Happenings at Viola Nursery, Oct 9th 2010

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 October 2010 04:40 Written by Phillip Sunday, 10 October 2010 04:40

Wow what a busy week. Nate and his crew had another small landscape job, early in the week. This included a tear out of some existing junipers and a mugo pine. The homeowners had just installed a concrete driveway, with a new slope. With the change in elevation of the driveway we needed to install a couple of short retaining walls to help match up to the existing lawn and landscape. With these walls installed we planted 2 “All the rage” roses, with Stella D’Oro daylillys on each end of the roses. This created what the homeowners were looking for….more color, without blocking the front step.
The weather this week has been unusually warm this week. With this Indian summer weather, customers were here in full force. They were getting everything from Mums and pumpkins for fall decorating, to plants for landscaping. Because I am a recycling drop off garden center for the MN Nursery Landscape Assoc., we always get a surge of people bringing used containers for recycling. The recycling center in the twin Cities is now closed for the season, so I need to hold these containers until next spring. In between customers, I had trucks delivering some of next Springs supplies. With the delivery of supplies (soil, hanging baskets, pots,etc) it was time to clean out and reorganize my sheds.
Friday evening I set up for a wedding in a nearby town. With a Fall theme, this was a fairly easy set up. Scheduling for delivery and set up is usually the hardest part of weddings. I will have to admit though….weddings are one of my favorite things to do. Everyone is usually in a happy, festive mood and they always seem to appreciate the color and life that plants bring to their celebration.