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Welcome to the 2022 Gardening Season!
                                                                                                                                   Color Inspiration                                                                                   Garden Coach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Priscilla
                                                                            We’ve put together a collection of articles to
                                                                            help you get the most out of the season,                                     Pantone’s Color of the Year - Very Peri
                                                                            whether it be in your garden, your yard or
                                                                            on the road with your fur friends. We hope         As the spring trees bring all their beautiful
                                                                             that you’ll find plenty of inspiration on the     color to our gardens it’s time to embrace color
                                                                            following pages, and that you’ll come see us       itself. The Pantone Color Institute has chosen
                                                                            in Orleans, South Dennis or Chatham to find        “very peri” as the color of the year for 2022.
                                                                            even more.  Thanks for continuing to shop          Executive director, Leatrice Eiseman describes
                                                                            local with us!                                     the color as displaying a “spritely, joyous attitude
                                                                                                                               and dynamic presence that encourages
                                                                                   Josh Wile & Jess Thomas                     courageous creativity and imaginative
                                                                                   Co-owners, Agway of Cape Cod                expressions.”  Indeed, it does!

                                                                                                                               It is always helpful in understanding the
                                                                                                                               placement of hot and cool colors in the palette
                                                                                                                               of our flower gardens, but it’s also helpful to
                                                                                                                               remember there are no rules! I always ask clients
                                              Watch for the Garden Coach stamp for                                             what their favorite colors are because in the
                                  Garden Coach  articles written by Priscilla Husband, our                                     end what brings us joy should be our focus
                                                                                                                               when we garden.
                                     Priscilla
              Find her in:                    resident garden inspiration expert!
              Chatham Wednesdays, Dennis Thursdays & Orleans Saturdays 11am - 4pm                                              Every color is an opportunity to contrast it with
                                                                                                                               another, and so when Pantone announced that
              TABLE OF                                                                                                         periwinkle was the color of the year I began
                                                                                                                               thinking of complimentary colors to it. Susan
              CONTENTS                                                                                                         Wile, second generation owner of Agway of
                                                                                                                               Cape Cod and now lovingly referred to as
                                                                                                                               Agway Mom, describes this color as a “dramatic
                                                                                                                               intense blue-violet, appearing in some of our
                                                                                                                               favorite hydrangeas and tropical plumbagos.
                                                                                                                               Green foliage accents this color perfectly.”
                          2        Color Inspiration
                                                                                                                               New shades of colors are created every year to
                          3        Why Natives?                                                                                inspire us. If you’ve ever spent time in a paint
                                                                                                                               store, you know that color is more than it seems.
                          5        Water Wisely                                 3                                              This summer as we choose new plantings for
                                                                                                                               our gardens remember color is all around us.
                          7        Tick Trouble                                                                                Consider the many shades of plant foliage, the
                                                                                                  7                            colors of your planters and even the color of
                         9         Treasures in the Garden                                                                     your house as you explore combinations. Let’s
                                                                                                                               shake things up and experiment with the world

                        12         Pet Food 2022                                                                               of color that nature has supplied for us!

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                        13         Road Trip Season                                                                           “
                                                                                                                                           Veri Peri is a dramatic intense
                        15         Summer Pet Toys
                                                                                                 13                              blue-violet, appearing in some of our

                         17        What is IPM?                                                                                  favorite hydrangeas and tropical plumbagos.


              Contributors: Priscilla Husband, Garden Coach; Corinne Yarns, Creative Lead; Matt McCollough, Pet Buyer;           Green foliage accents this color perfectly.”
      Andrea Baerenwald, Marketing Director; Chad Thomas, Cape Cod Plant Doctor; Krit Whyte, Customer Service Representative;                                                         -Susan Wile
                                          Josh Wile, Co-owner; Jess Thomas, Co-owner.
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