Local Independent Garden Centers
If you have been following me, you know that I am all about supporting local independent business. And when it comes to buying your plants and supplies for your home or for gifts, I am all about the IGC’s (Independent Garden Centers).
Suppose you are like me and are on Facebook or other social media. In that case, you are starting to see many of your local independent garden centers showing you beautiful photos of early Spring-blooming annuals, perennials, and woody plants. Even as I write this, I am getting posts welcoming the first day of Spring.
It sorta makes one want to visit a garden center! Time to get out in the yard and see what survived the winter. I am not much on getting out in the yard except to take pictures and, ooh and ahh over each plant that is popping up. But my husband is great at it and keeps me informed on what is what. But going to a garden center is something I am ready to do.
I wanted to share with you some of the beautiful places in our backyards here in Maryland that I love to visit. So please stop by one, or drop me a message if you have another favorite you like to shop. I would love to check them out.
Sun Nurseries: Cooksville, MD
Snell’s Greenhouse: Mt. Airy, MD
Condon’s Nursery: Woodbine, MD Opens Late April
Greenway Farms: Cooksville, MD Opens In April
Gambrills Flower Farm: Gambrills, MD
Meadows Farms: Burtonsville, MD and other locations
Valley View Farms: Cockeysville, MD
Homestead Gardens: Davidsonville, MD
Patuxent Nursery: Bowie, MD
Grey Goose Farms: Germantown, MD
Thanksgiving Farms: Frederick, MD
Stadlers Nurseries: Laytonsville and Frederick, MD
Good Earth Garden Market :Potomac, MD
American Plant :Bethesda, MD
Johnsons Garden Center :Olney and Kensington, MD
Merrifield Garden Centers: Three locations in VA
Greenstreet Gardens Lothian, MD is a good garden center They also have a center in Alexandria, VA which I go to.
Yes they are! Thank you for sharing
Yes they are! Thank you for sharing
Frank’s Produce and Greenhouse, 6686 Old Waterloo Road, Elkridge, MD 21075 is wonderful!
Blue Water Baltimore’s Herring Run Nursery specializes in plants native to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 6131 Hillen Road, Baltimore, MD 21239
Yes I love Franks and wrote about them in this article. I will be sharing it this coming week. I will have to check out the other garden center you mentioned . Here is the link to the article https://beyondbehnkes.com/more-local-independent-garden-centers-to-visit/ Thank you!
Thank you for this great list of garden centers! I admit to stopping and shopping at many of them even though I work at one of the larger ones in MD.
I always loved checking out other garden centers when I had our wholesale nursery. I would take the delv. and then shop.. LOL but once I was back fulltime at Behnke’s I only got to visit in the off seasons! Now being retired and with Behnke’s closed I can get out and about more. I think I need to come see you guys this Spring! I feel the need 😉
Another palce we go to is Seasons Nursery – 8135 Snouffer School Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Thanks for sharing! I will try to get out there this Spring!!
Thank you for your list. I shop at all three of the following –
Betty’s Azalea Ranch, 12507 Lee Hwy, Fairfax, VA 22030
Heather Hills Gardens, 8111 Ox Rd, Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Nalls Produce and Garden Center, 7310 Beulah St, Franconia, VA 22315
Thank you very much for sharing your list!! Although I haven’t had the chance to visit these garden centers since they’re quite a distance away, I’m sure many others will find your recommendations helpful. I hope you’re doing well! 🌼