Landscape
Experience the sweet fragrance of perennial bouquets freshly cut from your cottage garden, observe the floral color surrounding your patio as bright spring blooms transition to robust summer flowers, feel the texture of architecturally defined hedges as you walk along your front porch, or hear the sound a lone bumble bee makes as it works hard to keep your landscape thriving. However it is achieved, landscapes provide the palette to invigorate our senses. Bring to life your planted landscape and explore with us the possibilities. With over 40 years of experience in residential and commercial landscape installation, Brookside Nursery will exceed your landscape expectations.
Outdoor Living Spaces
Take the comfort you feel inside your home and expand it outdoors. Enjoy a meal with your family, share stories while roasting marshmallows over an open fire, stroll along a winding woodland path, or simply retreat to a canopy covered patio to relax. Since 1976, Brookside Nursery has been working with clients to create these experiences, adding value to your life and home. Take pride in knowing, with our expertise you will have an original space to enjoy for many years to come.
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Design
Listen… Your landscape has a unique story waiting to be told. Whether it’s wanting to spend your weekend enjoying the company of family and friends outdoors, or escaping the hustle of the city for the seclusion of a good book in a secret garden, landscape design will set the stage for these stories. With the expertise of Brookside Nursery’s design team, the setting of your story is only an ear away.
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Initially we will meet to discuss the scope of the project, your needs, and any photos or design ideas you have collected.
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Our design team will transform this information into an expertly crafted design. Fees for design vary in price based on scope of work. Each design is unique and can take a few days to a few weeks to complete.
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Upon completion our design team will schedule a meeting with you to present the design and estimate. At this meeting we will review design concepts, layout, materials, project costs, and discuss any revisions you see fit to make.
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Upon acceptance of the design and estimate, an installation date is scheduled.
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Garden Store
We are 2nd generation, family-owned and located in the heart of Saratoga County on the ‘skirts’ of Ballston Spa. Our doors have been open and we’ve been ready for gardeners since 1976.
Fun is our driving force! We encourage you to have fun while you explore in our world of plants. To keep your gardening experience fun, our knowledgeable staff is always ready to inspire and educate. It’s important to us for you to be successful when growing anything for your home- flowers, trees, houseplants, lawns, shrubs and edibles.
The seasons change and so does the store. We stock perennial favorites and necessities, but each season brings its own color palette, fun pots, garden décor and plants- the stars of the show! Everything you find at Brookside Nursery has been thoughtfully selected with you in mind.
We help you make the most of our Northeast growing season. We help you find the right plant for the right place. We teach you about native plants and gardening with organics.
We know there are other places to buy plants. We want to be your favorite!
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Watering Care & Planting Instructions
Watering Care Instructions:
Plants suffer more from improper watering than any other cause. Watering is a difficult gardening technique to master because it depends on many variables. The amount of water a plant needs varies with the kind of plant, soil, location, and the changing weather including temperature, humidity, and wind. It is easy to over or under water.
Never water without first checking the soil to determine if watering is necessary. To do this, test the moisture of your soil about 4-8 inches deep. Use a trowel to open an area beside the plant to check. If your soil is dry or only slightly damp the plant should be watered. Sandy soil will generally need to be watered more often than heavier clay soils.
Deep thorough watering will encourage a healthy root system whereas short and frequent watering will result in shallow less healthy root system. Each time you water apply enough water to wet the soil to the bottom of your root zone. Most container stock will have a root zone that will be planted about 8-12 inches deep.
Shrub and Tree Planting Instructions
Before You Plant
- Dig a hole approximately 2 times wider and 1.5 times deeper than the root ball.
- Loosen compacted soil around the planting area.
Soil Preparation
- Blend your native soil 1:1 with Coast of Maine planting mix.
Adding Bio-tone
- Sprinkle Espoma Bio-tone Starter Plus into the planting hole according to package directions.
- Mix lightly into the soil to help encourage strong root growth and establishment.
Planting
- Remove shrub from container.
- Place the shrub in the hole so the top of the root ball sits even with ground level. If planting in heavy clay soil: plant so the root ball is slightly elevated by 1 inch above the soil level.
- Backfill using the blended native soil and Coast of Maine planting mix
- Follow watering care instructions
Questions? Just give us a call 518-885-6500
