Welcome to Sunnyside Nursery, established 1948 and located in Marysville, Washington.
We are a retail nursery that provides all of your gardening needs, from soils, fertilizers, pesticides, tools,
garden décor, pottery, arbors and trellises, to a fantastic selection of annuals, perennials, shrubs
and trees. With a friendly and knowledgable staff, we also have answers! At Sunnyside, we are constantly
striving to provide more reasons to "Come Garden With Us!"
Greetings from the Whistling Gardener
Over the ensuing week, we expect to have a lot of browsers. Yes, the word of our HUGE 'Once a Year' Sale is out. And that usually means lots of looking and very little buying before hand. Let's pause for a minute, though, to consider why you might want to buy one or two of those plants you're looking for now rather than waiting.
First off for many is the crowd. The sale starts Friday. And if this year is like every other year, there will be a crowd of people at the gates following the every move of the opening staff trying to get coffee made, floors swept, and everything else ready for the day.
Second, probably more important than first, is selection. Sure, we've just gotten in two of our biggest shipments ever (and remember we're celebrating 60 years, so that's big). We're packed to the fence posts with gorgeous plants (and trellises and arbors and pottery and ...). But things will walk out of here fast- it's a BIG sale. If you've really got your eye on a particular _________ (fill in the blank), it may be worth just getting it now.
Thirdly, what you want might already be on sale. Roses, grapes, and berries are already half off. Perennial Madness is running strong, and that saves you 20% for buying in multiples (see 'What's Hot'). Other specials are going on now, too.
And finally, even if you chose to save all you plant purchases for the "Once a Year" sale, consider getting your compost and fertilizer before hand. It'll save precious space in the car for fabulous landscape additions during the sale. Soil amendments aren't going to get cheaper over the weekend- buy in multiple and you already save. And, remember (though you're hole wouldn't really cost that much): It's better put a 50-cent plant in a 5-dollar hole than a 5-dollar plant in a 50-cent hole!
So, while we absolutely encourage you to stop by this week to have a cup of coffee on the house and prepare a shopping list for the big sale, we also encourage you to do a little of your shopping before hand. After all, a five spot saved on one plant is sometimes better spent on another.
We look forward to seeing you this weekend, and hope to see you before!
Thanks to everyone who shared in our August "Lunch on Us". People went home with full bellies and, thanks to one of our growers- Fisher Farms, great free shrubs. And, of course, one lucky guest got to take home a $60 gift certificate to the nursery. Make sure to put our last "Lunch on Us" on your calendar- Sept 6th, along with our final big hurrah, our annual "Customer Appreciation Day", Oct 4th. This year's will be extra special, 60ish kind-of huge.
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From the
Whistling
Gardener
Steve Smith's weekly gardening
column will impart timely gardening advice sprinkled with a bit
of humor.
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Learn About Our Customer Appreciation Program
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For on-line information on gardening questions, please visit the Washington State University Master Gardener Program at http://gardening.wsu.edu.
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Autumn 2008 Newsletter
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