ROLLING HILLS GARDEN CENTER
VILLAGE GALLERY FLORIST
ROLLING HILLS GARDEN CENTER
VILLAGE GALLERY FLORIST
WELCOME 2025! May You Be the Best Year YET!!!!!
The calendar has changed to a new year and perhaps it is time for changes to this website. One change under consideration is combining months such as January and February as you see here and updating the website during the months as needed. Another consideration is adding a feature each month on one of our suppliers . This month we will highlight our major lawn and garden supplier the Wyatt-Quarles company. The changes may not be major, but we would love to know what you think of them and more of what you would like to see on this webpage.
JANUARY QUOTES
We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.
— Ellen Goodman
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
— Albert Camus
“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder–no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.”
— Candace Bushnell
FEBRUARY QUOTES
"The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within." — William C. Bryant
"A small bird twitters on a leafless spray, across the snow-waste, breaks a gleam of gold. What token can I give my friend today? But February blossoms, pure and cold? Frail gifts from Nature's half-reluctant hand. I see the signs of spring about the land. These chill snowdrops, fresh from wintry bowers are the forerunners of a world of flowers." — Sarah Doudney
“There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer.”
— Gertrude Jekyll
JANUARY DAYS
February Days
Jan 1 Boston Tea Party Anniversary
Jan 2 National Buffet Day
Jan 3 Fruitcake Toss Day
Jan 4 World Braille Day
Jan 5 National Bird Day
Jan 6 National Bean Day
Jan 7 National Bobblehead Day
Jan 8 National Bubble Bath Day
Jan 9 National Faith Day
Jan 10 National Take the Stairs Day
Jan 11 National Milk Day
Jan 12 National Pharmacist Day
Jan 13 National Sticker Day
Jan 14 World Logic Day
Jan 15 National Hat Day
Jan 16 National Spicy Foods Day
Jan 17 Customer Service Day
Jan 18 National Gourmet Coffee Day
Jan 19 National Popcorn Day
Jan 20 Take a Walk Outside Day
Jan 21 Sweat Pants Day
Jan 22 National Hot Sauce Day
Jan 23 National Pie Day
Jan 24 National Peanut Butter Day
Jan 25 Opposite Day
Jan 26 National Fun at Work Day
Jan 27 National Seed Swap Day
Jan 28 National Lego Day
Jan 29 National Puzzle Day
Jan 30 National Escape Day
Jan 31 Backwards Day
Feb 1 Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Feb 2 National Crepe Day
Feb 3 National Golden Retriever Day
Feb 4 National Homemade Soup Day
Feb 5 World Nutella Day
Feb 6 Pay a Compliment Day
Feb 7 National Bubble Gum Day
Feb 8 National Kite Flying Day
Feb 9 National Pizza Day
Feb 10 National Umbrella Day
Feb 11 Promise Day
Feb 12 National Lost Penny Day
Feb 13 Digital Learning Day
Feb 14 National Organ Donor Day
Feb 15 World Hippo Day
Feb 16 National Almond Day
Feb 17 National Random Acts of Kindness Day
Feb 18 Thumb Appreciation Day
Feb 19 National Chocolate Mint Day
Feb 20 National Muffin Day
Feb 21 National Sticky Bun Day
Feb 22 World Thinking Day
Feb 23 National Play Tennis Day
Feb 24 National Trading Card Day
Feb 25 National Chocolate-Covered Nut Day
Feb 26 National Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Feb 27 No Brainer Day
Feb 28 National Tooth Fairy Day
WYATT QUARLES: Deliveries Every Friday
In business since 1881 and headquartered in Garner, North Carolina, Wyatt Quarles Seed Company is one of our long-time suppliers, and we have received shipments from them every Friday since moving to our first town location. Not only do they supply seeds but almost everything else you may need in the way of lawn and garden needs. With deliveries every Friday, if there is something you need we can have it for you within a week. They are usually able to provide turnaround on most requests that quickly. In rare instances it may take more than a week, but they will work diligently to get us what we need to pass on to to you. They are strictly a wholesale company and you can read more about them at this link:
https://www.haifa-group.com/distributor/wyatt-quarles-seed-company.
The Lawn and Garden in January/February
Much of the work in these two months takes place indoors with planning and looking through seed catalogs or at websites. But some work can take place outdoors during milder days. Beds can be cleaned and areas refreshed with fresh mulch or pine straw. Rock for borders can be place and expand the size of your planting areas. Later in the month cole crops will begin to appear in both seed and slip forms. Spring shrub shipments can take place in late February in preparation for spring plantings. Come in to visit us early for the best selection of seed potatoes and onions and check on our supply of seeds.
Here at the garden center and florist new shipments of spring flags and decor begin to arrive. Silk arrangements for spring are completed in containers and wreaths. The florist's main focus is on preparing for the Valentine's Day rush. Plans are being put together now for specials to be made available during the Valentine season. Check here on the website later or on Facebook or better yet give us a call in early February to see what is being offered. AND remember with have gifts items to go along with the flowers. Please place your early order early enough to be sure it can be filled. They are fulfilled according to the order in which they are received. In the past cut offs have had to be made so all deliveries could be made on time.
SOME WEBSITES OF JANUARY/FEBRUARY INTEREST
We Now Have River Rock
Recently we have stocked and are selling River Rock sourced from the Marion area of western North Carolina. It comes in one ton baskets in four different sizes:
1-2" covers approximately 90-100 square feet
2- 4" covers approximately 80 square feet
5-8" covers approximately 60 square feet
8-12" covers approximately 40 square feet
Contact us for more details.