From The Patch

A Glimpse of Spring at Country Village!

Spring is definitely on its way here in Bothell's Country Village! It's not too tough to tell - there's flowers starting to poke their shoots from the ground, and the world is waking up a bit. That, and there's baby bunnies and baby ducks running around....! Pretty soon we'll probably have baby chicks! Here's a few shots of the brand new ducklings that we were able to grab the other day. Hope they put a smile on your face!

Are you seeing any signs of Spring where you're at?
What's your favorite "hint" that Spring is just around the corner?

Second Annual Girlfriend's Night Out!

You're Invited to our Second Annual Christmas Girlfriend's Night Out!!!

Come out for a night with the girls at The Weed Patch, just in time for Christmas!  There will be a goodie bag for everyone who comes in with a gal friend or two (don’t forget your voucher coupon!), a treasure hunt with great prizes, great music, home baked treats, and for the duration of the event you’ll get to shop by twinkle light!  Come and join us for our second Annual Christmas Girlfriends Night Out! 

Bring your friends, and make it a night to remember!  Click to download the .pdf flyer with voucher coupons, doorbuster entry forms, and more!

A Little Bit of Falloween at The Weed Patch for 2010

Yep.  Pretty much the title says it all, I think.  These are some photos of the store - well, mostly Fall and Halloween displays, with a couple of new Park Designs displays thrown in.  We really have some great product, and the photos just can't seem to convey the magical feeling you get when you visit the store - but hopefully, for those of our fantastic customers that don't live in the area, this will still be interesting and fun. :)

                                     

Country Village in Video!

Part of Comcast Neighborhoods, check out the first couple of moments of this video to see Country Village, where The Weed Patch is located!  We are very fortunate to be part of such a unique area!

Christmas In July!

Yep, it's officially that time of year!  This is a GREAT weekend to come in to The Weed Patch - we've extended our tent sale through this weekend, and Janene and Esther have been working all night to get the Christmas in July ready to go!

This is NOT old stuff from years past - this is brand new stuff that has JUST come in for 2010!  There's some Lori Mitchell, Abbott, TAG (which is still coming in!), and so much more - it's a wonderful preview of the 2010 Christmas season, just for our fantastic customers!

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A Customer Testimonial

Here at The Weed Patch we truly appreciate receiving feedback from our customers.  Sometimes it's "not happy" - because we always have room for improvement.  However, MOST of the time it's good, and sometimes it's fantastic! 

Today, we received the following email from Victoria, one of our recent (new) customers to our online store:

I just wanted to thank you for your excellent service regarding my recent order.

It is a rarity to have such personal service (phone call, hand written note on invoice) on an internet order.

I will surely order from your company again;  and, if I should ever get to the state of Washington I will stop in.

The quality of the items I ordered was very good. 

Thank you again for your excellent customer service.

 

Victoria

Thanks Victoria!  We REALLY love hearing when someone is happy! :)  

Do YOU have something to tell us?  Good or bad, PLEASE drop us a note at sales@theweedpatchstore.com, we'd truly love to hear from you!

Spring Has Sprung on the Patio!

It has finally happened!  The patio at the store is finally fixed, cleaned up, and has a growing base of beautiful plants and flowers, as well as garden art and accessories!  The fountain is running, the benches are ready and waiting for those fabulous coffee meetings that so many of you enjoyed so many times in years past!  We've got two full "plant runs" under our belts now, and it's looking like (in general) Wednesdays will be our days for getting new plants in.  We're working with a total of FIVE wholesale nurseries, and have some truly beautiful plants!  The "big guys" have nothing on us - we're buying from some of the same suppliers that Molbak's and Wight's purchase from, so you KNOW the plants are going to be beautiful!

We've got Hostas, Marigolds, Dahlias, Fuscias, Iris, Coleus, Non-Stop Begonia, Columbine, Bleeding Heart, Day Lilies, African Daisy (osteospermum), Calla Lily, Euphorbia, Geranium, Huechera (several), Speedwell (Veronica Crater Lake Blue), Caryopteris (Blue Mist), Bishop's Cap, Snakeroot (formerly cimicifuga), Maidenhair Fern, Bergenia (Winter Glow) - and so much more coming! LOTS are in 1 to 3 gallon pots, and our prices are UNBELIEVABLE - so come by the store, bring a cup of coffee (or purchase one at The Village Bean!) and a friend, and enjoy the patio! (sorry about the photos; they're off my cell phone, as I forgot the "real" camera at home today! ~chris)

Country Village Holiday Open House

The Holiday Open House at Country Village was today, and boy - we were slammed all day! We're STILL putting Christmas out as fast as we can, so even if you've been in recently, don't forget to come back!

On "Black Friday" we'll be opening at 8am, along with many other shops in Country Village! Come and enjoy a breakfast from one of the restaurants, and some early morning shopping! :)

Pea Patch

We've been enjoying our neighborhood pea patch at Country Village.  These folks have done an amazing job planting such sweet goodies for us to gaze at.  We've watched them grow and grow these last couple months, a little of everything, veggies, fruits, herbs, in all colors shapes and sizes. 

Chard?

A dewy 'kin

Hot days mean more of these babies!

I like the tops...

Corn, Mmmm.....

More goodies growing!

Perfect.

Fall harvest really is something to celebrate, isn't it??

Another Pretty Day

Another pretty day at Country Village today.  It started out pretty rainy and crummy, didn't it?  Well, at least we didn't have to water the flowers ourselves this morning.  Today was somewhat ideal - God waters the plants for us, then wraps it all up with some sunshine!

I had to snap a bunch of shots of product for the website today, so I had the camera and tripod out.  I was so disappointed, most of them came out sorta grainy.  Sometime I really need to actually learn something about photography instead of shooting about a gazillion photos and finding about 10 of them that actually look good.  I've started experimenting with settings to see what does what, but when I get to the point of looking at the photos to see what worked and what didn't, I have no idea what photo corresponds with which photo.  I'm too lazy right now to keep a written list, so I either need to live with the hit and miss, or actually read something some day. 

Well, now that I think about it, I have read several online tutorials, however I might as well have been reading Greek.  They all referred to terms and tools I haven't never heard of before in my life, as if I would know what they are talking about.  How exactly is this a beginners tutorial?  Sigh.  Too much work.  I have enough work, I don't want my photo taking to become work.  It is too much fun. 

Isn't everything so much prettier when you look at it through a lens?  I walk by these plants every time I'm at the Village, and never really notice them, at all. 

Take this one, for example.  Isn't is just super pretty?  Imagine purple flowers and BRIGHT RED stalks.  How cool is that?  (Anyone know what this is?!).

This just a weed, I think, poking up from the dirt by the sidewalk.  But from a bug's point of view, rather pretty.  I really love the way the sun sets at Country Village - it goes down really slowly, and shines through every leaf and petal around the place, making everything glow like millions of little paper lanterns.

This was a poor lonely little tulip, all by itself by where we always park our car.  I have all but ignored it.  But gee, isn't it super pretty?

Yes indeedy, a lovely Spring day at the village.  :)