Seasonal Notes
Spring : Mid-May through June
Monday-Saturday: 9:00-5:30
Sunday: 10-3
...at this time...
(often longer hours)
Our hours always depend on weather, forecasts, garden interest, client needs, snowpack, etc… Much like the weather, each season and each year, our hours are somewhat variable in spring and fall.
Mid-May is real Spring in Truckee. Daffodils are finishing blooms in Tahoe Donner and Apple trees (all sorts), Lilacs, and Camas Lilies are blooming abundantly.... A LOT happens over the course of May. In the nursery we are bringing-in the hardiest (cold tolerant) veggie-starts, annual color, and tough perennials that we harden-off for a few days. May 1's average high: 59°/ low 27º and by May 30: 69°/33ºF. These averages are based on wildly varying extremes. Snow and hard frost occur frequently in an average May. For hardy material in a short season, the sooner you plant the better to gain as much root-growth as possible over our short seasons.
Historically, our "frost free period" is July 15-August 15 (less than 15% chance of frost). Our growing season is relatively short so getting started as soon as possible is always important. There is no BEST time to plant and there is no BAD time to plant (other than the old saying: "when is the best time to plant a tree?.... Ten years ago"). The best time to plant is today. It is inconvenient to plant in the middle of winter but the plants are almost always happier in the ground than in a pot. IF you need something or have questions, PLEASE give us a call.
We generally have someone here to assist landscape professionals earlier than opening but please let us know the day before if needed.
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 mother, father, teacher gardener's favorite present: gift certificates from your experienced local garden center.
Our hours are always a little "weather permitting". (Call ahead if it is dumping snow, if holiday exodus traffic is intollerable, or if we've got pea-soup smoke... just-in-case we've sent everyone home.) We change the hours here (on the website) and on independent Google, Yelp, Bing, Nextdoor, Tripadvisor, and Facebook sites. Apple gets its info "elsewhere", even apple is unsure where, so Apple Maps and Siri usually have wrong hours, for every business, ALL the time, it is a problem.
Check Instagram or Facebook or the references page on this website for updates, informational sheets, class hand-outs and calendar updates.
Villager Nursery Garden Center has been serving Truckee, Tahoe, and regional high Sierra mountain plant lovers, landscapers and gardeners for 50 years. Villager Florist started in the original Gateway Center (next to the Gateway Motel) in 1951 (74 yrs). In 1975 (50 yrs) 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 plants, native plants, summer color, vegetables, and landscape suppies. In 1999 we moved to nursery to The home of Varney Dairy / McIver Dairy / 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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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 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
Spring : Mid-May through June
Monday-Saturday: 9:00-5:30
Sunday: 10-3
...at this time...
(often longer hours)
Our hours always depend on weather, forecasts, garden interest, client needs, snowpack, etc… Much like the weather, each season and each year, our hours are somewhat variable in spring and fall.
Mid-May is real Spring in Truckee. Daffodils are finishing blooms in Tahoe Donner and Apple trees (all sorts), Lilacs, and Camas Lilies are blooming abundantly.... A LOT happens over the course of May. In the nursery we are bringing-in the hardiest (cold tolerant) veggie-starts, annual color, and tough perennials that we harden-off for a few days. May 1's average high: 59°/ low 27º and by May 30: 69°/33ºF. These averages are based on wildly varying extremes. Snow and hard frost occur frequently in an average May. For hardy material in a short season, the sooner you plant the better to gain as much root-growth as possible over our short seasons.
Historically, our "frost free period" is July 15-August 15 (less than 15% chance of frost). Our growing season is relatively short so getting started as soon as possible is always important. There is no BEST time to plant and there is no BAD time to plant (other than the old saying: "when is the best time to plant a tree?.... Ten years ago"). The best time to plant is today. It is inconvenient to plant in the middle of winter but the plants are almost always happier in the ground than in a pot. IF you need something or have questions, PLEASE give us a call.
We generally have someone here to assist landscape professionals earlier than opening but please let us know the day before if needed.
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 mother, father, teacher gardener's favorite present: gift certificates from your experienced local garden center.
Our hours are always a little "weather permitting". (Call ahead if it is dumping snow, if holiday exodus traffic is intollerable, or if we've got pea-soup smoke... just-in-case we've sent everyone home.) We change the hours here (on the website) and on independent Google, Yelp, Bing, Nextdoor, Tripadvisor, and Facebook sites. Apple gets its info "elsewhere", even apple is unsure where, so Apple Maps and Siri usually have wrong hours, for every business, ALL the time, it is a problem.
Check Instagram or Facebook or the references page on this website for updates, informational sheets, class hand-outs and calendar updates.
Villager Nursery Garden Center has been serving Truckee, Tahoe, and regional high Sierra mountain plant lovers, landscapers and gardeners for 50 years. Villager Florist started in the original Gateway Center (next to the Gateway Motel) in 1951 (74 yrs). In 1975 (50 yrs) 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 plants, native plants, summer color, vegetables, and landscape suppies. In 1999 we moved to nursery to The home of Varney Dairy / McIver Dairy / 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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Seasonal Notes
Spring : Mid-May through June
Monday-Saturday: 9:00-5:30
Sunday: 10-3
...at this time...
(often longer hours)
Our hours always depend on weather, forecasts, garden interest, client needs, snowpack, etc… Much like the weather, each season and each year, our hours are somewhat variable in spring and fall.
Mid-May is real Spring in Truckee. Daffodils are finishing blooms in Tahoe Donner and Apple trees (all sorts), Lilacs, and Camas Lilies are blooming abundantly.... A LOT happens over the course of May. In the nursery we are bringing-in the hardiest (cold tolerant) veggie-starts, annual color, and tough perennials that we harden-off for a few days. May 1's average high: 59°/ low 27º and by May 30: 69°/33ºF. These averages are based on wildly varying extremes. Snow and hard frost occur frequently in an average May. For hardy material in a short season, the sooner you plant the better to gain as much root-growth as possible over our short seasons.
Historically, our "frost free period" is July 15-August 15 (less than 15% chance of frost). Our growing season is relatively short so getting started as soon as possible is always important. There is no BEST time to plant and there is no BAD time to plant (other than the old saying: "when is the best time to plant a tree?.... Ten years ago"). The best time to plant is today. It is inconvenient to plant in the middle of winter but the plants are almost always happier in the ground than in a pot. IF you need something or have questions, PLEASE give us a call.
We generally have someone here to assist landscape professionals earlier than opening but please let us know the day before if needed.
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 mother, father, teacher gardener's favorite present: gift certificates from your experienced local garden center.
Our hours are always a little "weather permitting". (Call ahead if it is dumping snow, if holiday exodus traffic is intollerable, or if we've got pea-soup smoke... just-in-case we've sent everyone home.) We change the hours here (on the website) and on independent Google, Yelp, Bing, Nextdoor, Tripadvisor, and Facebook sites. Apple gets its info "elsewhere", even apple is unsure where, so Apple Maps and Siri usually have wrong hours, for every business, ALL the time, it is a problem.
Check Instagram or Facebook or the references page on this website for updates, informational sheets, class hand-outs and calendar updates.
Villager Nursery Garden Center has been serving Truckee, Tahoe, and regional high Sierra mountain plant lovers, landscapers and gardeners for 50 years. Villager Florist started in the original Gateway Center (next to the Gateway Motel) in 1951 (74 yrs). In 1975 (50 yrs) 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 plants, native plants, summer color, vegetables, and landscape suppies. In 1999 we moved to nursery to The home of Varney Dairy / McIver Dairy / 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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