Holiday Shop is Open
The Gardener’s Center is your holiday headquarters, offering a beautiful selection of fresh-cut Christmas trees, evergreens, wreaths and garland! Not to mention our unique holiday décor and gifts for just about everyone.
Looking for a stocking stuffer they’ll love? Our gift cards are treasured by everyone from plant lovers to crystal collectors and everyone in between.
When you want gorgeous holiday entryways, we have options…
Our Pre-built Holiday Drop-ins
Our convenient, beautifully-arranged paper mache containers of lush, fresh-cut evergreens and holiday trimmings drop right into your existing porch, patio and landscape containers. It’s instant holiday decor and curb appeal! And they’ll continue to look great well after the holidays, too.
Our Custom-Designed Container Services
Looking to make a bigger statement with your entryway? Book your custom container design with Lauren and she’ll create stunning, show-stopper looks for your holiday home.
Caring for Your Fresh-cut Christmas Tree
When selecting your tree, you need to know the optimal time to purchase and what’s okay (and not) with needle drop. In caring for your tree, you need to know when and why it needs a fresh cut as well as the do’s and don’ts for watering and setting up. A transcript of this video is available in The Buzz Blog.
Overwintering Hardy Plants in Containers
As we get ready for cooler temps, let’s review what you need to know about overwintering your hardy container-planted perennials. Sean, our horticulture guru, identifies what you need to be aware of when overwintering your hardy potted perennials. These hardy plants fall into three groups: deciduous, conifer evergreens and broadleaf evergreens. Deciduous and conifers are easy enough to care for, but the broadleaf evergreens, such as boxwood and rhododendrons, are the most challenging, especially when they experience prolonged below-freezing temperatures. Watch the video to learn what you need to know about overwintering your potted perennials. A transcript of this video is available in The Buzz Blog.
Winterizing Your Outside Containers
Learn how to safely take care of your plant pots over the winter. Sean considers the four groups of pottery: terracotta, cast stone/concrete, fiber glass/lichen fiber and finally, plastic. He explains that it’s not the cold temperatures that can damage your pots; it’s the precipitation they absorb or contain, followed by freeze/thaw cycles. All Sean’s helpful advice can be applied to garden statuary and bird baths. A transcript of this video is available in The Buzz Blog.
The Buzz Articles & Videos
The Buzz is where you’ll find expert help from our plant and garden gurus.
We’re here to help you with your outdoor and indoor gardening needs. Have questions? Just ask our experts!
Preparing Your Vegetable Garden Beds for Winter and Next Spring
It’s mid-November and finally time to say goodbye to vegetable and produce production from our zone 7a gardens. And just as you prepped your garden bed to give your plants the best conditions to thrive and produce, you should also properly prepare your vegetable bed for the winter months.
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Thanksgiving Time is Pruning Time for Your Hydrangea Paniculata
Sean’s observation is that people have a tendency to NOT touch these in the fall, right when they should. Sean says NOW is the time to prune them. Why? Unlike the mopheads, the Paniculatas only flower on new growth. So the more you prune them back, the more growth you’re...
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Tips for Enjoying Your Living Christmas Tree
A living Christmas tree is one that still has the roots attached to it, and may be in a pot or a burlap sack. As Sean, our horticulture guru here at The Gardener’s Center says, they’re going to “continue on with their lives” after the Christmas season and will get...
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Keeping Your Containers “Happy and Healthy” Over the Winter
Sean, the horticulture guru at The Gardener's Center in Darien, CT, talks about which pots can take the winter elements and which pots need to be brought in or protected. He also has advice on HOW to protect them. He puts plant pots into four groups: terracotta, cast stone/concrete, fiber...
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Selecting & Caring for your Fresh-cut Christmas Tree
It looks, smells and feels like Christmas in the nursery! Sean, our horticulture guru here at The Gardener’s Center, shares tips about selecting your fresh-cut tree, and how to keep your tree happy, healthy and—most importantly—safe while it’s in the house during the holiday season. But first…
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Outdoor Gardening
Find an ever-changing selection of seasonal annuals, perennials, shrubs, herbs and edibles. We offer a huge selection of designer pottery, garden art and statuary and a friendly and knowledgeable staff.
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Container Design
Work with our designer for custom-designed containers. We build on-site with expert creativity, care and attention to detail with carefully selected plant material catered to your space and light conditions.
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It isn’t enough to just buy plants and tools and all the stuff it takes to practice the art of gardening. You need somebody to talk to, somebody in touch with the earth. At The Gardener’s Center, you’ll find such people.
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Extended Hours Saturday, May 25: 8am - 6pm • Open Memorial Day 9am-5pm
Scales and Tales Storytime
Presented By The Darien Nature Center
Saturday, August 17
10:00am + 11:00am Sessions
FULLY-BOOKED
Join us among the plants here at The Garden Center for an exciting story time featuring small reptiles from the Darien Nature Center!
Storytime sessions are FREE but registration is required due to limited space.
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Pre-ordering open through Sunday, November 10!
Our lush, large poinsettia collection offers a range of classic-to-contemporary colors that compliment your holiday decorating style!
These arrive fully grown — an impressive 22 inches tall and wide — for instant holiday cheer! They also make lovely gifts for your holiday gatherings, whether for guests or hosts.
Sometimes, we need a little expert touch to help turn so-so into something really special. Look no further than our container design guru, Lauren!
Check out these gorgeous examples, then set up a consultation so you, too, can have looks like these gracing your walkways, entryways and window boxes!
We're your holiday headquarters!
The Gardener’s Center is your year-round garden center offering a wide selection of unique and sought-after outdoor and indoor plants, designer pottery, organic gardening supplies, container design services, gifts and more. We’re committed to providing exceptional service and horticultural expertise. We are YOUR garden gurus!
