It’s spring in the gardens and greenhouse!

Website Coming Soon!

Stayed tuned for a website!  It will highlight offerings at Story’s Neversink Plant Co. And offering some online shopping.

Summertime fun

Big sister Maria and dear friend Michelle visited last weekend.  We had fun in the garde and fun at the Grahamsville Little World’s Fair.  Brother in law Michael is taking the picture.

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Heading into the holidays, it’s my favorite time of year to decorate. More to come!  Stay tuned.

Summer 2017

It has been a strange summer in the Sullivan Catskill weather wise. Cool and rainy with bits of drought.  It is now mid-September and our temperstures are in the upper 70's.

Great weather for dividing perennials and seeding the lawn.

Cabin Fever

Looking at the snow outside and dreaming of spring.

We have amused ourselves reading the Plant Delights Cataloques that arrived in the mail.  Especillay the description of Ariesema 'Trumpeteer'.

What are you growing that is new, or controversial, this year?

The day we sit at the edge of our seats...

The anticipation had me awake at "0 Dark 30".

Going to vote as soon as I can this morning.

Lord watch over us as we attempt to make the right decisions for our country today. Decisions that bring us through the next 4 years and beyond.

 

This Geranium cotyledonis, a winter growing succulent, is growing very well under the lights in January 2015.

Our newest adventure is the installation of iGrow magnetic induction lighting for the succulent collection in the winter. From early November until March the entire greenhouse collection will be transported into the unfinished basement, where the heat from the furnace will keep them in a 60 degree F. temperature range on a 12 hour on 12 hour off lighting schedule. This is a picture of the first trial bench in August of 2014.

Get Ready Cause Here He Comes...with Succulents and Unusual Plants

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Propagating like a mad man preparing for the Eastern Regional Cactus and Succulent Conference in Plymouth Meeting, PA the second weekend in October.  Here is a sneak preview of some of the items for sale.

Welcome to Story's Neversink Plant Company's blog page!  

Here you will find pictures of strange and unusual plants for sale or to salivate over.  

This weeks prize is Gerrardanthus macrorhizus.   

4" pots are $15.00.   

By appointment only.  

Contact John for details - johnstory46@gmail.com

New Home, New Garden, New Life Back in NY

Goodbye PA and HELLO NEW YORK!

It is so good to be back in our home state!

A lot has happened to us since I last blogged here.

John retired in August - Uncle Sam started paying him in May!

We closed on our new home on September 25th and moved out of Kintnersville, PA and dead Helen's house in Liberty, NY and into our new home in Neversink on October 1, 2013! 

John built a Greenhouse in November.

Had our first Christmas with Adam and Celinda and brother John Joseph this past week. 

2014 is just ahead and we are so grateful for this past year and looking to help others and give our all. 

Our new landscape is slowly shaping up!

Elmer the rock is ringing with a necklace of hay scented fern.

The 4 raised beds are filled with vegetables, fruits and herbs.

Renee came up for a visit and helped me remove the ugly Foo Foo Poodle pine from the back entrance.  

Loving Neversink!

Week 2 - Horticulture Coordinator

It's the first full week of February and we have wind chills below zero! 

I won't be moving any plants into my office today.  We did get some books and pictures in and up on Saturday though.

So far the plants I brought up to my apartment are happily living in the windows that afford them the best light.  I have a nice wide windowsill over my kitchen sink!  It is full of little succulent treasures.

I think my Sanseveria collection would be the best genus candidate for my office.  I will look for a window box to place them in over the next few cold weeks.  Plenty of time to do some online shopping AND meet my new plant friends at their establishments in Sullivan County, NY.

Since our friend Pete did not see his shadow spring is on its way!

Springtime temeperatures on the way!

I will be so happy when it reached 68 degrees in Liberty today!

Hopefully the forsythia up the street will bloom so I can take a picture of this massive thing!

In the meantime I saw a post of a Mohonk type gate posted on Facebook this morning and thought of the garden installed during my era there in the cutting garden.  Beautiful intricate work!

Spring has Sprung in PA

On Friday I traveled from Zone 5 to 6b and was thrilled to see magnolia, cherry and forsythia in full bloom.  In our own garden mayapples are up, bloodroot is blooming and the maples trees are full of bees. 
Ah...spring, thank you for returning slowly and beautifully this year!

Photos to follow soon!

I can imagine crocuses blooming but this seems like the longest winter in many years!  Since I have moved up to Liberty, NY it has snowed, or at least flurried, almost every day.  My new job entails looking at completed gardens from past years and suggesting upgrades.  Hard to do under 6" of snow.

Dawn of a New Spring!

Happy Spring 2013!

 

One of our favorite plants, Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn' in our old backyard. 

 Fragrant, see through and screams SPRING each year. 

The Story is in the Plants and the Plants are in the Story

2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
LOCAL MARKET & EXPO

March 9, 2013

One Cablevision Center
Ferndale, New York
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

VOLUNTEERS
“The Heart of Renaissance”

Come to  our Expo next Saturday

Sullivan Renaissance’s annual expo features exhibits by many of Sullivan County’s garden centers and nurseries, and other vendors with products and services of interest to volunteers. Our atrium is filled with flowering bulbs, shrubs and trees designed to inspire thoughts of Spring. This year’s expo will also feature an interactive display on the Sullivan Renaissance collection. Among others, the following exhibitors will be featured:
 Butterfly Botanicals
 Liberty Home, Garden & Pet
 Manza Family Farm
 Monticello Farm Home & Garden
 SullivanArc Garden Tour
 Sullivan County Master Gardeners
 The Cutting Garden
 Trailkeeper.org
 Tri-Valley Natural Resources Program

It is going to be a great event.  We will have an atrium full of flowering trees, shrubs, perennials and spring bulbs

A LOCAL MARKET
This year’s conference features an expanded market where participants and guests can purchase local, natural and organic goods from area businesses. Among others, products include:
 Artisan breads and pastries
 Local wines
 Handcrafted fresh pasta
 Locally roasted coffee
 Maple syrup and honey
 Plants and flowers
 Arts and crafts and much more

The event is FREE!  Register today!

REGISTRATION FORM
Please complete and return this form by March 1st!
Name: ___________________________________
Community: ______________________________
Phone: ___________________________________
Mobile: __________________________________
E-mail: ___________________________________
I plan to attend the following:
 Keynote & Achievement Awards
 Expo & Local Market
 Workshops (indicate preference below)
Workshop Session I (11:30 - 12:30)
 A. Youth Panel
 B. 2013 Renaissance Collection
 C. Trees in Your Landscape
 D. Volunteer Development
 E. Sullivan Renaissance Salon
Workshop Session II (1:00 - 2:00)
 A. Meet Dr. Peter Tarlow
 B. Showing of Flowers
 C. Beneficials in Your Garden
 D. Social Media 101
Space is limited and
pre-registration is required!
There are four ways to pre-register:
 Call (845)295-2445
 Fax registration form to (845)295-2746
 E-mail sgonzalez@sullivanrenaissance.org
 Mail registration form to:
Sullivan Renaissance
P O Box 311
Liberty, NY 12754

(845)295-2445
info@sullivanrenaissance.org