Mission of Hope

Just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that Santa is a special friend of Mission of Hope and will have a barrel at the Reindeer Festival this weekend to collect donations. The organiation is running a little behind this year and they really need your help! If you click on the link to the site you can find out what items are needed. Here's some information directly from their website:

This year, more than ever, we need your Help!

With the cooler days and coming of Fall, our thoughts begin to focus on our less fortunate neighbors in rural Appalachia and how we can help them this Christmas season. Most of us are blessed every day with warm homes, warm clothes, plenty of food, and employment to provide for our needs. There are thousands of people living just a short drive from Knoxville that are struggling to provide even the basic necessities for their children from day to day. Most of these people want to work and provide for their families in the way many of us take for granted. However, this is an area of extreme poverty with few available jobs and many needs.

This will be the 14th year for our Christmas Campaign. The first year in 1996, we were able to provide for 150 children; and last year over 16,000 children and their families were assisted with food, new clothing, hygiene items, new toys and more. Our 2009 Christmas Campaign Blue Barrel Collections begin on Friday, November 20 and continue through Monday, December 7.

Reindeer Festival

We are so excited to present Creekside Nurseries & Hardscapes' 3rd Annual Reindeer Festival this weekend, Saturday and Sunday from noon - 4 each day. If you haven't had a chance to come to one of our reindeer festivals then you are really missing out!!! First off, we have real live reindeer from the North Pole! What could be cooler than that? Two of Santa's elves accompany the reindeer and answer any questions you may have. You can look at, and pet, the reindeer while they are here.

We will have refreshments for everyone, and of course, beautiful trees and Christmas decorations. Oh, I almost forgot....A big jolly guy named SANTA will be there, too!!!

If you have any questions, please give us a call at the nursery at 692-0052.

Fa La La La La....what!?!?!

No, no, no, no....it can't be...Christmas? Around the corner? No WAY!!! There must be a mistake! Well, just in case I'm not dreaming...we are getting ready for the Reindeer Festival! I've been trying to upload our poster to Blogger, but Blogger doesn't like me today. I'll just have to give you the information for now.

The reindeer will be at the nursery the first weekend in December from noon-4 on Saturday AND Sunday. Santa will be there, too. As soon as Blogger is in a better mood I will post the flyer and some pictures from last year.

Boo Says...

It's Boo's favorite time of the year, and she wants everyone to come down and visit her! She also wants me to post a few pictures of some of the goodies we have right now. So, without further ado...here are Boo's specials:

Doesn't everyone love pansies? We have some great ones again this year. These are all locally grown from area farmers. Don't be fooled by those little bitty blooms at the big box retailers from some other state!! Our flats are $14 each with a 10% discount for blog readers and Facebook followers. Just let us know when you are checking out.

The mums are really going fast this year, so hurry down to pick some of these up. You KNOW the orange ones go first...

 

This set of Jack-o-Lantern boxes are made by an East Tennessee artist, and 

we are the only place in Knoxville you can get them. They were previously carried at Southern

 Market in Bearden, and we were lucky enough to get them this year. You don't have to worry about your neighbors having the same decorations (unless I'm your neighbor, 'cause I REALLY want these!!) They are made by the same artist who created our wildly popular birdhouses from this spring. These boxes each have a lightbulb so you can plug them in at night for that extra scary feel!!!! They are $135 for the set of 3. The tallest one is about 3 feet tall and the shortest one is about 1 foot tall. For more information give me a call at 692-0052. I only have one set left right now so CALL if you are interested. If more people want a set I may be able to order some more if I call her today or tomorrow. Don't wait!

Here's the birdfeeder that matches the birdhouses we carry. Aren't these cute? These are $38 and we also have 2 larger sizes that for some reason I didn't get pictures of (what is wrong with me?!?) Anyway, I'll get some more pictures and have those up soon. If you really want to see those, shoot me an email and I'll get you some personal pictures, or stop by the nursery to see everything! I've also got some cute Halloween signs made by the same artist. I'll get pictures of those posted, too. Blogger seems to be giving me some problems right now, so I'll post those later, although I am going to try to go ahead and get the pictures up on Facebook, so go look there!!!

Thanks for coming and looking around. Hope to hear from you soon!!!

Could Fall be Here?

Yeah fall!! I'm so glad it's finally here. I was starting to think we weren't going to get a fall this year. I've heard it might be a little warm tomorrow, but we should have a REAL fall weekend complete with rainy weather. I feel a big pot of white chicken chili coming on...yummy!!! 

We got some more pumpkins yesterday so if you've stopped by and couldn't find what you wanted, be sure to stop by again this weekend.  We also got some more decorations in so stop by to check those out as well. If you've been waiting for some new birdhouses, you need to stop by and see what we got in. I've taken some pictures and will try to get them online tomorrow. We got houses, feeders (big and small) and even a set of "jack-o-lantern houses" that are just incredible (you better hurry on the "jack-o-lantern houses" because I'm thinking of taking them home with me because they are so cute!!!

Oh, I almost forgot...here's a great fireplace we completed recently. Wouldn't this be nice to have in your backyard during the cool fall nights? Give us a call at 692-0052 and we can come out and give you a custom quote.

Got Maintenance?

Fall is about to kick into gear and a lot of us are going to be doing some serious yardwork (including mulching). Don't you wish there was a way to keep from getting that big mulch bill twice a year? Well, now there is...sign up with a yearly maintenance contract with Creekside Nurseries & Hardscapes. When you sign a yearly yard maintenance contract with us we take ALL of your yearly yard work; including mowing, weeding, leaf removal, mulch installation...you create your own contract; and we divide it into 12 monthly payments. Each contract is individually designed so that you can be as detailed as you want. 

What's even better? Sign up through the end of October and for the next year you will get 20% off in stock plants and shrubs at the nursery. You even get preferred appointments in the Spring and Fall for mulch installation. 

Refer a friend or your neighborhood association and get additional discounts! 

Call us today at 692-0052 and get signed up. We only have a limited number of slots available so hurry!!!

Trying to Sell Your House?

Let us help with the staging! Check out this great blog post from a California designer about using plants to help with layering the look of your home. 

Did you know I started out working on the INSIDE of homes? Give us a call and let us help you stage your home.

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