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It’s probably safe to assume you’re as anxious as we are to get our hands in the dirt, and happily, Harlequin’s Gardens is opening for our 31st season this Thursday March 2nd. We’re so looking forward to seeing you all again! We’ll have everything you need to get started for the season. Here’s what we’ll have available for you on March 2nd.
What you’ll find at Harlequin’s Gardens on Opening Day, 3-2-23
Seeds from Botanical Interests, SeedSavers Exchange and BBB Seeds
Seed-starting supplies: Standard Pots and trays, Locally-made recycled office-paper pots
Fort Vee Seed-starting and potting mix
Coco Loco Potting Mix
Ocean Forest Potting Mix
A1 Eco-Grow Compost
Eko Compost
Eko Lawn Topdressing
Richlawn 5-3-2 organic fertilizer
Fine Woodchip Mulch
Soil Pep Mulch
Expanded Shale
Soil Diva biological soil support
Age Old fertilizers
Neptune’s Harvest organic fertilizers
Row Cover Fabrics: light (Seedguard); medium (Ensulate)
Hand Tools for digging, pruning, weeding, etc.
Gardening Books (including many great used references at bargain prices!)
Boulder Mushroom’s Blue Oyster and Lion’s Mane Kits
Overwintered plants you can plant NOW! such as some Native Shrubs, Gooseberries, Currants, Fruit Trees, Perennials such as creeping Veronica, Germanders, Basket of Gold Alyssum, Evergreen Candytuft, Dianthus, Catmints, Penstemons, Antelope Sage, Fort Laramie Strawberries, creeping Sedum, Hen & Chicks, McClintock Pussytoes, and more!
As you are all aware, since the onset of the Covid pandemic, ‘supply issues’ and price increases have become the norm. And since the war in Ukraine began a year ago, supply shortages and delays have increased and inflation has affected the prices of goods and services universally. These factors have affected Harlequin’s Gardens. We have been slow to increase our prices even as many of our costs have increased dramatically. This year it is necessary for us to raise some prices to catch up with the higher costs of materials such as nursery pots, soil products, seeds, plants, and labor.
We hope that you will continue to appreciate the value you receive when you shop at Harlequin’s Gardens. Please consider the following:
For 30 years, we have always been committed to non-aggression, health and environmental stewardship in horticulture and all other spheres of Life.
We never use toxic pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers
We are the best source for Colorado and regional Native Plants on the Front Range
We have always specialized in Water-Thrifty plants and Pollinator-Supporting plants
Our staff, e-newsletters, classes, and hand-outs offer empowering, cutting-edge organic and environmental gardening advice and education gained from our 30 years of research and experience.
We grow our plants in our own carefully formulated potting soils that grow healthier, stronger, more resilient plants that will establish successfully into your garden.
Our pest management products are always non-toxic, child-safe and pollinator safe.
We bag compost and mulches in returnable plastic bags to reduce plastic in the environment.
We offer superior, CO-specific resources and advice for supporting bees, butterflies and birds.
We grow many of our own plants and buy from other local growers that never use neonicotinoids.
We recycle and use recycled materials for our building projects.
We compost and make our own powerful Compost Tea.
Our greenhouses don’t use fossil fuels; our heat and energy come mostly from the Sun, with a little electricity from renewables.
We are located in unincorporated Boulder County, where sales tax is about half the rate in Front Range cities.
We support local growers, artists, artisans and musicians as well as non-profit environmental efforts.
We connect our customers with events and other educational and activist opportunities related to environmental, agricultural and horticultural issues.
Yours in support of abundant Life,
Eve Brawner