Store Hours
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| 8:30am to 6:30pm at all Sloat Garden Center locations except as noted below:
- Danville:
Mon-Sat: 8am-6:30pm,
9am to 5pm on Sundays
- Pierce Street:
9am-6:30pm
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May in the Garden
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Not sure what to do in your garden this month? From pruning, to planting to weeding, read our list!
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Featured plant arriving May 4th in our stores: Seaberry
& Honeyberry
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Honeyberry
A member of the honeysuckle family, Honeyberry produces early ripening and tasty berries the size and flavor of wild blueberries. They are higher in antioxidants than blueberries! Honeyberry is very easy to grow and have no pest or disease issues. Two varieties are needed for pollination. Grow in full sun to part shade. Will grow 3' - 8' tall and wide.
Sea Berry
(aka Siberian Pineapple)
This is a beautiful, ornamental shrub with graceful, grayish green foliage. Particularly beautiful when covered in orange fruit. Tart, nutritious berries are loaded with vitamins C, A, and E and make a delicious juice when sweetened. It has no insect or disease problems. Will grow 8 - 12 feet tall and tolerates dry, poor soil and salt laden winds. A male and a female are required for pollination.
Seaberry and Honeyberry available at all locations except Pierce St (SF)
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Kitchen Gardener
e-newsletter
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In last month's Kitchen Gardener e-newsletter, we discussed growing and cooking with tomatoes. Read the Kitchen Gardener here.
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Plant a good bug tub this spring! You can attract the beneficial insects that feed on plant eating critters by creating a environment for them to live, feed and lay their eggs.
Good bug tubs are great for gardeners with small or large spaces. Read more here:
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Pottery Color
of the month
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Our pottery color of the month is Rainy Jade. This lovely, light green pottery will announce that spring has arrived in your yard or patio.
Visit any Sloat Garden Center location to see our large array of pottery. View more Sloat Garden Center pottery here:
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Call the Sloat Garden Center Design Department the spring. We can help you develop simple, success oriented, low maintenance planting plans for gardens, decks, and terraces, as well as provide indoor plant consultations. We can even help brainstorm unique garden ideas and problem solve gardening solutions.
To schedule an appointment, call us at 415-388-3754 or email us: design@sloatgardens.com.
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May is one of our favorite months in the garden. Everything is absolutely exploding with color and fragrance...and garden grown fruit, vegetables and herbs are on the horizon for summer harvest. While it's a busy month in the garden, make sure to stop and smell the roses --- take in the splendor of your plants in full bloom, visit a community garden or get to know a new public garden. Hooray for gardening! Hooray for spring!
A few notes from our stores:
- Join us for Strawberry Jam Session May 3rd through May 12th. We'll have strawberries at all Sloat locations ready to flower and fruit, as well as everything you need to grow berries successfully. See you in the stores!
- Save the date: Mother's Day is May 12th. Give Mom the gift of plants this month: how about a rose bush, hydrangea, fruit tree, custom planted pottery or just a gift card to buy something special?
- The spittle bugs have returned!! Learn more about these very common globs of foam. Click here...
- Free membership has rewards! Learn about Sloat Garden Center's new reward program.
- Please join us on Facebook or Twitter and stay up-to-date on our latest specials, fresh arrivals and gardening tips. You can also visit our blog here.
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May/June Gardener's Notebook
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 Inside: more Trixi Combinations, new Petunia and Calibrachoa introductions, Cordyline, Lavender, Sun hats,
new Grafted Tomatoes, Hydrangea and more. Read it here...
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May Plant Pick
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Hydrangea
We love Hydrangeas, and we think many of you do, too. This shrub is very satisfying to grow in either a container or the ground. Few other flowering shrubs provide the extended flower power of the Hydrangea, blooming summer into fall. They prefer partial sun but will tolerate full sun on the coast.
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Garden Guru: May
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Dear Garden Guru,
Hello. I have a young peach tree in
a large pot on my deck that just started to bloom for the first time. Now, some of the leaves are dimpled. The dimpled parts are red. Could this be a bug inside or a disease? What to do?
Thanks.
Andrea in South San Francisco
ANSWER: Learn how we help solve this gardening challenge by visiting the Garden Guru.
Do you have questions for our garden guru? Ask away on our Facebook page. You can also ask questions by emailing the garden guru here.
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May & June Gardening Seminars
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PRUNING THE ACID LOVERS:
Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and Camellias
Our favorite pruner, Elizabeth Ruiz, returns to explain and show us how to shape and prune these most daunting plant subjects.
May 1, Wed, 6:30pm (Sloat Blvd.)
May 4, Sat, 10:30am (Novato)
May 5, Sun, noon (Danville)
SPRING PRUNING OF JAPANESE MAPLES
Did you know that pruning in the spring was good for your tree? Elizabeth Ruiz, an aesthetic pruner, will enlighten us as to how and why on one of her most favorite subjects.
May 18, Mill Valley, Sat, 10:30am (Miller Ave.)
HERBS AND EDIBLE FLOWERS IN THE HOME GARDEN
Join Norma Novy of the Soil Sisters for a very informative talk on growing these tasty plants successfully.
May 19, Sun, 10:30am (Novato)
COMPOST 101
Please join us in welcoming Linda Novy, a local authority on sustainable landscape management. She will explain why & when to use compost and how to make your own.
June 5th, Weds, 6:30pm (Sloat Blvd).
June 8th, Sat, 10:30am, (Miller Ave, Mill Valley)
June 9th, Sun, 10:30am, Novato
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