Kennedy's Country Gardens

Garden Matters Lecture Series at Kennedy’s in Scituate

ChrisK — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:38:35 +0000

Saturday February 25 Kennedy’s Country Gardens kicks off our “Garden Matters” Lecture Series in the greenhouses. Lectures on the first Saturday include Horticulturist Paul F. Split discussing “Seed Starting” then doing a ”Cooking With Herbs” demonstration. Our own Chris Kennedy, MCH will talk about “Landscaping – Adding Beauty & Property Value to Your Home” and Nick Vallas of Bartlett Tree Company will talk “Pruning & Garden Pests”. Old Harbor Catering will be available for lunch options. Volunteers from the Massachusetts Master Gardeners will have a booth to answering your gardening questions and Betty Greene, Kennedy’s landscape design partner, will be on hand taking your landscape design questions. Click here for more details.

Fall Harvest Festival

ChrisK — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:03:49 +0000

This event just keeps getting bigger, we may need customers to car pool! Journalist Kelly Anne Clinton, wrote a really terrific article about our Fall Harvest Festival and Hope In Bloom in this weeks edition of the Mariner – here is the Wickedlocal online version. I also confirmed with Debbie at Local Vines and Gourmet Wine Shop (Rt 3a Cohasset near the train station) that they will be coming Sunday afternoon to let us taste some great wines. Just so happens they will be setting up next to the Dixieland Jazz, I look forward to hanging out in that area! Also we just signed on a new vendor from the Scituate Farmer’s Market that will be serving Loster bisque, German brats, etc. on Saturday, he said he might be back Sunday with steak tips – I hear his food is delicious! See you at Kennedy’s!!! Chris

Fall is Coming!!!!

Chris K — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:22:47 +0000

Fall is almost here…and so are a beautiful bacth of new fall plants!!! We have just received vibrant annuals as well as perennials to brighten up your fall yard. In addition, summer annuals and perennials are now on clearance, up to 60% off! Stop by today.

April Tip – Planting

ChrisK — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:08:37 +0000

It is okay to plant all trees & shrubs, grasses and rose bushes in April. It is also safe to plant cold season annuals and vegetables. At Kennedy’s we stoe our outdoor ready plants outside and our tender material inside. You only need to worry about planiting the above listed plants if they have been inside a warm greenhouse or were shipped in from a warmer climate. A sudden dip in temperature could injure plants in this situation, but it is rare. Ask a Kennedy’s asscociate for any assistance.

April Pruning Tip

ChrisK — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:44:41 +0000

Chris Kennedy’s Green Gardener early April tip of the week. Let’s talk about pruning. Early spring is the time to cleanup and prune back tender perennials such as Hosta, Coneflowers, Sedums and all of your ornamental grasses. Cut them as close to the ground as possible. Woodier perennials such as Catmint, Russian Sage and Montauk Daisies should be cut back, but it is best to leave last year’s stems about 3-6” long. It is also time to cut back Butterfly Bushes and Roses. They can be cut back dramatically to about 18-24” from the ground. Climbing roses shouls not be cut back, but thinned out as needed. Later flowering shrubs such as Spirea, Rose-of-Sharon and PG Hydrangea can be pruned back and shaped now. Please resist the urge to cut back the typical blue and pink hydrangeas, any significant pruning can be detrimental to them blooming this summer. Also be patient with spring flowering shrubs such as Azaleas, Rhododendron, and lilacs. Spring pruning will remove the flower buds, so avoid this unless you are willing to sacrifice the flowers. Follow up your pruning with a boost of organic fertilizer. Have a great week in the garden!

Little Seedlings

Chris K — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:34:24 +0000

Continue to nurture those little seedlings being raised indoors. In particular, you should feed them about every two weeks. Use a regular, balanced household fertilizer at about fifty percent of the recommended dilution. This nudges their growth along and gives the plants a boost in strength.