Gowanus Nursery Open
A couple of weekends ago, blogger 423 Smith swung by the Gowanus Nursery at 102 3rd Street and was pleased to see that rumors of its demise were exaggerated. We’ve never been, but we’re gonna be in the market for some plants and flowers soon, so we’ll be interested to hear reader feedback on selection,…
A couple of weekends ago, blogger 423 Smith swung by the Gowanus Nursery at 102 3rd Street and was pleased to see that rumors of its demise were exaggerated. We’ve never been, but we’re gonna be in the market for some plants and flowers soon, so we’ll be interested to hear reader feedback on selection, service and prices. How does it stack up against the garden center at the nearby Home Depot?
Gowanus Nursery – Open! Yay! [423 Smith]
Also try BBG plant sales
yeay it is a sweet deal! get there early and bring bags and shovel in case.
Free compost!
Dont forget…this weekend (22nd & 23rd) y’all can get tons of free compost from the NYC compost giveback program. I went the first week of april and they had tons of compost already bagged and even threw 8 bags it in my truck for me!
Black gold baby!
http://www.nyccompost.org/resources/calendar.html
Shannon’s Florist could deliver your soil…you might be able to just dump it in front of your house but i would ask them for the price to deliver to back yard.
Any recommendations on best (high qual & low cost) place to get enough topsoil to cover whole back garden with several inches? Is it worth going upstate somewhere with a hired van? Cost is a big factor for us. How much should we budget?
I visited Gowanus (nearby our house) & they seemed very friendly but didn’t stock topsoil.
thx
The terminal market is a group of many plant wholesalers all in one area. Quality varies from one seller to the next. Some just sell really basic stuff while others sell some very nice pernials, small trees and shrubs. Others have huge selections of containers and all that plastic junk that people insist on putting in their gardens…plastic dwarves, flamingos frogs ect. The best time to go is in the late spring early summer when the anuals come in. As someone who has been seriously gardening for 20 years, the trick is to ask the garden dept employees when the new deliveries are coming in. If you are persistant you can even find treasures at the Hamilton Ave HD, although I recommend the one in Queens..a million times better. For rare pernials and specimen plants i like Wayside and Whites Flower Farm ordering through the catalog. If you dont require imediate gratification in a few years these plants will out shines basic big box bargain plants. HD> usually gets the “Perenials of the Year” plants one or two years later.
If anyone wants to start trading plants I would be interested. I have many plants that have outgrown their limited real estate and could be divided and transplanted.
i used to really love gowanus nursery. i bought some great planters there, as well as quite a lot of pretty perennials and annuals, spending close to $500 last spring/summer. they have a 2 week guarantee on their plants. i bought a blue star creeper from them that was not thriving, so i figured i’d bring it back for an even exchange (or some help). they gave me a hard time about it, which soured me on them. i was pleasant and even discreet about voicing my problem since there were other customers nearby. this is just my experience with them. (maybe the salesperson was having a bad day).
i found the guys at plant store next to mazzone hardware on court street very nice and extremly helful. they are not that knowledgeable about unusual plants but they ordered some planters for me without requiring any deposit. i go to the brooklyn terminal market for regular plants and out to westchester for more unusual goods. it’s a hike, but i get what i need and mill around for awhile learning about new plants. rosedale is especially good for newbies.
maybe entrance is on 87th
re bklyn terminal market: go there and you will see. the entrance for plants is at 86th st. James Gale and son, LJ lapide, that whole chunk are different plant stores. i imagine it could get pretty busy on weekends..