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Join us every Saturday morning from 8am to 10am on WAKR 1590 AM for Tom Dayton’s live radio show Ready, Set, GROW with host Bobbi Horvath! Tom discusses news in the garden industry, the nursery business plus he welcomes various special guests throughout the year. CALL IN or TEXT your questions to 330-570-1590!   Have a plant […]

Feb 26, 2022 The snow was certainly a surprise on Sunday although timely for the fourteenth of November. Almost everything in the sales yard was put away into winter storage with the ongoing construction of another house for storage of plants in early spring, only to be vacated… Feb 26, 2022 The Grave blanket construction […]

Sep 3, 2021 After a week of hot weather the temperature on Monday was only a high of 82ºF making it easier on plants and people alike. Another ¼ inch of rain fell and while not enough, already the soil was adequately moist. The orders for next spring are nearly in with Monrovia… Aug 27, […]

This week is considered “hell week” at the nursery as semi truck loads of product have been received that must be unloaded, counted, tagged and then put away very quickly as sometimes two loads arrive at once and there is no time to rest or otherwise pause in the endeavor. All the while, a huge […]

This past week we did our annual spraying of all the rhododendron and azaleas in the Wolf Creek Botanical Garden before the deer chop the plants to pieces. Another spraying will be accomplished in late December followed by yet another in early February. Each spraying takes about 5 gallons of concentrate that is mixed with […]

May 7, 2021 Tomorrow, May 8th is traditionally the busiest day of our year and for which we prepare for ALL year ’round. A Mom is quite treasured as the family searches for that “perfect” gift since Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May the official Mother’s Day. The… Apr 30, 2021 Already the […]

Easter Sunday early in the morning, temperatures under clear skies were 31ºF and we were able to protect the tender new growth with water. Unfortunately if temperatures fell to the upper twenties this makes water protection impossible. In this case since, water does not work, it is necessary to carry larger blooming trees such as […]

The mum season is all but over and now replaced by the arduous task of putting more stock away for winter and taking inventory of that stock. We have begun removing plants from the perennial house that fortunately has already been inventoried. The clean up of the ebb… The word at the nursery is mums, […]

As the Christmas season approaches it’s the same old construction and delivery of grave blankets and the harvesting of branches. This past week we have been working on geranium cuttings that will go into various size pots and hanging baskets and in most cases the product will not be available until the first week of […]

This week is considered “hell week” at the nursery as semi truck loads of product have been received that must be unloaded, counted, tagged and then put away very quickly as sometimes two loads arrive at once and there is no time to rest or otherwise pause in the endeavor. All the while, a huge […]

Saturday, September 5th is the start of our big fall sale with some but not all of perennials, trees, shrubs and roses at 50% off. Those that are on sale are clearly marked with a 50% of sign. Remember that Dayton Dollars did expire on September 3rd so that they will not be valid to […]

Although we are nearing the end of our grave blanket construction, we still have a back stock of branches in which to make more for orders and keep some in stock for customers to view and pickup. Last week we got our pickup truck stuck three times at Galehouse Tree Farm in the muddy and […]

The fall festival last Saturday went well and as always was centered around the market. Trees, shrubs, mums, asters and the winter hardy inspire pansies are available in various sizes and even hanging baskets. Transplanting or shifting up plants into larger pots still… After a week of hot weather the temperature on Monday was only […]

Although we are nearing the end of our grave blanket construction, we still have a back stock of branches in which to make more for orders and keep some in stock for customers to view and pickup. Last week we got our pickup truck stuck three times at Galehouse Tree Farm in the muddy and […]