Seasonal Notes
Our hours are always a little "weather permitting". (Call ahead if if holiday exodus traffic is intolerable... just-in-case we've sent everyone home.) We change the hours here (on the website), phone answering machine, and on independent Google, Yelp, Bing, Nextdoor, Tripadvisor, and Facebook sites.
Villager Holiday Season
Thanksgiving - Late December
- open 7 days a week - Holiday accoutrements.
Hours may vary closer to Christmas
depending on sales, inventory
and weather.
Open Mon-Sat 10:00-5:00
Open Sunday 10:00-3:00
always weather dependent* (*closed if snowing hard)
Holiday Season. While it is still great to plant trees, shrubs, and bulbs ANYTIME you choose, few get round-to-it now. Plants are always happier in the ground than in pots. Always, the sooner you plant the better to gain as much root-growth as possible over our short seasons.
NOW, we are a full Holiday and Plant Shoppe full of indoor plants, poinsettias, holiday bulbs, greens, wreaths, garland, with silvertip, nordmann, and noble fresh-cut Christmas trees. We also have a selection of living spruce, pine and fir for outdoor pots or living Christmas trees.
We bring in wreaths, garland, greens, living trees and the first crops of fresh cut Christmas trees near Thanksgiving. Many of our long-time clients order their trees starting around Halloween (we are able to manage about 40 total orders.)
Villager Nursery is open through the holiday season - roughly until December 22 or 23...
Villager Nursery outdoor areas are open late-winter (Mar-April) through early-December depending on snow persistence.
Through mid-winter, we maintain limited hours. Someone is usually here, IN the shop, most weekdays (paperwork & plants need attention). We don't want to let anyone down, so if you need something (plant, product, plans, bids, or consulting) or have questions, PLEASE send-us an e-mail as we check them almost every evening. We'll usually get back to you in a day or two or as soon as we possibly can. You can also call and leave a voice message at 530-587-0771. We tend to be rather busy in our compressed spring (May-June) season and replies may take a bit longer.(Facebook messenger is largely unmonitored).
All the best! Cheers! Here's to Science, to Research, to Data, to Facts, to Kindness, to Sanity, to Truth. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Be nice.
Our Autumnal Thermal Overturn occurs in mid to late-November. Until that time our soils are actually GAINING warmth and promoting expansive root growth! It is still a GREAT time for planting and easy digging until snows cover the ground (then it’s still good for planting but few gardeners get out there). As soils cool, root growth slows or even stops, but once our insulating snow covers the ground, soils again thaw-out and root-growth continues throughout the remainder of the winter.
We are a "Garden, Plant, and Soils sort of Shop" full of healthy indoor and tropical houseplants, bulbs, indoor gardening gear, pottery, potting soils, organic fertilizers and nutrients, as well as seeds and seed-sprouting supplies. We also have every gardener's favorite present: gift certificates from your experienced local garden center.
Check our Instagram or Facebook or the references page on this website for updates, informational sheets, class hand-outs and calendar updates.
For 50 years, Villager Nursery Garden Center has been serving Truckee, Tahoe and regional high Sierra mountain plant lovers, landscapers and gardeners. Villager Florist started in the original Gateway Center (next to the Gateway Motel) in 1951 (74 yrs). In 1975 (50 yrs ago) Jeanette Harper purchased the Villager Florist and added outdoor plants to the mix (becoming Villager Nursery). We relinquished the florist in 1996 to focus exclusively on the extreme winter-hardy, native plants, garden center summer color and vegetables, and landscape supply. In 1999 we moved to nursery to The home of Varney Dairy - come - McIver Dairy - come - Villager Nursery. The House was build in 1867 and the Shop (a blacksmith and then auto shop) was built in the 1930's. We are the third owners of the structures on this land.
Villager Nursery
Experienced High-Sierra guides. Here to help with gardening and landscaping in our very challenging growing conditions.
Located in Truckee, California
Our purpose, as always, is to remain the primary source for honest and reliable high-Sierra gardening information while offering the widest and most interesting variety of native, extreme climate, fascinating, showy and cold hardy plants, as well as the appropriate organic fertilizers and the finest soil amendments available.
Our hope is only to give our clients everything they need to succeed and find satisfaction in their mountain planters, gardens and landscapes.
Seasonal Notes
Our hours are always a little "weather permitting". (Call ahead if if holiday exodus traffic is intolerable... just-in-case we've sent everyone home.) We change the hours here (on the website), phone answering machine, and on independent Google, Yelp, Bing, Nextdoor, Tripadvisor, and Facebook sites.
Villager Holiday Season
Thanksgiving - Late December
- open 7 days a week - Holiday accoutrements.
Hours may vary closer to Christmas
depending on sales, inventory
and weather.
Open Mon-Sat 10:00-5:00
Open Sunday 10:00-3:00
always weather dependent* (*closed if snowing hard)
Holiday Season. While it is still great to plant trees, shrubs, and bulbs ANYTIME you choose, few get round-to-it now. Plants are always happier in the ground than in pots. Always, the sooner you plant the better to gain as much root-growth as possible over our short seasons.
NOW, we are a full Holiday and Plant Shoppe full of indoor plants, poinsettias, holiday bulbs, greens, wreaths, garland, with silvertip, nordmann, and noble fresh-cut Christmas trees. We also have a selection of living spruce, pine and fir for outdoor pots or living Christmas trees.
We bring in wreaths, garland, greens, living trees and the first crops of fresh cut Christmas trees near Thanksgiving. Many of our long-time clients order their trees starting around Halloween (we are able to manage about 40 total orders.)
Villager Nursery is open through the holiday season - roughly until December 22 or 23...
Villager Nursery outdoor areas are open late-winter (Mar-April) through early-December depending on snow persistence.
Through mid-winter, we maintain limited hours. Someone is usually here, IN the shop, most weekdays (paperwork & plants need attention). We don't want to let anyone down, so if you need something (plant, product, plans, bids, or consulting) or have questions, PLEASE send-us an e-mail as we check them almost every evening. We'll usually get back to you in a day or two or as soon as we possibly can. You can also call and leave a voice message at 530-587-0771. We tend to be rather busy in our compressed spring (May-June) season and replies may take a bit longer.(Facebook messenger is largely unmonitored).
All the best! Cheers! Here's to Science, to Research, to Data, to Facts, to Kindness, to Sanity, to Truth. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Be nice.
Our Autumnal Thermal Overturn occurs in mid to late-November. Until that time our soils are actually GAINING warmth and promoting expansive root growth! It is still a GREAT time for planting and easy digging until snows cover the ground (then it’s still good for planting but few gardeners get out there). As soils cool, root growth slows or even stops, but once our insulating snow covers the ground, soils again thaw-out and root-growth continues throughout the remainder of the winter.
We are a "Garden, Plant, and Soils sort of Shop" full of healthy indoor and tropical houseplants, bulbs, indoor gardening gear, pottery, potting soils, organic fertilizers and nutrients, as well as seeds and seed-sprouting supplies. We also have every gardener's favorite present: gift certificates from your experienced local garden center.
Check our Instagram or Facebook or the references page on this website for updates, informational sheets, class hand-outs and calendar updates.
For 50 years, Villager Nursery Garden Center has been serving Truckee, Tahoe and regional high Sierra mountain plant lovers, landscapers and gardeners. Villager Florist started in the original Gateway Center (next to the Gateway Motel) in 1951 (74 yrs). In 1975 (50 yrs ago) Jeanette Harper purchased the Villager Florist and added outdoor plants to the mix (becoming Villager Nursery). We relinquished the florist in 1996 to focus exclusively on the extreme winter-hardy, native plants, garden center summer color and vegetables, and landscape supply. In 1999 we moved to nursery to The home of Varney Dairy - come - McIver Dairy - come - Villager Nursery. The House was build in 1867 and the Shop (a blacksmith and then auto shop) was built in the 1930's. We are the third owners of the structures on this land.
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Your Mountain and Native plant source
Villager Nursery brings you many of the most cold-hardy and abuse tolerant plants on Earth. We collect seeds and cuttings of local High Sierra, Great Basin and Rocky Mountain native plants for propagation and contract growing. We produce many of the best plants and offer selections that are available almost nowhere else. …from remote locations.
The High Sierra Garden Experts
Eric, Rob and the knowledgeable staff at Villager Nursery have decades of experience in what works in Truckee and Tahoe’s high mountain environments. Visit the store today for seeds, bulbs, perennials, annual color, trees, shrubs, composts, organic fertilizers, pottery, art, and more!
Villager Journal
Timely information for Mt. Gardeners throughout the northern Sierras.Villager Handouts
PDF's and Newsletters with relevant information for gardening in the Sierras.The Home of your garden and planting needs
We are a mountain nursery, so we incorporate every possible local and western intermountain native plant into our inventory and our landscapes. Many of our plants are grown from seed or cuttings that we’ve collected. Our staff and interns are encouraged to get out and hike as often as possible and note where, why and how plants thrive where they are found. Below are some of the items we carry.
Annual Color
Perennials
Shrubs
Shrubs fill-out every landscape. From a wide selection of natives to exotic and fruiting species, we offer smaller woody plants for flowers, fall colors, heavy snow-loads and dense screening.
Trees
Seeds
Our experience in this challenging environment allows Villager Nursery to gather the best selections of vegetable, herb, greens, flower, wildflower, grass, and custom mixtures for the very best success rates possible.
Pottery & Art
Bulbs
“Bulbs” as a group of plants adapted to long periods of dormancy and harsh conditions are some of our favorite hardy perennials. We have a tremendous selection of hardy bulbs selected for their resistance to being eaten and for their incredible resilience.
Indoor Plants
Potting Soils, Composts and Mulch
Mature composts and worm castings to chicken manure, neem seed meal to fish bone meal, top soil, bark mulch and vegetable planting mixes and much more, we carry all of the right organics for your garden.
Fertilizers
We carry a range of fertilizers that meet the needs of growing in our soils and environment. From organic lawn food, and Biosol, to Cactus, veggie, orchid, acid, conifer, and houseplant fertilizers+.
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Seasonal Notes
Our hours are always a little "weather permitting". (Call ahead if if holiday exodus traffic is intolerable... just-in-case we've sent everyone home.) We change the hours here (on the website), phone answering machine, and on independent Google, Yelp, Bing, Nextdoor, Tripadvisor, and Facebook sites.
Villager Holiday Season
Thanksgiving - Late December
- open 7 days a week - Holiday accoutrements.
Hours may vary closer to Christmas
depending on sales, inventory
and weather.
Open Mon-Sat 10:00-5:00
Open Sunday 10:00-3:00
always weather dependent* (*closed if snowing hard)
Holiday Season. While it is still great to plant trees, shrubs, and bulbs ANYTIME you choose, few get round-to-it now. Plants are always happier in the ground than in pots. Always, the sooner you plant the better to gain as much root-growth as possible over our short seasons.
NOW, we are a full Holiday and Plant Shoppe full of indoor plants, poinsettias, holiday bulbs, greens, wreaths, garland, with silvertip, nordmann, and noble fresh-cut Christmas trees. We also have a selection of living spruce, pine and fir for outdoor pots or living Christmas trees.
We bring in wreaths, garland, greens, living trees and the first crops of fresh cut Christmas trees near Thanksgiving. Many of our long-time clients order their trees starting around Halloween (we are able to manage about 40 total orders.)
Villager Nursery is open through the holiday season - roughly until December 22 or 23...
Villager Nursery outdoor areas are open late-winter (Mar-April) through early-December depending on snow persistence.
Through mid-winter, we maintain limited hours. Someone is usually here, IN the shop, most weekdays (paperwork & plants need attention). We don't want to let anyone down, so if you need something (plant, product, plans, bids, or consulting) or have questions, PLEASE send-us an e-mail as we check them almost every evening. We'll usually get back to you in a day or two or as soon as we possibly can. You can also call and leave a voice message at 530-587-0771. We tend to be rather busy in our compressed spring (May-June) season and replies may take a bit longer.(Facebook messenger is largely unmonitored).
All the best! Cheers! Here's to Science, to Research, to Data, to Facts, to Kindness, to Sanity, to Truth. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Be nice.
Our Autumnal Thermal Overturn occurs in mid to late-November. Until that time our soils are actually GAINING warmth and promoting expansive root growth! It is still a GREAT time for planting and easy digging until snows cover the ground (then it’s still good for planting but few gardeners get out there). As soils cool, root growth slows or even stops, but once our insulating snow covers the ground, soils again thaw-out and root-growth continues throughout the remainder of the winter.
We are a "Garden, Plant, and Soils sort of Shop" full of healthy indoor and tropical houseplants, bulbs, indoor gardening gear, pottery, potting soils, organic fertilizers and nutrients, as well as seeds and seed-sprouting supplies. We also have every gardener's favorite present: gift certificates from your experienced local garden center.
Check our Instagram or Facebook or the references page on this website for updates, informational sheets, class hand-outs and calendar updates.
For 50 years, Villager Nursery Garden Center has been serving Truckee, Tahoe and regional high Sierra mountain plant lovers, landscapers and gardeners. Villager Florist started in the original Gateway Center (next to the Gateway Motel) in 1951 (74 yrs). In 1975 (50 yrs ago) Jeanette Harper purchased the Villager Florist and added outdoor plants to the mix (becoming Villager Nursery). We relinquished the florist in 1996 to focus exclusively on the extreme winter-hardy, native plants, garden center summer color and vegetables, and landscape supply. In 1999 we moved to nursery to The home of Varney Dairy - come - McIver Dairy - come - Villager Nursery. The House was build in 1867 and the Shop (a blacksmith and then auto shop) was built in the 1930's. We are the third owners of the structures on this land.