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Join us for holiday cheer among the dazzling holiday décor. On Saturday we’ll have cider and refreshments. Enjoy the holiday shopping throughout!
Saturday Nov. 16th 9:00am - 5:00pm
refreshments served 10am-3pm
Now and through October 27th, get our roses 20% off! This sale included bush roses, tree roses, patio tree roses, mini roses, carpet roses and climbing roses... all 20% off!
Only the roses on hand will get the sale price. No other discounts apply.
Our Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil on sale! Buy 3 bags and get your 4th bag FREE for a limited time!
This is the ideal soil for any sort of container situation: terra cotta pots, raised beds, wine barrels, etc. Containers need a soil medium with great drainage and Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil provides that, along with the nutrients your plants need to get off to a healthy start. It's similar to our famous Bumper Organic Crop Soil Builder in the red bag, but it is a more mild blend that you can plant straight into.
Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil has all the usual stuff, PLUS...
Earthworm Castings
Seabird Guano
Dolomite Lime
Feather Meal
Bone Meal
Alfalfa
Bat Guano
Kelp Meal
FYI the bags are 2 cubic feet in size and 2-3 bags fill up a half wine barrel, depending on what you’re planting. Sale ends when supplies run out, probably towards the end of the month.
While supplies last, get our FAMOUS Bumper Crop Soil Builder on SALE!
Bumper Crop Natural & Organic Soil Builder is a premium soil amendment. It contains only the finest natural and organic ingredients including: composted chicken manure, earthworm castings, bat guano, and kelp meal. This is a versatile mix that may be used as a natural and organic soil builder or mulch. Think of it as BOOSTED UP compost!
One bag will amend 8 square feet of our native-Napa clay soil or refresh tired raised bed soil. Mix it in and you’re ready to plant! OR spread it thin (over 12-24 square feet) for a little pick-me-up for existing plantings. This is ideal for ‘freshening-up’ raised beds for other containers.
Join us at Van Winden’s for a FUN Dahlia Show & Competition on Saturday, August 3rd. Community members are invited to bring up to 4 of their own dahlias to enter into a fun competition. If you’re not growing dahlias this summer then come and get inspiration for next year’s garden!
Competition categories this year include:
Best Dinnerplate - any bloom that is +9inches in diameter
Best Cactus/Lacinated - pointed petals
Best Ball/Pompon - fully double flowers, rounded or ball shaped
Best Formal Decorative - petals all facing the same direction
Best Informal Decorative - petals curved
A vase and water will be provided for you. A single bloom entry will be allowed per vase. If you’re intent on winning, be sure to include leaves on your single bloom which will help showcase the flower. Choose a flower that does not have any brown or damaged petals on it. Cut a long stem so that the flower stays secure in its vase, so +8” long is ideal.
Cut Flower Tips
It’s best to cut dahlias early in the day or else very late in the evening/after watering because they are usually best hydrated at these times. Warm water is key. If you're looking to maximize a dahlia's relatively short vase life, use warm or hot tap water in their vase after you first cut them. Dropping dahlias in a vase of hot water and letting it cool to room temperature and keeping them in a cool spot out of direct sunlight can extend their vase life and you may get a full 7 days of enjoyment from your dahlia.
Dahlia Show drop off begins at 9am and voting begins at 11am on Saturday, August 3rd. Winners will be announced at 3pm on Saturday.
The blooms from the show will be free to the public at 4:00pm on Saturday so bring a container if you would like to take some home.
Our Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil on sale! Buy 3 bags and get your 4th bag FREE for a limited time!
This is the ideal soil for any sort of container situation: terra cotta pots, raised beds, wine barrels, etc. Containers need a soil medium with great drainage and Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil provides that, along with the nutrients your plants need to get off to a healthy start. It's similar to our famous Bumper Organic Crop Soil Builder in the red bag, but it is a more mild blend that you can plant straight into.
Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil has all the usual stuff, PLUS...
Earthworm Castings
Seabird Guano
Dolomite Lime
Feather Meal
Bone Meal
Alfalfa
Bat Guano
Kelp Meal
FYI the bags are 2 cubic feet in size and 2-3 bags fill up a half wine barrel, depending on what you’re planting. Sale ends when supplies run out, probably towards the end of the month.
While supplies last, get our FAMOUS Bumper Crop Soil Builder on SALE!
Bumper Crop Natural & Organic Soil Builder is a premium soil amendment. It contains only the finest natural and organic ingredients including: composted chicken manure, earthworm castings, bat guano, and kelp meal. This is a versatile mix that may be used as a natural and organic soil builder or mulch. Think of it as boosted up compost!
One bag will amend 8 square feet of our native-Napa soil or tired raised bed soil. Mix it in and you’re ready to plant! OR spread it thin (over 12-24 square feet) for a little pick-me-up for existing plantings. This is ideal for ‘freshening-up’ raised beds for other containers.
Van Winden’s Spring Veggie Class is BACK! If you have questions about growing veggies this spring/summer then this class is sure to be worth your time.
Learn about veggie varieties, bed prep, succession planting, companion planting, fertilizing, common pests, and so much more!
This class is being taught by David and Aileen.
David Shubin, the seed buyer at Van Winden’s, is a man who grew 50 pounds of veggies a month last spring in only 12 square feet of garden space! He loves finding creative solutions to garden problems and is a veritable cornucopia of gardening information.
Aileen Carroll has a 600 square foot veggie garden packed with seasonal vegetables and their companion plants. She makes use of her vertical spaces to grow even more and gets a thrill out of eating meals with veggies all grown in the backyard.
There is a class fee of $10 and pre-registration is strongly advised. Class participants will receive a $10 Van Winden’s coupon. Please visit the store or call 707-255-8400 to sign up.
Spring Veggie Class
Sunday, March 3rd 2024
10:30am, class should last about 1.5 hours
Come taste a wide array of citrus such as mandarins, limes, oranges, grapefruit and everything in between! Come by and meet the citrus experts from Generation Growers in our Glass House. We will have lots of varieties of citrus for you to see and sample plus citrus-related food items for you to try. Rodger from Generation Growers will be ready for your questions about everything citrus!
Van Winden’s Camellia Show is back after a long hiatus! Bring in flowers to show and share from 9am-11am. Come and see the beautiful blooms and get your camellia questions answered from 10am-3pm. This event is free of charge.
Wheelchair accessible and drop off zone for those who can't walk far. See blooms from all over the Napa Valley!
Felco will have a table! The first 12 lucky people to visit will get their Felcos serviced by a Felco representative. All are invited to learn how or get fitted for the right Felco pruner for their hand size.
Our Water Our World will have a table. Learn how to fight pests and disease with less toxic products and techniques.
The Camellias Show falls on the 71st Anniversary of Van Winden’s Garden Center. Back in 1953 our very first sale was a camellia shrub so we certainly hold camellias in a special place in our hearts around here.
On Sunday, February 4th at 10:30am Ed Laivo will be at Van Winden’s Garden Center teaching a class all about Growing Berries & Grapes! We are honored that Ed will be joining as as he is a famous fixture in the field of edible landscaping.
Ed will be talking about growing blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and grapes. He’ll cover a little botany, a little history, general care, and go over the best varieties to grow!
Ed Laivo is an edible landscaping specialist, with a focus on small space gardening. He has DECADES of experience and is absolutely the person you want to talk to if you’re growing berries or grapes in your garden. His enthusiasm for edible gardening is all over YouTube and you can see his collection of blueberries in this video.
Class Info
Growing Berries & Grapes
Sunday, February 4th at 10:30am in the Van Winden’s glasshouse
Class fee $10. Please preregister by calling 707-255-8400 or visit the store. Class size is limited! Bring your questions and pictures of your problems.
Come learn how to prune your fruit trees with local celebrity and pruning enthusiast, Gary Sampson. Learn the ins-and-outs of fruit care and maintenance as well as tips for year-round upkeep. There will be a live pruning demo at our growing grounds after the class, if weather permits! Come with your questions.
All levels are welcome. Please pre-register by calling or visiting the Garden Center.
Van Winden’s Garden Center
1805 Pueblo Ave Napa, CA
707-255-8400
January 20th 10am-12pm $10 class fee
Right now you can get 30% off our living Christmas trees. This includes any plant that is being sold as a Christmas tree… things in 25gallon cans to 2inch containers.
Right now you can get 30% off our Holiday Gift Shop items. This includes holiday candles, holiday Michele Design, ornaments, décor and more! Sale excludes everyday giftshop items.
Right now you can get 30% off our handmade wreaths. Our staff has been making beautiful wreaths all season long and their beautiful creations have been coming over from the ranch by the truckload.
Join us on November 18th and 19th and kick off your holiday cheer! Our giftshop will be filled with holiday décor, everyday décor, and festive gifts. In store promotions and refreshments will be available on Saturday.
Visit us 9am-5pm on Saturday and 10am-4:30om on Sunday.
Now and through Sunday, November 19th, buy 3 roses and get a 4th rose FREE! Dreaming of more romantic blooms in your garden? Get our high quality roses before they are gone for the season! Sale excludes Monrovia carpet roses. Sale rose must be of equal or lesser value.
We have a lovely selection of bush roses, climbing roses, tree roses and more. Give us a call or come in to see what we have in stock.
Join us at our Annual Dahlia Show and Competition on August 19th. Submit up to 3 of your own dahlias into the competition and come and get inspiration for next year’s garden.
While supplies last, get our FAMOUS Bumper Crop Soil Builder on SALE!
Bumper Crop Natural & Organic Soil Builder is a premium soil amendment. It contains only the finest natural and organic ingredients including: composted chicken manure, earthworm castings, bat guano, and kelp meal. This is a versatile mix that may be used as a natural and organic soil builder or mulch. Think of it as boosted up compost!
One bag will amend 8 square feet of our native-Napa soil or tired raised bed soil. Mix it in and you’re ready to plant! OR spread it thin (over 12-24 square feet) for a little pick-me-up for existing plantings. This is ideal for ‘freshening-up’ raised beds for other containers.
Come by and meet the citrus experts from Generation Growers in our Glass House. We will have lots of varieties of citrus for you to see and sample. Taste many types of mandarins, oranges, lemons, and more! The pros from Generation Growers will be ready for your questions about everything citrus!
Our Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil on sale starting 3/1! Buy 3 bags and get your 4th bag FREE!
This is the ideal soil for any sort of container situation: terra cotta pots, raised beds, wine barrels, etc. Containers need a soil medium with great drainage and Bumper Crop Potting Soil provides that, along with the nutrients your plants need to get off to a healthy start. It's similar to our famous Bumper Crop Soil Builder in the red bag, but it is a more mild blend that you can plant straight into.
Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil has all the usual stuff plus...
Earthworm Castings
Seabird Guano
Dolomite Lime
Feather Meal
Bone Meal
Alfalfa
Bat Guano
Kelp Meal
FYI the bags are 2 cubic feet in size and two bags fill up a half wine barrel. Sale ends when supplies run out.
Van Winden’s Garden Center opened its doors for business on February 17, 1953 and it is time to celebrate our 70th Anniversary! Join us February 17th and 18th for some anniversary fun. We will be playing the musical hits of the 1950s, passing out cupcakes and coffee, and having lots of FREE raffle options both days. Many of our favorite groups and vendors will have a presence at this celebration as well.
Felco will have a table on Feb 18th from 11am-2pm. Learn how to choose the right Felco pruners for you or bring your existing tool for a quick lesson on cleaning and sharpening. At 2pm there will be a Felco workshop where you can learn how to disassemble/clean/reassemble and sharpen your tool. Call the store to reserve you spot in the workshop.
MaxSea will have a table set up 11am-3pm on 2/17 and 2/18. Mary will be handing out samples, advising you on how to best use MaxSea fertilizers in your garden, and raffling off “paint can sized” containers of MaxSea.
The Napa Valley Orchid Society will be have a table set up to help you repot your orchid 2/17 11am-3pm and 2/18 10am-2pm. Bring your orchid (that is in an 8inch container or smaller) and get it repotted for free!
E.B Stone will have a tent sent up both days. Tom will be presenting Fertilizers 101 in our Pavilion at 3pm on 2/17 and at 10am on 2/18. E.B Stone will be donating extravagant gift baskets which will be raffled off.
Blooms will have a table set up on 2/17 from 10:30am-3pm and will be answering questions about growing vegetables and perennials. They will have plants to raffle off!
Gary Sampson will have a table both days from 10am-12pm. Gary is our beloved retired manager. He will have a slideshow from Van Winden’s over the years as well as great advice on pruning roses and fruit trees.
Dave Wilson Nursery will have berries and fruit trees to raffle off.
Monrovia will have a table 2/17 9am-12pm and have plants to raffle off.
Van Winden’s Garden Center opened its doors for business on February 17, 1953 and it is time to celebrate our 70th Anniversary! Visit us February though May and enter to win our weekly raffle. You can enter to win every time you visit. Winners will be drawn each week and contacted via phone.
Win $70 Van Winden gift cards, gallon-paint-can-sized containers of MaxSea fertilizer, FELCO special edition pruners, gloves, gift baskets, Bumper Crop Soil and more!
Our dazzling Christmas Shop is on sale while supplies last! Get 40% off Christmas Décor items. This sale includes Vance Kitira holiday candles, Michel Design Works holiday items, but excludes everyday gift.
❄️All clearance and discount items are not returnable.❄️
For a limited time, buy 3 holiday ornaments and get a 4th ornament free! We have a great selection of Christmas, nature, and silly themed ornaments right now.
Free ornament will be of equal or lesser value. This sale is 12/8, 12/9 and 12/10 only.
Join us on November 18th and 19th and kick off your holiday cheer! Our giftshop will be filled with holiday decor, everyday decor, and festive gifts. In store promotions and refreshments will be available.
Our Bumper Crop Potting Soil on sale starting 9/9! Buy 3 bags and get your 4th bag FREE!
This is the ideal soil for any sort of container situation: terra cotta pots, raised beds, wine barrels, etc. Containers need to have great drainage and Bumper Crop Potting Soil provides that, along with the nutrients your plants need to get off to a healthy start. It's similar to our famous Bumper Crop Soil Builder, but a more mild blend that you can plant straight into.
It has all the usual stuff plus...
Earthworm Castings
Seabird Guano
Dolomite Lime
Feather Meal
Bone Meal
Alfalfa
Bat Guano
Kelp Meal
FYI the bags are 2 cubic feet in size and two bags fill up a half wine barrel. Sale ends Sept 20th.
While supplies last, get our FAMOUS Bumper Crop Soil Builder on SALE!
Bumper Crop Natural & Organic Soil Builder is a premium soil amendment. It contains only the finest natural and organic ingredients including: composted chicken manure, earthworm castings, bat guano, and kelp meal. This is a versatile mix that may be used as a natural and organic soil builder or mulch. Think of it as boosted up compost!
One bag will amend 8 square feet of our native-Napa soil or tired raised bed soil. Mix it in and you’re ready to plant! OR spread it thin (over 12-24 square feet) for a little pick-me-up for existing plantings. This is ideal for ‘freshening-up’ raised beds for other containers.
Join us at our Dahlia Show on August 13th. Submit 3 of your own dahlias into the competition or come and get inspiration for next year’s garden.
Win gift cards and assorted prizes! Maximum of 3 dahlia entries per person.
Categories this year include:
Best Dinnerplate
Best Pompon
Best Cactus/Lacinated
Best ‘Other’
A vase and water will be provided for you to display your dahlia. A single bloom entry will be allowed per vase, no bunches of flowers. Try and include leaves if you can.
Drop off begins at 9am and voting begins at 11am Saturday, August 13th. Winners will be announced at 3pm on Saturday.
The blooms from the show will be free to the public at 4:30pm on Saturday.
Our staff’s favorite mulch is on sale! G&B Soil Building Conditioner is perfect for layering on top of your beds and around your trees. It is a fine mulch texture and it is full of the good stuff like composted chicken manure, gypsum, oyster shell & dolomite limes, vermicompost, bat guano, kelp meal, and mycorrhizae. It is a beautiful dark brown color that really makes a garden look tidy and polished too.
We suggest using a 3+ inch layer around the base of your plants, being sure to keep the mulch from touching the base of the plant. A thick layer of mulch will preserve the moisture in your soil, provide a good environment for the good bugs to hide out, and improve your soil texture and health over time!
This sale starts July 22 and ends August 6th, or when supplies run out.
Both our popular Bumper Crop Organic Soil will go on sale starting April 26th. While supplies last, buy 3 bags and get your 4th bag of potting soil or soil builder FREE!
Bumper Crop Organic Potting Soil is the ideal soil for any sort of container situation: terra cotta pots, raised beds, wine barrels, etc. Containers need to have great drainage and Bumper Crop Potting Soil provides that, along with the nutrients your plants need to get off to a healthy start. It's similar to our famous Bumper Crop Soil Builder, but a more mild blend that you can plant straight into.
It has all the usual stuff plus...
Earthworm Castings
Seabird Guano
Dolomite Lime
Feather Meal
Bone Meal
Alfalfa
Bat Guano
Kelp Meal
FYI the bags are 2 cubic feet in size and two bags fill up a half wine barrel. Sale ends when supplies run out.
Bumper Crop Natural & Organic Soil Builder is a premium soil amendment. It contains only the finest natural and organic ingredients including: composted chicken manure, earthworm castings, bat guano, and kelp meal. This is a versatile mix that may be used as a natural and organic soil builder or mulch. Think of it as boosted up compost!
One bag will amend 8 square feet of our native-Napa soil or tired raised bed soil. Mix it in and you’re ready to plant! OR spread it thin (over 12-24 square feet) for a little pick-me-up for existing plantings. This is ideal for ‘freshening-up’ raised beds for other containers.
While supplies last, get our FAMOUS Bumper Crop Soil Builder on SALE!
Bumper Crop Natural & Organic Soil Builder is a premium soil amendment. It contains only the finest natural and organic ingredients including: composted chicken manure, earthworm castings, bat guano, and kelp meal. This is a versatile mix that may be used as a natural and organic soil builder or mulch. Think of it as boosted up compost!
One bag will amend 8 square feet of our native-Napa soil or tired raised bed soil. Mix it in and you’re ready to plant! OR spread it thin (over 12-24 square feet) for a little pick-me-up for existing plantings. This is ideal for ‘freshening-up’ raised beds for other containers.
Join us on November 26th, 27th, 29th, and 30th for some holiday cheer! Holiday decor, everyday decor, and gifts are on sale. See details below.
