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our region. Workshops
and educational
offerings make these
stores stand out from
the crowd and keep all
those newly minted Covid
gardeners in the fold.
Locally owned nurseries
usually grow their own
stock, and consequently
give them TLC, answer
your questions, and
stand behind their plant
guarantees.
Think local. Your money
will stay in state when
you purchase from an
independent and keeps
Putnam Hill Nursery them in business to employ
local people. A win win for
herbs, annuals, vines, dye plants, Professional Achievement Award for
everyone! A
woodies, and native plants that are 2020 for all her contributions across
propagated and grown here at our the industry, and Valley View benefits
nursery in Forest Hill, Maryland” - from her expertise and infectious Claire Jones
quite an eclectic mix of plants! And enthusiasm about plants. Giving A writer,
their peony selection is stellar with countless free talks to local Garden landscape
designer,
lots of new and heirloom varieties Clubs and other organizations, Carrie beekeeper, and
available. A fixture at many plant exemplifies the independent garden garden traveler,
sales around the area, it is well center spirit. Claire’s
designed
worth the ride to visit Putnam Hill, as
Branching Out with Newbie gardens have been featured in
Melanie has planted beautiful display magazines and the Wall Street
Gardeners
gardens surrounding her house and Journal. Always ready to travel to
new nurseries, Claire’s gardens are
property. With COVID’s advent, many local an eclectic mix of unusual plants.
small nurseries struggled to stay You can read her garden blog at
Valley View Nursery in Cockeysville open with their full staff and are TheGardenDiaries where she has
has plenty of helpful personnel who benefiting now from the surge of new written about garden topics for
act like plant doctors to answer gardeners that have emerged. But 11 years.
those tricky gardening problems and younger, possibly better educated Owner, Claire Jones Landscapes,
will guide you to the right products. newbies, will be demanding more LLC, and Garden Blogger at
TheGardenDiaries
Browsing the aisles during this past specialty offerings and helpful advice Claire Jones Landscapes, LLC
winter for seed starting equipment, that independent nurseries are 4 Bellclare Cir
it was nice to see in-person the uniquely qualified for. Sparks, MD 21152
United States
products instead of a picture on Phone: 443-927-6285
Amazon. Carrie Engel, the Retail The independents’ long-term success E-mail: jonesb1@comcast.net
Greenhouse Manager at Valley View, is important to keeping the area Web Site: clairejoneslandscapes.com
and thegardendiaries.blog/
just was awarded the prestigious stocked with offerings specific to
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