato doesn't turn out looking like you'd expect. Here are some common tomato quirks you might see that are caused by neither insects nor diseases - and what (if anything) you should do about them.

       Oddly shaped fruit. Also called catfacing, this has nothing do with cats; the word describes puckering or misshapen fruit. It can happen to strawberries and tomatoes exposed to temperatures below 50 degrees when in bloom or setting fruit. The cool weather interferes with pollination and can cause the blossom to stick to the developing fruit, which keeps part of the fruit from developing. Meanwhile, another part does develop, so you end up with weird-looking and scarred fruit. It is most common on large-fruited types.

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Cicada - Information and Control

       Cicadas can be present in many areas of the country, they are a flying, plant sucking insect that emerges in periodic cycles called broods.

       Periodic Cicadas emerge in a 13 or 17 year cycle. Visit http://www.cicadamania.com/where.html for a map. The adults have red to orange eyes, will be 1 to 1½ inches and emerge in late May or early June by the millions. (Top picture)

       Annual Cicadas, aka dog day cicada, emerge every 2 to 5 years, although there is a brood almost every year. These are up to 2 inches long and have dark eyes and green bodies, they emerge in the "dog days" of summer, July or August. (Second picture)

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       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, scouts, a home schooled group, 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.

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.