Seasonal Notes

Summer: August

Villager Nursery is OPEN for the growing season, six days a week in August. Our hours change with the climatic seasons. 
Monday-Saturday: 9:00-5:50
Sunday: Closed in August

Holiday Hours Labor Day 9/1: 10-3
It's like having a day off!
We'll be in our own gardens.
Please respect the residents of the house on the property and remain off property.

This is planting season. August begins with an average high / low temps of 84°/41° and ends with 79/38°.
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. Deciduous trees and shrubs put-on ~80% of their yearly root system expansion in late fall, after they lose their leaves.
Our "Autumnal Thermal Overturn" usually occurs in late November. Until that time our soils are actually GAINING warmth and promoting TERRIFIC root-system expansion.

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 if  holiday exodus traffic is intolerable, 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.  We often close one day a week in August-November.

Apple gets its info from the either,  no idea where, so Apple Maps and Siri have wrong hours,  for every business, almost 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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