• When we are open, we welcome you to tour our many display gardens from Mother’s Day through the Fall.  Picnicking is allowed.

• Our Coffee bar is opened from spring through most of the summer on weekends only - though cold drinks will be available everyday.

• FLORAL WORK:  We do not accept any FRESH flower floral work during the months of March - June.

• Please understand that our benches are not fully supplied with the more tender plants till the week before Memorial Day as mountain frosts hit our area quite late in the season. 

• Go to our 2003 list of events!!

We have many gifts for mom including great hanging baskets, pansy baskets, and special flowering plants.  We really have some wonderful gifts in our shop too.  Don’t know what to get?  Give a gift certificate!   Bring your mom for coffee and our fresh baked muffins or breads from our weekend coffee bar. Walk through the gardens and nursery and let her choose her own gift.      

ROCK GARDEN WEEKEND
MAY 17 -19, 2002 ...
was repeated
June 1 - 2 due to unexpected mid-May snow in the Catskills.  


Take 20% off all Rock Garden Quarts

MAY 24 - 27 .... MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

We will be open till 6 P.M. on Friday & Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The normal rule on the Mountaintop is that it should now be safe to plant most tender annuals.  Hopefully fear of frost is past, ESPECIALLY after our unexpected and unusual mid-May snows.  We are quite busy this weekend and Jewett weather forecasts (on our website) are good.
 

Discounted specials will occur all weekend!!! 

For every pop that comes to the nursery on Sunday we have a free gift of poppies! 

Mention this interest to us at the nursery and you will get a free foxglove  – that you can feed to the deer – only kidding - they won’t eat it.

This weekend we will be featuring some perennial and annual plants that the deer just don’t like and hopefully just plain hate. 
I’ve had people tell me that the deer will eat about anything when desperate enough, but here will be a few suggestions that will probably work.  

We will also be offering some solutions that might help you control the deer if your plantings are not limited to “deer proof” plants.   

Bring your porch boxes, pots and baskets in this week and we will plant them for you by the next day.  Pay for the plants and the soil and the labor is free.

Our gardens are in full bloom and we welcome you to come tour them with your weekend guests.  

JULY 6 ... SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEA – Come join us here at the nursery.  Enjoy the gardens, bring a picnic lunch and between 1 P.M. and 4 P.M. have some great home baked goods or a fruit salad with coffee, lemonade or ice tea on us.

JULY 7 ... SUNDAY MORNING BRUNCH – Again we will be offering free beverages and home baked items between the hours of 11 am and 2 p.m.  

All fern will be reduced 20% for the weekend.

We have some great fern this year and hope you will find an interest in the great savings you will receive this weekend.  We will try to have some available in smaller sizes at reasonable prices for sale in multiples. 

Click here to see a list of most of our hardy fern varieties.  

All of our daylilies will be reduced 20%

We carry many handsome daylilies including many premium varieties.

If you properly select plants with varying bloom times a bed of daylilies will give color all summer long.  The colors range from almost white, light yellow to gold , melon to vivid orange, pinks, rose, reds, burgundy, lavenders, violets and more.  Some repeat bloom.  Some are ruffled.  Some are bicolors.  Their flowers are crisp and neat and the plants require simple cultural conditions.  Daylilies work well individually planted, in small groups, or in mass plantings.  They also are an easy care, tall, ground cover for banks.     

All hosta will be reduced 20%. 
This year with every purchase of a hosta take 20% off a companion astilbe of your choice.

We carry some great varieties and some large plants.   A comforting plant for the shade or partial shade.  Many will also take a good deal of sun.  I have really come to love this group of plants.  Flowers on perennials are short term, but these great leaves in varying texture and color are amazing and last all through out the season.

Hosta and astilbe are two of the best shade garden companions.  They absolutely look wonderful planted in mass plantings together in slightly shady locations.  Click here to see some of the many varieties we are offering this year.  

We will absolutely have a great stock of perennial plants from which to choose.  We do not have a goal each year to sell out our perennials.  We want to keep most of our collection available throughout the growing season.  And September is a perfect time to plant or install whole new garden beds.  No it is not too late. 

• MANY TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE OFFERED AT LOWER PRICES

• MOST OF OUR POTTERY, AND OTHER PLANTERS WILL BE ON SALE FOR  THE REST OF THE SEASON

• OUR IN STOCK CEDAR FURNITURE WILL BE REDUCED FOR THE REST OF   THE SEASON

• FALL MUMS, CABBAGE AND KALE:  Our fall plants will now be ready for sale.  These are great seasonal additions to your gardens.  Or why not redo your planters and replace tired garden with whole plantings of these colorful and appropriate plants. 

• CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT PREVIEW: Yes we know it is early but we carry some fabulous ornaments and thought this would be a great time to present just some of them to you.   

SEPTEMBER

After Labor Day we will be open from 10 AM till 4 PM daily

Fall bulbs become available for sale in September. 

In need of a special order?  Give us a call and we will be glad to supply your favorite choices in the quantities you desire.  

OCTOBER

In October we will be closed Tuesdays and Thursdays

NOVEMBER 16 ... we re-open for the CHRISTMAS SEASON   

Our shop will once again overflow with some great Holiday decorations, gifts, ornaments, and many unique items for both home and garden.  We carefully chose our entire stock and hope you will find some time to see what we are offering for sale this holiday season. 

We assure you that our N.Y. State grown Christmas trees are very fresh, healthy and well-shaped.  I still hand-tie all our wreaths the old fashioned way, by carefully selecting, cutting, and wiring local balsam and sometimes incorporating blue-berried juniper and incense cedar.  From small to large, our  wreaths are beyond compare. We incorporate some 15-20 varieties of pinecones and other natural and tasteful decorative accents into our wreaths, baskets, centerpieces, swags,  & Yule logs.  We produce plain, simply decorated and ornate arrangements/wreaths for a variety of tastes and situations.   We will continue to have evergreen roping available for sale and  beautiful poinsettias in red, white and pink in several sizes.  For those of you who have never been to our shop at Christmas Time, we think you will be surprised at our holiday decorating, entertaining and gift choices.   

Share some holiday cookies (our home made shortbread cookies have become quite popular), coffee and hot chocolate in our shop.   You can view our shop bursting with holiday items.  There will be a great selection of our handmade wreaths, swags, baskets and more.  Choose your tree and bring it home or we will store it for you.  Bring in baskets and we will fill them with holiday greens.  And this is also a great time to place special orders to meet your specific needs and taste. 

Don’t forget that you will also find a great Christmas gifts including choices from our new jewelry line and some unique stocking stuffers.  Also home and holiday decorative figurines, collectables, candles, serving dishes, paper products, ornaments, and much more. 

DEC 26 - 31 (non confirmed dates) END OF SEASON SALE ON ALL SHOP ITEMS.  HOURS 10 AM - 3 PM

WE WILL BE CLOSED TILL APRIL 2003 – Call us for Gift Certificates - or floral service.  Thank you for your visit.  Please come and see us again in 2003.  Meanwhile, you can visit us online and write to us at:  kernsnursery@aol.com