2008 Open Houses



Doyle Farm 10th Anniversary
CELEBRATE AT DOYLE FARM NURSERY'S 10th ANNIVERSITY

All Open Houses - Native perennials, native grasses and native ferns will be 10% off



Since this is my tenth year after I quit a real job with real money coming in regularly, I decided to thank you as our customers, old and new, with a chance to celebrate with us. Some prices have increased while others remain the same. All plants, are 10 % off the final purchase only at the Open Houses this year. We hope to see our old friends and welcome the new ones too.


DFN'S OPEN HOUSES ARE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 9AM-4PM - NO SUNDAY SALES

Stay for our Saturday, Garden Talks at 11 AM. Free and open to all. Enjoy sitting in a nursery setting beneath a canopy near Green Ash trees and Sumac; listening to our Saturday morning Garden Talks. Chairs are provided.



May 2, 3, 2008

DFN 1st Open House 10% off ALL Sales
This is the time of the year when the gardens finally wake up and woodland plants are aplenty. A good time to see the Trilliums, Phloxes, and Geraniums blooming in pots. All plants will be for sale.

Our first Garden Talk will feature Tina Alban. Tina is the DCNR Forest Nursery Manager and will walk around Doyle Farm to identify invasive plants. Her talk will be on 'Cause and Effect- Natives vs. Exotics. Tina is a dynamite speaker and worth coming to hear.



July 12, 2008

Native Plant Garden Tour at Doyle Farm Nursery
"BRING BACK THE NATIVES" is a garden tour featuring many of York County's new and budding Native Plant Gardens. Tour is presented by MAEscapes & York County Master Gardeners.

9 AM - 5 PM. Tickets are $8.00 in advance and $10 the day of the Tour. Tickets may be brought at all tour sites. A map is included.



July 26, 2008

Summer Open House 10% off ALL Sales - Saturday only
Summertime is for summer sun. Monardas, Phloxes, Blackeyed Susans fancy Coneflowers, Lobelias are blooming in the pots around this time. A good time to pick up Native Sunflowers, Grasses, and Ferns.

Liz McDowell of Elk Ridge Nature Works Nursery will be at our Garden Talk this summer to explain about the relationship between native plants and wildlife. "Native Plants: A Welcome Sign for Wildlife." Why are natives so special to our environment? Liz has worked as a Naturalist, Resource Biologist for MDNR and a science teacher. She and her husband, Ron are co-owners of their native plant nursery.



September 5, 6, 2008

Last Open House of the Season 10% off ALL Sales
Sunflowers, Native Grasses, Goldenrods, and Asters are for sale in pots. Fall is for planting. Plant now for early spring, too.

Dick and Judy Bono of the Piedmont Society of York will be at our last Garden Talk speakers. 'Fighting the Invasives. Are we winning?' Both are avid, native plant enthusiasts and have gardened on their property for years, fighting non-natives all the way with No chemicals. This may be the talk we all want to hear.






2008 Native Plant Sales

March 29, 2008

Lahr Symposium & Native Plants Sale - "Native Plants: Cultivars Considered"
National Arboretum, WASHINGTON, DC

Sale starts at 8:30 AM for Symposium Open to the Public 10 AM to 2 PM.
www.fona.org



June 5, 6, & 7, 2008

Millersville's University Native Plant Conference - "Native Plants in the Landscape"
Millersville University, MILLERSVILLE, PA

Native Plant Sale / Open to public - Friday 3:30 PM -7 PM. Saturday 8 AM-12 PM
www.millersvillenativeplants.org



August 23, 2008

17th Annual Native Plant Seminar & Plant Sale
Irvine Nature Center (New location)
11201 Garrison Forests Road
OWINGS MILLS, MD

Sale is 8 PM to 2 PM. - Seminar features Bill Cullina, Jim McCormac & Doug Tallamy.
www.explorenature.org


Plants can be pre-ordered through fax/mail or email for pick-up at all sales.


          Some of our native plants will also be for sale at the following Plant Sales:


Religious Society of Friends of York
Fall Native Plant Sale on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008


MAEscape's Fall Native Plant Sale
September 27th,2008 10am-2pm
County Annex, 112 Pleasant Acres Road, York
http://york.extension.psu.edu/Horticulture/events.html


Also some of our plants will be available at

Brown's Orchards in Loganville,PA
The Gardener of Owl Valley in Hellam,PA



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