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8 Awesome Earth Day Good Deeds
Growing a Greener Planet from Your Garden Every year on April 22nd, Earth Day reminds us that we’re all stewards of this incredible planet. While some people march for change or lead clean-up efforts, many are discovering that some of the most impactful acts of...
Nurturing Nature: The Importance of Planting Plants and Celebrating Earth Day
Each year, on April 22nd, the world unites in celebration of Earth Day—a global reminder of the planet's beauty, fragility, and the role we play in preserving it. As environmental concerns escalate due to climate change, deforestation, pollution, and biodiversity...
Spring Planting: The Best Time to Grow Your Garden
Grow Your Gardens This Spring As the cold of winter fades away and the warmth of spring begins to settle in, it’s the perfect time to start planning your garden and spring planting. Spring is a season of renewal, and for gardeners, it offers the ideal conditions for...
Tree Care: 5 Ways to Take The Best Care of Your Trees
Let the experienced team at Holly Days perform select tree and shrub trimming and pruning now. Take advantage of winter discounter rates and do what's best for your plants. In reality, your plants will appreciate the winter care and attention. Tree Care Essentials...
The Ultimate Guide to Planting Perennials in Fall
As summer fades and the air turns crisp, many gardeners may think it's time to hang up their spades until spring. But fall is actually one of the best times to plant perennials! With the right preparation and care, you can set your garden up for a stunning display in...
Fall Is For Planting
In recent years, you may have heard the saying “Fall is for Planting.” We assure you this is not a gardening aficionados plea to gain more customers. While most people think of spring as planting time—avid gardeners know fall is actually the best season to plant many...
Decorating Your Front Porch for Fall: A Cozy, Festive Guide
As the crisp autumn air rolls in, it's time to transition your home and porch into a warm and inviting fall oasis. With vibrant mums, textured straw bales, glowing pumpkins, and a sprinkle of Halloween charm, your home can feel like a cozy retreat that celebrates the...
Creating A Pollinator-Friendly Garden
Creating a pollinator-friendly garden is a great way to support local ecosystems and enjoy a vibrant, blooming garden. Here are some tips to attract and support pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds: Plant Selection Diverse Plant Varieties: Choose a...
Gardening Tips for Earth Day
Celebrating the Positive Impact of Plants Earth Day is a time for reflecting on our impact on the planet and considering ways we can contribute positively to the environment. Gardening is one of the most impactful ways to engage with the earth and promote...
Easter Flowers & Pottery in Perfect Harmony
As Easter approaches, the air fills with the scent of renewal and the promise of spring. It's a time when nature awakens from its slumber, bursting forth with vibrant colors and fragrant blossoms. Among the many ways to embrace the spirit of Easter, the combination of...
Cultivating Native Plants
The Importance of Native Plants in Southeastern Pennsylvania Native planting is becoming a very popular gardening and landscaping trend. However, as urban landscapes continue to expand and natural habitats dwindle, the need for conservation and sustainable landscaping...
Biophilic Design Movement
The biophilic design movement provides the green industry a chance to play a vital role in the lives of millions. Biophilia is our instinctive love of nature and it is influencing a design movement in buildings that make people healthier, improve their mental state...
Planting with Purpose: A Guide to Proper Tree Planting
Planting a tree is a simple act that carries profound implications for the environment. Trees play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance, providing oxygen, and enhancing the overall well-being of our planet. However, planting a tree goes beyond just digging...
Embracing the Chill: A Guide to Fall Gardening
Fall gardening is essential as autumn paints the world in warm hues and the air turns crisp, it signals not just the arrival of winter but also the need to prepare your garden for the colder months ahead. Winterizing your garden is a crucial step to ensure that it...
Embrace the Beauty of Fall
The Perfect Season for Planting Trees and Lawn Care Let's discuss the beauty of the fall season and planting. As the scorching heat of summer gives way to cooler temperatures and the leaves begin to change their colors, fall emerges as a beautiful season that offers a...
Japanese Maples at Holly Days Nursery
Japanese Maples are known for their finely cut, colorful foliage and slow-growing nature. These easy-to-grow,trees with their refined growth habit are an asset to any home landscape. These plants are best in a sunnyor lightly shaded location with well-drained soil....
Gardening with Roses
Growing Roses Are you afraid of growing roses? Don’t be! Modern rose plant varieties are more disease-resistant and easier to grow than ever before. Holly Days Nursery carries a great selection of beautiful rose varieties in stunning colors that will reward you...
Crape Myrtles for Every Garden
Crape Myrtles are shrubs or small trees known for their explosion of showy flowers with wrinkled petals like crepe paper. They boast year-round appeal, but in the heat of summer they show their true colors, from various shades of pink and red to lavender and white....
PHS Gold Medal Plants
Learn more about the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Gold Medal Plants for 2023. Have you been looking to add a new tree, shrub, vine, or perennial plant to your garden? Check out the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plant list for...
8 Landscaping Ideas—Mulch & Stone
Considering our wide arena of expertise in using mulch and stone, there are endless options for practical or decorative ideas in your landscape.
Tropical Plants—Create an Oasis 🌺
Did you ever look out in your backyard and just wonder what it would look like if it was a tropical paradise?! 🏝️ Tropical plants just might be a solution. Well, now more than ever, you have some control in making the correct tropical additions. By additions, we mean...
7 Tips For Planting An Eco-Conscious Garden
As a society, with our need to be sustainable—eco-conscious gardening is more important than ever. You are personally responsible for improving the quality of life by planting an eco-conscious garden. These are actions that promote protecting our ecosystem and...
Drought Damage
Have several large mature trees and evergreen plantings this past summer and fall season all of a sudden died? Drought damage is the main cause. Why did that happen? What's going on? It's already hard enough to see the amount of dead ash trees spread throughout the...
Winter Gardening
Warmer temps and above average sunshine is making it a nice January for winter gardening and great time to get out and tend to the garden. These pre-spring gardening moves keep you ahead of the game and ready to be an all-star come spring! In addition to getting a...
Fall Rainfall 🌧🌲😃 …& Planting
Fall is, without question, the best time for planting. Now many may question this philosophy—so let's break it down a bit further. Especially, after our recent five days of straight rain. Moisture & Precipitation It is a world of difference when this kind of...
Summer Gardening
As summertime temperatures continue to be hot and dry with sporadic heat waves week in and week out, watering your garden can become a hassle to maintain. There are a handful of summer gardening tactics that can help you maintain a healthy and adequately hydrated...
Butterflies, Bees, & Pollinators
Pollinators need you. You need pollinators. Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food. They also sustain our ecosystems and produce our natural resources...
Springtime 🌷🌱🌼
Holly Days Landscaping & Hardscaping Inquiries Since the end of February 2021, our spring & summer landscape, hardscape, and outdoor living design & build dates have been filling up quickly. Therefore, we always recommend to any interested party, to not...
Garden Center: Bri
Winter Months 2021 February has arrived, along with it, a snowstorm and delivery trucks filled with garden center merchandise. Today I find Brianna Heasley, one of our newer crew members, unpacking boxes and happy to stop for a cup of hot coffee and a little chit...
Do I need a de-icer?
De-icers float in your pond and keep a hole open in winter ice. This allows bad gases to escape. These gases, which come from exhaling fish and decomposing debris, would otherwise build up under the ice and suffocate your pond life. A de-icer will heat up just enough...
Why Water Features Have Healing Power
Did you know there is a scientific reason why a shower feels so refreshing? It is the same reason why people flock to lakes, oceans, and waterfalls for vacations. Falling water from fountains, waterfalls, and even your morning shower, releases negative ions into the...
Transitioning Your Pond Fish to a Cold Water Diet! 🥶
Each fall, as water temperatures decrease, fish metabolism slows down. They become less active and their need for food decreases. Most pond owners observe a gradual, but noticeable, change in their fishes’ behavior when the water temperature cools below 65°F. The fish...
Putting Your Pond To Bed For Winter
Putting your pond to bed for winter doesn’t need to be an arduous process. Sure, it’s sad to say goodbye to your finned friends for a few months, but following our simple fall pond care tips will ensure that your fish joyfully greet you again in the spring. Remove...
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