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| Located in beautiful Skagit Valley,
we offer a wide variety of
common and uncommon plants,
garden accessories, antiques, and gifts.
Open Daily
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
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| 8th Annual La Conner Daffodil Festival
While the tulips are Skagit Valley's most famous blooms, there’s nothing quite as cheerful as entire fields of bright yellow daffodils against our Mount Baker backdrop. During the month of March, La Conner is buzzing with activities for visitors, making it a fun and scenic destination to include in your visit to see the fields of daffodils. Did you know that more tulip, iris, and daffodil bulbs are produced here in Skagit County than in any other county in the United States (LoveLaConner.com)? The 8th Annual La Conner Daffodil Festival celebrates these sunny harbingers of spring throughout March. For more details, visit LoveLaConner.com. |
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| Spring Orchid Festival
Free Admission
March 5th, 11 - 6
March 6th, 9 - 4
Discussions at:
3 p.m. on March 5th
1 p.m. on March 6th
Enjoy strolling through our Propagation House and experiencing the diversity of orchids on display by the Mount Baker Orchid Society. We will be offering a diverse selection to shop from, as well as 'Orchid Doctors' available to answer your growing and re-blooming questions. There will also be re-potting services by donation toward the Mount Baker Orchid Society. This will be a judged show by the American Orchid Society, with awards and ribbons being presented in the afternoon on March 5th. |
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| Last call for bare root plants!
Christianson's bare root season continues through the end of March. All bare root plants are located in the south beds by our 1888 Schoolhouse where you'll find a great selection of fruiting and flowering shade trees and shrubs. If you need suggestions or assistance, we are happy to help!
Our bare root plant sale runs from March 1 - 13, when all bare root plants are 20% off already low prices.
To view our entire bare root selection, download our Fruit & Tree List for 2022, as well as our customized Apple Pollination Chart.
If you're looking for some great tips on how to plant bare root, check out our informative videos on our website. |
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Growing Great Roses
Saturday, March 12th
11 a.m. - noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $8
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
The rose is America's most popular flower and is also one of the oldest in cultivation. There are thousands of rose varieties known for their fragrance, color, bloom time, and hardiness.
Take notes from Christianson's rose buyer, Nancy Stewart, on our favorite tried-and-true varieties that are fragrant, disease-resistant, easy to care for, and thrive in the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Gardening with Chickens
Sunday, March 13th
11 a.m.-noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $10
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
Raising chickens is the Pacific Northwest has become a popular hobby for many. Chickens provide nutritional eggs and are quite beneficial to the garden by keeping slugs at bay. Join Matt Nelson of Spring Creek Heritage Farms, a heritage chicken breeding farm in Bellingham, WA, as he discusses raising rare heritage chickens, their benefit to your home and garden, sustainable farming practices, and the importance of chicken preservation. |
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| Early Season Edibles;
How to Get Started for an Abundant Year
Saturday, March 19th
11 a.m. - noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $12
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
In regions with a mild winter, like the Maritime Northwest, gardeners can grow edibles and feed their family from their garden year-round. Author Bill Thorness will delve into early spring vegetable gardening, including preparing the soil, timing for planting earliest crops, and protecting them in dicey spring weather. He will also have two informative vegetable gardening books for you to purchase after class. |
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| Starting Dahlias
Saturday, March 26th
11 a.m.-noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
class fee: $10
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
Starting a dahlia field of your own can feel both exciting and overwhelming. Learn how to grow popular dahlia varieties from tubers with Anne Long, owner of The Dahlia House. She will guide you through fool-proof methods for getting your plants off to a great growing season of amazing blooms. |
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| Gardening with Toni and John Christianson
Sunday, March 27th
11 a.m. - noon
reservations required
call to reserve, 360-466-3821
complimentary class (no fee)
please check in at the Garden Store
before class
Sit down with Toni and John Christianson in our 1888 Meadow Schoolhouse in this open discussion on all things gardening-related. Bring your questions about their favorite perennials, tips on planning a “White Garden,” the inspiration behind their past Flower and Garden Festival Display Gardens, and more. They look forward to connecting with you and sharing some of their favorite gardening stories. |
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| March Specials
March 1-13
Bare Root
fruit, flowering, and shade trees, berries, lilacs, hydrangeas, and more!
20% off
March 14-31
Camellias
winter and spring-flowering beauties, many in bloom
20% off |
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| “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
– Charles Dickens, Great Expectations |
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| Hold on to your hats - March is here! It’s a whirly dervish time of year, when anything can happen – atmospheric rivers, gray skies, blue skies, wind storms, and sunshine. On lucky days, we look up and catch those magical moments when dark clouds give way to rays of vibrant sunshine that light up the landscape. Breathtaking!
As we celebrate these early spring days, our Primrose gift shop is filled with a kaleidoscope of springtime colors, with whimsical touches and nostalgic treasures sprinkled throughout. The cheerfulness of Primrose is always uplifting, but especially during the crazy weather days in March.
Right now the shop is filled with delicious food and Easter items, including an extra special collection of vintage and antique Easter keepsakes. We have beautiful greeting cards, seasonal home décor, and Easter basket stuffers, like chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, stuffed animals, decorated eggs, and more!
To inspire gardeners of all ages, we have resource books, seed saving boxes, and kids gardening books and seed-starting garden kits. For those truly blustery days when gardening is out of the question, we have fabulous jigsaw puzzles, captivating books, cozy lap blankets, specialty teas, and soup and baking mixes.
This month, may the road rise up to meet you, and may it also lead you to Primrose! |
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| Three Oval Antique Hand Painted Porcelain Stud Buttons
These lovely oval antique hand-painted porcelain buttons are decorated with bright pink roses and olive green leaves with gilt around the edges. These buttons were used in the 1800s when a lady's blouse or dress front was too stiff to close with buttons. Today they can be used for numerous art, craft, and sewing projects. |
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| Plant Spotlight:
Flowering Quince 'Cameo'
Flowering quince is a wonderful deciduous shrub that has delightful soft apricot-pink blooms which appear before the foliage. They are among the first flowers to appear each year and are long-lasting. Quite hardy (zone 5-9), they are great when used as a compact hedge or shrub. |
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| March – The Nursery is gearing up for spring!
March is a big month in the Nursery as we are ordering up a storm preparing for the spring season ahead. We begin to receive vegetable starts and bedding plants, including geraniums which fill the Propagation House come mid-March. We also begin planting our custom hanging baskets and moving plants from the greenhouses back out into the Nursery. It is a transformative month and we are looking forward to seeing you in the Nursery! |
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| A Friendly Reminder
We are now charging 8 cents per bag following our new state guidelines. Please remember to bring a reusable shopping bag with you. This charge also pertains to plastic trash bags during the bare root season. Let's find inventive and sustainable ways to reuse plastic and other materials to make this transition a bit easier! |
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