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Spring/Summer Season 2008

Here is your Opening Letter
Everything you need to know.

Weidners' Gardens is Open Again

Anything New? ....Yes!

We've been making changes!
A Stream Make Over How our improvements look right now
A new water feature with a waterfall and a small pond. Right there by the bridge that goes up into the fuchsia area. We put a big 18" pipe underneath to handle the huge amounts of water that comes when it rains.
The stream used to have water all summer long but lately it just looked ugly. This should be a big improvement.
Here it is at the second step You'll have to come in to see it finished. Pond and Waterfall by Armando of Aqua Terra
It is finished, now as of Wednesday...but just barely!

Here our area painted but still a long way from finished.

New! A brand new place for Demonstrations & Work shops.
For our workshops and classes. This is also for your Garden Club, Photography group, Church group, any kind of group that loves flowers and wants to have an interesting tour or meeting.
You're going to love it. Groups of over 15 can choose to have a free 15 minute demonstration. There will be space for coffee/ refreshments or a picnic lunch.
Click here for Reservation details on how your group can come, the demonstration topics.

Because this has turned into such a bright and beautiful area we are going to add a new House Plant section too.
When you come it will all look really good.

New plant to most of you.....Introducing Ginni,

That's Peperomia Ginni
The Ideal house guest and she is pretty too!
This is the ultimate low water/low care house plant. She is so easy and low care, you'll want her everywhere.
In your kitchen window, on your coffee table...in the bath, on the patio table or hanging anywhere.

New for us!

Three really nice Cordyline plants. Cordylines are also called Hawaiian Ti plants.
So often when we are making combination planters we need that taller background plant. Cordylines fill that spot so well. The other nice thing is that they are also spectacular all alone, so when the other plants in the combo have finished you simply let the Cordyline grow on and be big striking specimen on its own.

What else is ready for you if you come in March or April

Cyclamen...It is still a great time to use cyclamen and we've got a super special on them. Check out the coupons. Cyclamen bloom outdoors until mid summer...and re-grow again in the fall.

Fuchsias A good supply of 4 Inch, 6 inch upright types, 10" gorgeous Hanging Baskets.
Trees and Tubs should be ready by Mother's Day. The 4" are perfect for you to make your own Baskets or combinations.

Earliest Impatiens...ready now. Here is a New guinea in a new electric rose color.

Easter is early this year, March 23rd

Easter planted combinations will be ready with lots of plants in bright spring colors, Hydrangeas and other blooming plants.

Freesias....in bloom and ready for you. So fragrant. Enjoy in pots or in your garden. They multiply and bloom each year. and are perfect spring colors.

Hydrangeas --- They are ready now and will keep coming over the next several months.
Hydrangeas make a wonderful large plant in a combo pot and then afterwards when the blooms are over you can plant them in garden. They will bloom every year in early summer with masses of blooms.

Begonias, of course!We'll have earliest Non-Stop Varieties ready by the end of March.

Begonia Digging in the field usually begins sometime in May. Depends on the weather!

First Solenia Begonias ought to be ready for Easter. Solenia Begonias are so versatile. Take shade or light sun. These types of Begonias do not want huge amounts of water. Of course Begonia Dragon Wings Begonias will be back.

Family News. This is probably only interesting if you are regular customers of Weidners. Any one else that reads this is either very curious, bored or extremely anxious for friends of any kind.
Where did Evelyn go on her trip this year? South American Chile and Argentina on a fabulous cruise?
Sorry!! she was booked to go, instead she twisted really hard getting out of a chair, tore her right Hamstring muscle and went straight to bed rest. Very painful. She is now just fine.
Of course, she now limps on both the left and the right sides. That should even out to no limp at all but somehow that isn't how it works. Of well. Could have been worse!

Mary's husband, Rich, retires from the Orange County Fire Authority end of March. He is looking forward to not doing that long commute to Orange county but he'll miss the excitement and challenges of 42 years of being a Firefighter. [he started at a very young age!]
He jokes that we will be training him in the art of 'Sleeving' plants and taking directions from two women!! What a change! He usually gives the directions! Picture from last years vacation in the Canadian Rockies.

Of course, he wants to take off on more vacations so that means Mary will be taking some extra times off this summer. A trip to Alaska in July is already booked.

Enter Ryan Doughty, our grower who also has past retail experience. You'll be seeing more of him out front. He is very creative and fun to work with. You'll like him. I'm already worrying that you'll like him better than me.

To print the class and coupons only click here on 2008 coupons/schedules Workshops, Classes and Special Events Schedule

April 12 CRC Garden Tour and Ecke Plant Sale
..Make your reservtions now at Weidners or CRC Details below .

April 19 10 a m Debbie's Moss Basket Class

May 3 --- Ladybug Event: Free Ladybugs for children, fun crafts and the Ladybug Play
May 11.....Mother's Day ...Bring Mom, Grandma for an outing to Weidners.
Phone to buy a Gift Certificate ahead of time
May 24th---10 a m--Spring Home Propagation Class with Evelyn,
How to take cuttings and make them grow!
June 14 ---Last chance to do Moss Baskets class with Debbie
June 28 and 29 Our famous Tuberous Begonia Week-end.
August 7th-10th.
We're trying something new and exciting. A series of mini workshops on lots of different topics and plants. You all will help teach and we'll bring in some other experts too. Advertise it especially for the newer younger gardeners to come and learn.
Evelyn will take many 'step by step' digital pictures to use on our web learning pages. More on this later.

Call 760 436 2194 for class times Other important information....

Special news about the April 12th---CRC Home Garden Tour Tour beautiful, interesting and get ideas you can take home and use. Tickets are $30.00 this year, includes the Ecke stop.

Your purchase will help someone towards a better life. Call CRC at 760 753-1156 x 1305 reservations. They will mail you a booklet about a week before the tour. You can also call Weidners at 760 436-2194 and we'll make the reservation or go on line to www.crcncc.org and there is a link there to do your reservation.

Your opportunities to buy special *Pack Trial plants at super prices What are *Pack Trials?

Every year in April the biggest plant breeding companies in the US show off the very newest and best of their plants at a 2 week event called ‘Pack Trials.'
The Paul Ecke Ranch [of poinsettia fame] is one of those companies.
These plants are perfectly grown ‘show plants' & large specially planted combinations. After the Pack Trials are finished the Eckes are allowing CRC Garden Tour ticket holders to make the Ecke Ranch one of that day's garden stops. They are donating all the proceeds from that special sale to Evelyn's and the Eckes favorite charity, Community Resource Center (CRC).
Only if you go on the CRC Garden Tour will you get to stop at the Ecke Ranch to see and buy their Pack Trial plants.

2nd opportunity for Pack Trial Plants at Weidners. starts about April 1st

Last year Weidners was able to buy the Pack Trial plants from a different breeding company based in German with their US headquarters here in Encinitas.---
First Class is the name of this brand.
Different Breeders, different plants.
You will have the opportunity to buy again this year starting early April until they are gone. You'll have another email in early April so you'll know just when they arrive. This year will be mostly combinations of plants and the prices will be very good!

Here are the coupons for you to see.
If you want to print only the coupon page all you have to do is
Click here on 2008 coupon/events Same link as abov....Don't do it twice!

Be sure you stay on the mailing list.
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Other important information.... Spring /Summer season 2008-- March 1 through Labor Day.
Open every day except Tuesdays. 9:00 to 5:00. Phone, 760 436 2194. Mid-Winter Season Nov. 1 through Dec. 22
e mail staff@weidners.com web page, www.weidners.com
Driving Directions: 695 Normandy Rd. Encinitas, CA 92024.
Read this and think it through or call. We're on the east side of I-5 freeway between La Costa Exit and Leucadia exit. Corner of Piraeus & Normandy. (Piraeus is the frontage road that only goes between La Costa & Leucadia exits.) You can see us from the Freeway. Try any other way to get to us and you are lost forever!

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