VOLUME 12  April 30, 2009

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Perennials are forever blooming, year after year. Here are my five top favorite gift plants for your mom that you will find at the Outside Shop in time for Mother's Day: hydrangeas, wisterias, jasmines, sunflowers and knockout roses. Kick it up a notch and plant them up for her. Pull some weeds and lay down some mulch, too, or just pot up a blooming mixed container for her full of bright colorful annuals. She will talk about you to all her friends! It's also a really nice thing to do. My mom always appreciates the gardening work I do for her.

Pressed for time? Head over to the Inside Shop and we'll pot up an orchid for you in an orchid pot or blooming peace lily in a bright glazed container. Our garden scents from Thymes are a hit with moms all over. We have candles, room defusers and room sprays. We can package it all up for you and have gift cards, too.

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Pottery Sale

At the Outside Shop, all Marchioro large fiberglass containers are 40% off. They are perfect for the large container gardening particularly on balconies and rooftops--great for vegetable or ornamentals. We have large terracotta glazed pottery 20-40% off as well. Check out more great sales at the Inside Shop, too!  

About Joe
Joe is a landscape designer, owner of Garden District and long time Mid-City resident. He links his passions for the city and nature and offers urbanites the plant materials and gardening solutions that help make DC a green and inviting city.

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Just in:

Vegetable seedlings, shade loving annuals and lots of begonias and impatients are at the Outside Shop. Arriving soon, look out for patio container plants at the Inside Shop. They will include sweet smelling jasmine, gardenias, hibiscus and citrus topiary style.