It's been quite a month!

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks around here – but now that Memorial Day is behind me, I wanted to take a little time to sit down and write a bit about what’s going on around here at the store.  

As some of you know, I came back to Michigan! I will be heading back to North Carolina in a few days, but will be back shortly to finish helping out the store during our busy season. I loved seeing all of your smiling eyes (since our masks are preventing us from sharing most of our faces!) stop by and say hi while I was here.  

I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to all our customers who have place special orders with us these past couple of weeks. I’ve actually received at least 100 different special requests for anything from bushes to trees, to perennials, and even some annuals. I appreciate you all so much for considering us as a place you trust with that. I also want to thank you all for your patience with me as I’ve been working to bring in that stock for you.  

We’re still going to be receiving a few more deliveries. I know how eager you all are to work your hands in the soil… especially since March gave us a little tease with a few weeks of nice weather and sparked everyone’s garden fever. Continue to keep an eye out… more garden material is coming in!  Due to the cold, cold weather we experienced early on in this season, this year we’ve hit some roadblocks bringing in some product. There are many shortages this season due to all the shutdowns that happened last season. I’ve been talking to our growers and they all have been telling me similar stories… things were hit with frost, they are having such a hard time keeping up with demand as they work with limited staff (because of COVID), new staff (because of COVID), and navigating through the destruction that the forest fires have created (as most of our seed comes from California).

Everyone is doing the best the can with what they've got.  So, really, when I tell you I can’t thank you enough for the patience and tolerance you’ve all exhibited with me so far – I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart.   

Here for you always,  
Kathleen Oerther