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FRESH-CUT FIR TREES FRESH EVERGREENS WREATHS & GARLAND HOLIDAY DÉCOR LIGHTS & ACCESSORIES CRYSTALS & DECOR GIFTS FOR EVERYONE

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.

Preparing Your Vegetable Beds for Winter and Next Spring

Sean, the Garden Guru here at The Gardener’s Center, talks about how to prepare your vegetable garden beds for the winter and to set them up for a successful spring. And you might be surprised by what he has to say!

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.

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!

Pro-tips for enjoying a living Christmas tree for years to come.

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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Fresh-cut Christmas Tree Selecting & Caring

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.

Indoor Gardening

Our indoor greenhouse is THE place for plant enthusiasts and new plant parents alike. Find exceptional and hard-to-find houseplants. Questions? Our expert horticulturalists are here to help.

Container design services at The Gardener's Center
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.

When you have questions, we're here to help!

Guru Sean

Outdoor Gardening Expert
General Manager

Guru Joy

Indoor Gardening Expert
Greenhouse Supervisor

Guru Lauren

Floral & Container Garden Expert
Designer

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. 

We are either trained horticulturalists or are just head-over-roots passionate about what we do. Our mission is to help your gardens grow and flourish.

And if you need more help after you get them home, we’re here to give you that, too. Our goal is simple. We want to make you so good at gardening that it becomes second nature. Then, together, we can let the good times grow.

Join us for our informative (and free) seminars with gardening & plant gurus!

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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Get 'em in time for Thanksgiving...

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!

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