Coming Spring 2008: Our 2nd Store

In just a few short months our new location will open at the corner of 14th and Church St. NW in the Lofts 14th building. It's official. I have the keys!

This has been a dream of mine for some time now. I looked around many DC neighborhoods, but ultimately, I chose to stay close to our existing store. I wanted to expand upon what we have with a goal of making it an easier and better shopping experience for our customers.

Our new store is only 3 blocks down 14th St. from our existing location. We will soon operate out of two locations, and our name and logo will remain the same.

Our current location at 14th and S St. NW will be devoted to exterior plants, pottery, tools, soil, mulch and plant care products..."the garden."

All interior plants and related interior plant care products will move to our second store. We'll also carry decorative pottery, accents for the home and garden, botanicals and sundries.... accessories for "the outside and inside garden room."

In addition to our knowledgeable sales staff, we have a super team in place to make this happen, including our retail designer Ernest Wertheim from Wertheim, Van de Ploeg and Klemeyer in San Francisco, who is highly regarded in the garden center industry. Zahn Design Architects are the architects of record along with Eichberg Construction, our builders and contractors.

The design is complete and we move in to a pre-construction phase soon. Demo work starts in about two weeks.

Today the signs will go up at the site. It's all very exciting.

Stay tuned for more on our new store coming soon. In the meantime, for more information feel free to contact me at joecarmack@gardendistrict-dc.com

Blowout Sale at Garden District

It's that time of year again that we clear the store out to make way for our Christmas Trees which will be arriving soon, well at the end of the month.

All perennials, trees and shrubs are 60% off or more.

Fall is the best time to garden and now the best time to save too. This is the time of year you'll get a Japanese Maple at 2/3rds the cost! Or get a great deal on 11 shrubs you've been wanting as one customer did on Saturday. He took every single Burning Bush we had. He did it right and he'll have spectacular fall color this year and years to come.

Here's why I like to plant in fall:
1) The weather is cool. The newly planted will be at less risk to drought and harsh hot summer conditions.

2) You can get a head start on spring. What you plant now will come back next year already established with a strong root system for good growth.

3) It's also a good time to get to know your garden. While planting in fall you can tackle other projects such as dividing and moving perennials, and mulching.

Tip to remember for fall gardening:
Never walk on damp soil. It compacts the soil even more.... however, on damp rainy days it is a good time to do your fall fertilizing.

And today I remember. It's Veterans Day. I don't exactly get to take the day off, but I can dedicate this day in some way to my grandparents that served in the Army. You are remembered, I miss you and thank you.