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Harlequins Gardens

Boulder's specialist in well-adapted plants

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Home | About Us | Why the Name “Harlequin’s” Gardens?

Why the Name “Harlequin’s” Gardens?

Many people ask:

WHY “HARLEQUIN’S” GARDENS?

There are many reasons:

  1. Harlequin means colorful, cheerful, playful and fun.
  2. Harlequin represents a wide diversity of plants, people and persuasions (that create a lively performance or ecosystem)
  3. Harlequin is a patchwork where small pieces of cloth become clothing, stones become a wall, plants become a garden, or ideas become a vision
  4. Harlequin was a stock character in early Italian street theatre who acted, juggled and played music. His performance might be found in a market place where people would be talking, laughing, telling stories, sharing information, selling wares, socializing and networking. We want our nursery to be more than just a place to run over and buy something.
  5. Many varieties of colorful plants are called “Harlequin”, like Harlequin Euonymus, Harlequin Honeysuckle, Harlequin Marigold
  6. The only way to think outside the box is to loosen up, have a sense of humor and try the unusual.
  7. Harlequin’s Gardens loves the coalition of many colors, the diversity of many species, and the cumulative effect of small acts of kindness and cooperation.
  8. One of our favorite stories is about when Harlequin was a young boy. He was invited to join his friends at the masked Carnival. But his mother was very poor and could not afford a costume for him. His friends were very disappointed that he could not come with them, but one of their mothers had a good idea. She gave Harlequin the scraps that were left over from making her son’s costume, and when the other mothers did the same, he had enough cloth. His own mother sewed all the pieces together into the colorful patchwork that became his signature costume, and he was able to join his friends at the Carnival. The story illustrates our appreciation for recycling, kindness, cooperation and resourcefulness.
  9. You would never remember us if we named the nursery:
    Brawner and Reshetnik.

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Our plants are for sale ONLY at our Boulder location. We DO NOT ship plants. Come visit us!

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Harlequin’s Gardens is open for the 2021 season, ending in October.

Due to COVID 19 we require
All Customers to Wear a Mask
and practice Social Distancing

 

 

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303-939-9403 (Retail)
staff@nullharlequinsgardens.com

4795 North 26th St
Boulder, CO 80301

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We accept Cash and Checks AND Credit Cards. (now accepting Visa, Mastercard, American Express & Discover cards)

The plants we grow are organically grown. All the plants we sell are free of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.