GARDEN TIPS & RESOURCES
Five Things You May Not Know About Christmas at Colonial
Christmas at Colonial features acres of walk-through lights, dancing light displays, and holiday scenes as well as visits with Santa and complimentary hot chocolate and candy canes. Even if you’ve been before, here are a few things you may not know about our best-loved event of the year.
Planting Your Own Christmas Decorations
Tap into our gardening and Christmas decoration production expertise to learn the secrets to making your own Christmas decorations!
Harvest-Inspired Garden
Picture it: you’re looking out your winter, clad in your favorite sweater, Pumpkin Spice Latte in hand. Before you sprawls a garden rich with the colors of fall. Leaves spiral down on the wind. The sun brightens the face of your scarecrow. Maybe later, you’ll pick an apple from your tree.
Gardening with Native Plants
Our team gives you a brief introduction to what native plants are, why they’re so important, and what plants we carry that are native to Pennsylvania.
A Guide to Hydrangeas
So, you want to get to know this incredible family of flowering shrubs? Welcome! We’ve got the guide for you. Notes about this guide: This guide is intended for our main customer base, who are located outside Philadelphia, PA in growing zone 7A.
Fall Favorites
Fall tends to be a great time to plant. Spice up your fall garden with some of these perennial and shrub picks from our staff.
Upgrading Our Fairy Gardens
With the help of many staff members across teams at the store we were able to reimagine the space to make it a more immersive experience for guests, especially for our upcoming Butterfly Festival.
A Romance Inspired Garden
This garden is inspired by romance and is designed to transport you to a destination you’ve dreamed up to live out your fantasy.
Container Food Gardening
Container gardening is an excellent solution for those looking to grow vegetables in limited space.
Food Gardening For Good
Use your food garden to help your community this year by donating your extra produce to places like PACS.
RESOURCES
Plants for Wet Conditions
A list of wet tolerant perennials, trees and shrubs, as well as answers to what poor drainage is, why it occurs, and how you can solve the issue.
Shade Tolerant Plants
A list of shade tolerant plants and an explanation of what “shady conditions” really means.
Native Plants
This brochure provides a list of native species that Colonial Gardens often carries in its inventory. Please note that some of the plants in this section may not be native to our particular area of PA and may be native to surrounding states.
Deer Resistant Plants
This list shows plants that generally are not attractive to deer.