Welcome to Kerns Nursery
On a quiet back road in the tiny town of Jewett, located between the towns of Windham and Hunter, you will find an extraordinary place called Kerns Nursery. For anyone who is an avid gardener, or just someone who just appreciates the beauty of flowers, a stop at this nursery will surprise you and will keep you coming back for more.
Welcome back for a new season at Kerns Nursery. We are looking forward to bringing forth another year of great plant material, glorious color and a refreshing new start to the 2012-growing season! Yes the winter was mild and we had little snow – with good and bad results, depending on your outlook. But no one can deny the devastating results last August from Hurricane Irene. Here, business ended quite abruptly, and we were taken off course for quite a while in the recovery effort. Residing in the area for 40 years and owners of Kerns Nursery for 31 years, this was definitely the worst weather disaster we have ever experienced. It certainly had its affect on us. Our business suffered and we lost a greenhouse with all its elements and quite a number of perennial plants. Our shop flooded. Luckily we were prepared for that. All in all we had a big mess to clean up, but fared better than many. Four of our employees had suffered severe damage to their homes. Many friends and neighbors were likewise affected. I bring this up again for several reasons.
First and foremost I would publicly like to thank many of our clients along with some previous residents of the Mountain Top with whom we have maintained long-term friendships. Several have directly lent aide to our employees, friends, and neighbors who were affected by Irene’s flooding. It was huge of you all to be so kind with your quiet and badly needed, contributions.
Second, I would like to inform any of you that travel to us off 23A. County Rt.17 is not passable from 23A to 23C (our road) due to a severe wash out. There are three diversions around this, that lead to the nursery, so check out our revised map and choose which way makes sense to you. Unfortunately it seems like it will be awhile before this gap on Rt.17 is repaired.
And finally we have some changes within our staff. We wish Lauren Thompson and Ashley Dunham all the best in their future and so appreciate all the years they dedicated to our endeavor here at the Nursery. Yet, even so I look forward, maybe more than ever, to this new year at Kerns. Our current, knowledgeable staff members have great attitudes and I myself have made some changes which will result in better customer service and a fantastic presentation of carefully chosen, interesting and beautiful plant material for your, landscapes, gardens and containers.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Pat & Bob Kerns
We are officially opening on the 20th of April for the season.
MID APRIL – OCTOBER 30TH
OPEN DAILY 9 - 5 AND 10 - 4 ON SUNDAYS
There are extended hours on Memorial Day weekend and the first weekend in June
CHRISTMAS SEASON
HOURS 9- 5 Daily and Sundays 10-4 till DEC 23rd.
CLOSED CHRISTMAS EVE AND DAY & OPEN DEC 26th 10-4. for End of Season Sale.
Kerns Nursery
The Nursery started in 1987, but the Kerns’ have been involved in landscaping for over 30 years. Pat says “When we started the nursery we were so small it was ridiculously funny, and being off the main roads didn't’t help, but as word of mouth spread our business has continually gotten bigger and bigger.
We now have a large and very unique nursery, where the environment you shop in is like a well cared for garden – not a supermarket. More than that, we are a nursery for gardeners because the plant selection we offer makes it worth coming from a good distance away.
Prior to owning a nursery, I would have traveled to a place like this myself. We have regular customers from places like Albany, Cooperstown, Rhinebeck and Woodstock. Many second home owners buy not only for their Mt. Top house, but bring plants to their main residence down state New York as well as New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania not to mention many summer tourists that pass by every year or so from all over the country.
It’s very inviting here. Beyond the typical expectations you normally find while plant shopping, here you’ll find the pleasant environment captivating and the help attentive and knowledgeable.
