Back by popular demand!  Get your home decorated for the holidays.  These classes are free, just pay for the materials that you use.  Classes will be held outside in the canopy (if the weather is really bad we will move indoors). Please register ahead of time by calling 508-896-5060 or emailing crockernurseries@gmail.com November 26th 10am – Outdoor Container Class:  Learn how to create a beautiful outdoor container that will last through the holidays using a variety of cut greens and decorations. December 3rd 10am – Outdoor Container Class:  Another opportunity t ..read more

We are looking forward to another wonderful gardening season and we have openings for some new teammates to help us this Spring! If you are tired of working at a screen or in an office, this is a great change to be outside, enjoying the beauty of plants. We are happy to take applications in person, or you can email crockernurseries@gmail.com to submit a resume or request an application. Annuals – Looking for seasonal help to assist with planting in early spring, general plant maintenance, customer assistance and unloading new material and restocking benches. This is a physical job so we are lo ..read more

Columbus Day Weekend Sale! Fall is a great time to plant! Warm soil temperatures and cooler fall days help plants get established so they are ready to perform next spring! Our trees and shrubs have been well cared for this season and are ready to be planted. We also have had several shipments of fresh material including our largest delivery of Rhododendron. $10, $9, $8 PERENNIAL SALE 1 Gallon Perennials (reg. $12.99-$16.99) are $10 on Saturday, $9 on Sunday and $8 on Monday. Shop early for the best selection! All other sizes of perennials are still 20% off! Get your garden prepared! HOUSEPLANT ..read more

Hydrangea Festival 2021 June 25th – July 31st Come in and redeem the Hydrangea dollars you’ve been collecting all spring! Redeem your Hydrangea Dollars like cash for up to 50% off almost anything in the store* — not just Hydrangeas!We are fully stocked with over 50 varieties of Hydrangeas and a good selection of Annuals. Plus! Our Perennial section is stocked with all your favorite summer-blooming Perennials. *Not applicable towards gift cards. We look forward to seeing you soon ..read more

Download the Items for this Lesson: Download Plant Lists Download Design Challenge Paper Congratulations, if you have gotten this far, you have completed all the lessons of the Landscaping Design Basics course. Here are the things you have learned: You have learned to draw out your areas on graph paper and figure out how much sun or shade you have. You have learned how to properly frame buildings or lay out beds with regards to viewpoint. You know how to space out the plants by researching their eventual size so they have room to grow. You also have learned about foliage textures and color an ..read more

Download the Plant Guide for the Lesson: DOWNLOAD PLANT GUIDE This lesson will cover the use of annuals, perennials and grasses in the landscape. Each one of these subjects could have a lesson of its own, but we are going to show how these three categories of plants can greatly enhance what you have started to put together in your design. Perennials- Perennials are plants that live longer than 2 years. Herbaceous perennials are plants that die down in the winter but their roots remain alive and send up new growth again in the spring. Herbaceous alone means relating to herbs. Perennials ca ..read more

In this lesson, we are going to go over color: which colors go well with one another, how to repeat colors in a landscape to balance and look harmonious and how to place flowering plants strategically so you get the best use of color over the different seasons. First we will start with the color wheel to determine which colors go well together. For many people, picking the correct colors comes naturally.  When they look at the color wheel, it just confirms what they already think looks good. The added challenge with plants is the color and texture of the foliage (as we had discussed in th ..read more

Everyone is drawn to flowers. If you have a number of “impulse buys” in your yard, they are more than likely flowering plants. We are going to talk about flowers and flowering shrubs and trees in the next lesson, but in this lesson we are going to get you to look more closely at foliage texture and color. Unfortunately, the majority of flowering plants are in flower during a period less that half of the year. So what about the other half? Board up the house and go to Florida? Why not design your gardens with the idea that you will be enjoying them year round?  Why not invite pla ..read more

In this next lesson we will go over the layout of plants and how to frame structures. The correct placement of trees and shrubs can enhance your property by framing the buildings and directing your viewpoint. Improperly placed trees and shrubs can do the very opposite- blocking buildings or viewpoints and misdirecting your access around the gardens. How many times have you seen a foundation planting overtaking a beautiful house? How many times have you seen large Arborvitaes on either side of the front step towering over the house? Framing a house is a very basic example of plant layout. When ..read more

The subject we are going to go over in this lesson is spacing. How much room do you put between plants? How much room do you put between plants and structures, plants and overhead wires, plants and streets? You are probably wondering why one lesson is devoted to just this subject. The reason for this is that more problems are created from improperly spaced trees and shrubs than any other landscaping mistake. Here are just a few examples: Trees too close to overhead wires having to be hacked to death to protect the wires Shrubs completely overtaking a bed and covering up smaller plants below ..read more