One Year Later
How can it be one year already? One year since we closed the gate for good. So much has happened during this year, but one thing remains the same. You! Our readers/customers and our extended Behnke family.
Good-by, My Friend
Let me tell you about an exceptional person. His name was Allen Doong, and he worked at Behnke’s for over 25 years. In fact, Al actually started out doing manual labor at the nursery with some of his high school friends in the 1980’s.
My Grandfather’s Rose Garden
Albert Behnke loved many plants, but roses always held a special place in his heart. He grew up on his father’s nursery growing roses and brought that knowledge to America. My entire life has been about plants and flowers.
Who Lived Here?
My mother, Sonja Behnke Festerling, loved to paint. She would always be doodling and sketching. Mom was the one that created the famous “Behnke B” logo back when she was 17 years old.
Wash Day
Stephanie’s mother, Sonja Behnke Festerling, loves to talk about the old days growing up with her brothers on the land that is Behnke Nurseries. Some of the funniest memories are about ‘wash day.’ Click through to read all about it.
And So It Begins
Here we are, and it is March already. Time is going so fast, and while I am trying so hard to be upbeat about the coming season, I have to admit it is getting harder and harder.
Behind These Old Walls
In the building, we called ‘Dawnrose,’ hides some Country Music and Beltsville History! Frank Gosman began his jamboree around 1968, calling the club The Tin Dipper. He broadcast a few radio commercials for the butcher shop he owned there…..
Mt. Rushmore, Don ‘Nick’ Clifford and Behnke’s
A few days ago, I received a message on Behnke’s facebook page from Steve Baldwin from Custer, South Dakota. Curious, I went to read it and found that he was a long-time friend of my grandparents, Albert and Rose Behnke.
Behnke’s Gardening News Archives
One of the questions we get week after week is about finding information about this or that plant. Many times I can get the answer; however……
Look Who Showed Up!
I heard last week from Rawlings Conservatory & Botanical Gardens in Druid Hill Park, Maryland that they were now displaying the famous Audrey II from Behnke’s at their Carnivorous Plant Display.
Behnke’s Proclamation from the Prince George’s County Council
Proclamation presented to Stephanie Fleming, Behnke Nursery, in recognition of their “Exemplary Public Service” in Prince George’s County. (Council Member Thomas E. Dernoga and Council Chair Todd M. Turner)
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