Sloat Garden Center

These boots are made for.........

2012-05-30T08:10:00.002-07:00

Keeping some succulents dry amidst a puddle of carex and water lettuce. Photo taken at our Danville location!!

Talavera planted up with succulents!

2012-05-29T06:48:00.001-07:00

Strawberry Jam Session starts TODAY!!!

2012-05-25T07:55:00.000-07:00

Our Strawberry Jam Session starts today and runs through June 3rd!

Visit any Sloat Garden Center location and find strawberries in all sizes, ready to flower and fruit...plus everything else you need to get the summer jamming.

Learn more about growing strawberries here:
http://sloatgardens.com/grow-your-own/strawberries_handout2012.html

Sending all our fans some gardening love today.

2012-05-24T07:17:00.001-07:00

Celebrate strawberries

2012-05-23T07:35:00.000-07:00

Celebrate strawberries with us in our May Kitchen Gardener!

http://conta.cc/Loxssw

Cool salvaged trunk planter at our Danville location!

2012-05-22T06:22:00.002-07:00

Friend

2012-05-21T08:56:00.001-07:00

A garden is a friend you can visit anytime.

Happy weekend

2012-05-20T08:55:00.000-07:00

5 gallon roses at our San Rafael location. So lovely and fragrant. Happy gardening this weekend!

seminars!!

2012-05-18T08:53:00.001-07:00

We have terrific seminars scheduled over the next 5 days, starting with Saturday's "Our Water Our World - Safe, Non-Toxic Solutions for Our Gardens" ....take a look!!

Spring color madness!

2012-05-17T16:24:00.000-07:00

Happy spring!

Love a tree day is today!!

2012-05-16T16:21:00.000-07:00

May 16th is Love a Tree Day. Thank goodness there really is a day devoted to loving trees!!

http://blog.nwf.org/2011/05/the-five-best-ways-to-celebrate-love-a-tree-day-may-16th/

Seminars at Sloat Garden Center

2012-05-15T08:28:00.001-07:00

Wow! We have so many great gardening seminars on the schedule this may & june. Want to learn more about shade gardening? On Wednesday Mary TeSelle will visit our Sloat Blvd (SF) location to discuss shade gardening tips and tricks!

Later this month and next we're running seminars on non-toxic gardening solutions, growing herbs, mini-gardening, SF gardening and more. Will you join us? See you in the stores!

http://www.sloatgardens.com/seminars_and_events/default.htm

Thank you!

2012-05-14T08:29:00.000-07:00

Recently our Sloat Garden Center Facebook page reached 2,000 “likes.” We want to take a moment to thank the Sloat Garden Center online community for all the support, gardening tips, questions, thoughts and ideas posted on our page. Thank you for participating!

More sun is in the forecast this week... what will you be doing in your garden?

Happy Mother's Day!!

2012-05-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

Wishing you a wonderful day....

2012-05-12T08:30:00.000-07:00

The ecosystem garden at our Mill Valley/Blithedale Ave location is bursting with color...and check out the sunflowers coming up. Happy gardening this weekend...the weather looks lovely!

Gardener's Notebook Online!

2012-05-11T10:53:00.000-07:00

The May Gardener's Notebook Online is here! Read news and more from Sloat Garden Center...

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs017/1101812273737/archive/1109834255200.html

The spittle bugs have returned!

2012-05-10T09:18:00.000-07:00

The spittle bugs have returned. Soon you will start to see globs of foam on some perennials, grasses and leafy shrubs that resembles, well, spit.

Spittle bugs are the nymphs of an insect related to leafhoppers known as frog hoppers. They hatch from eggs laid in late summer that overwinter on susceptible plant stems and debris. The nymphs secrete the froth to protect themselves from predators, provide insulation from temperature extremes and to keep themselves from drying out.

The nymphs feed by sucking the plant juices. Damage to the host plant is usually negligible and the use of sprays is not warranted. Hosing off the affected plants with water is all that is needed to control them. It takes about 5 weeks for the nymphs to become adults at which time, the “spit” will disappear. Very rarely, thick infestations can cause distortion of new growth and stunting. If so, Rose Defense or Bonide 3 Rx will bring them under control.

Beautiful day....

2012-05-08T10:10:00.003-07:00

Arctotis sure looks nice under this beautiful, sunny sky!

Roses!

2012-05-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

Our summer rose collection has arrived...just in time for Mother's Day this weekend.

The Marin 500+ Garden Challenge:

2012-05-01T13:28:00.003-07:00

Join the Marin 500 Garden Challenge as they transform Marin County back yards, lawns, patios, decks and even balconies into bountiful organic food gardens!

This effort will help build a robust supply of safe food in each community, save money, conserve water, build resilience, lower greenhouse gasses, increase habitat,
and support local businesses

The Goal: Create 500 + organic food gardens all over Marin County in one week
May 12-19, 2012

Sign up for free at www.maringardenchallenge.org

For more information, please contact
susan@maringardenchallenge.org

Beautiful kangaroo paws at our Sloat Blvd location!

2012-05-01T13:01:00.001-07:00

New Gardener's Notebook!

2012-04-30T18:54:00.001-07:00

We are so excited to announce the May/June issue of our Gardener's Notebook newsletter! It will arrive in stores and home mailboxes this week. In it we discuss hydroponic gardening, low-light succulents, herbs, geraniums, new fiberlight pottery and the Mighty 'Mato. Check it out!
http://sloatgardens.com/gardeners_notebook/documents/gn_may_june_2012.pdf

Peonies in bloom at our Kentfield location

2012-04-27T08:09:00.001-07:00

Taken this week....what beauties!!

Join us for the Mill Valley Garden Tour!

2012-04-25T10:02:00.002-07:00

Join us tomorrow, April 26th for the Mill Valley Garden Tour! The Tour takes approximately 2-3 hours and leaves from The Outdoor Art Club located at One West Blithedale in Mill Valley. You can walk, cycle and/or shuttle to each of the homes. Sloat Garden Center will be there with a range of plants, gifts and other gardening goodies on the clubhouse patio.

For more information and garden tour reservations, please visit: www.outdoorartclub.org -- Or phone: 415-381-5204

Earth Day ladybug celebration -- today at our Sloat Blvd location!

2012-04-22T16:11:00.004-07:00