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Clark County Greenhouses Clar K Co Unty Gree Nhou Ses More Fantastic www.clarkcountywi.org available year-round. available 715-255-9100 | [email protected] [email protected] | 715-255-9100 an assortment of gift items. Garden art and décor is is décor and art Garden items. gift of assortment an & u t a o e r u u r b i s m d n e o v i e t l a o r p m o p e r n o t c c c l i a m r k o n c o o c u e n y t presents trees, wreaths, garland, kissing balls and and balls kissing garland, wreaths, trees, presents CCEDC CCEDC Corporation & Tourism Bureau Tourism & Corporation complete with scavenger hunt. The Christmas season season Christmas The hunt. scavenger with complete Development Economic County Clark INFORMATION: of hostas. Fall ushers in mums and a corn maze maze corn a and mums in ushers Fall hostas. of MORE sweet corn, 200 varieties of daylilies and 100+ varieties varieties 100+ and daylilies of varieties 200 corn, sweet custom container design. Summer brings blueberries, blueberries, brings Summer design. container custom shade and fruit trees, shrubs, seeds, classes and and classes seeds, shrubs, trees, fruit and shade 2018 bedding plants, vegetables, small and large perennials, perennials, large and small vegetables, plants, bedding of Greenwood on Highway 73. Spring offers annual annual offers Spring 73. Highway on Greenwood of sets. onion and potatoes, seed fountains, water planters, perennials, garden art, art, garden perennials, planters, greenhouse, open year-round, located 3 miles south south miles 3 located year-round, open greenhouse, April - October October - April Tender Shoots is a family run run family a is Shoots Tender baskets, of thousands featuring Sundays décor home with shop gift and – Saturday 8am-7pm, Closed Closed 8am-7pm, Saturday – center garden a greenhouses, five Monday 8am-5pm, Tuesday Tuesday 8am-5pm, Monday includes Greenhouse Patch Posy Open Year Round Year Open Sundays Closed Monday - Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 8am-6pm, 8am-6pm, Saturday 8am-8pm, Friday - Monday www.tendershoots.net [email protected] [email protected] 1 November - 1 April Open 715-267-7870 or 715-937-0065 715-937-0065 or 715-267-7870 715-267-7644 13 N8276 State Hwy 73, Greenwood, WI 54437 WI Greenwood, 73, Hwy State N8276 54460 WI Owen, 73, Hwy State N11839 GREENHOUSE POSY PATCH GREENHOUSE PATCH POSY 16 TENDER SHOOTS GARDENS & & GARDENS SHOOTS TENDER combos. combos. offer a large selection of potted plants to make your own own your make to plants potted of selection large a offer sizes of fancy and plain decorative plastic as well! as plastic decorative plain and fancy of sizes perennials and birdhouses. They They birdhouses. and perennials and bedding flowers and baskets. Check out the many many the out Check baskets. and flowers bedding and baskets and planters, tropicals, tropicals, planters, and baskets Shady Pine offers vegetable plants, perennials, annual annual perennials, plants, vegetable offers Pine Shady Winners, geraniums, hanging hanging geraniums, Winners, Open April 28 – June 23 June – 28 April Open has a large selection of Proven Proven of selection large a has W7172 Capital Road, Greenwood, WI 54437 WI Greenwood, Road, Capital W7172 15 SHADY PINE GREENHOUSE PINE SHADY Longwood Pines Greenhouse Greenhouse Pines Longwood Sundays greenhouses of Clark County Clark of greenhouses Greenwood on Hwy 73 to Riplinger Rd, watch for signs. signs. for watch Rd, Riplinger to 73 Hwy on Greenwood Monday – Saturday, Closed Closed Saturday, – Monday south of Hwy 29 on Hwy O, to Capital Road or north of of north or Road Capital to O, Hwy on 29 Hwy of south Open Mid April – July 4 July – April Mid Open the exploring tour, self-guided A are taken when in season. They are located 9 miles miles 9 located are They season. in when taken are 715-267-6070 12 soil, and fertilizer. Fresh asparagus is sold and orders orders and sold is asparagus Fresh fertilizer. and soil, N12146 State Hwy 73, Owen, WI 54460 WI Owen, 73, Hwy State N12146 LONGWOOD PINES GREENHOUSE PINES LONGWOOD planted, or see their store with unique containers, containers, unique with store their see or planted, tropical plants. Bring your own planters to be custom custom be to planters own your Bring plants. tropical offer bedding plants, vegetable plants, perennials, and and perennials, plants, vegetable plants, bedding offer baskets. and planters own your create to plants lots of potted plants, and Proven Winners. They also also They Winners. Proven and plants, potted of lots potted of variety wide a from choose Also, planters. and of hanging baskets, planters, planters, baskets, hanging of baskets unique plants, bedding greenhouses, 100’s of varieties varieties of 100’s greenhouses, perennials, offers Acres En-Ve Reiff’s has two full full two has Reiff’s Sundays Closed Sundays Closed Closed 8am-5pm, Saturday Monday-Saturday 8am-7pm, 8am-7pm, Monday-Saturday 8am-7pm, Friday - Monday Open April – July 7 July – April Open 30 June - 1 May Open 715-267-6695 715-267-4394 14 W6721 Capital Road, Greenwood, WI 54437 WI Greenwood, Road, Capital W6721 54460 WI Owen, 73, Hwy State N12642 11 REIFF’S GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE REIFF’S ACRES EN-VE cont'd ( ) greenhouses county clark clark county greenhouses REIT’S GARDEN CENTER MARTIN’S PRODUCE & GREENHOUSE VALENTINE GARDENS AND GREENHOUSE 1 310 Urquhart Road, Stanley, WI 54768 4 W9026 Pine Road, Thorp, WI 54771 7 N1082 Wren Drive, Curtiss, WI 54422 715-644-2303 715-669-3572 715-678-2206 [email protected] Open April 20 - October 5 [email protected] www.reitsgardencenter.com Monday - Saturday 9:00am- www.valentinegardensandgreenhouse.com Open Year Round 8:00pm, Closed Sunday Open April 20 - October 31 Monday – Friday 8am- Martin’s Produce & Greenhouse Monday - Saturday 8am-7pm, Sunday 10am-5pm 5pm, Saturday 8am-3pm, offer a wide variety of hanging Valentine’s offers over 1000 hanging baskets, annual Extended hours in Summer baskets, potted plants and flowers, perennials, mums, asters, vegetable plants and Reit’s Garden Center is the tropical plants throughout the season. vegetables early and in season. area’s largest garden center with bedding plants, perennials, trees and nursery CINDY’S GREENHOUSE BARB’S GREENHOUSE stock. Garden art and gifts are also available. 5 W9253 County Line Road, Lublin, WI 54447 8 W1464 County Road A, Dorchester, WI 54425 715-669-5699 715-654-1151 SUNRISE GREENHOUSE Open April 28 - June 30 Open Mid April- August 2 4606 370th Street, Stanley, WI 54768 Monday - Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday & Sunday April – May Monday – Saturday 8am- 8pm, Closed Sundays 715-644-4851 9am-3pm. June – August Monday – Saturday 8am-5pm, Closed Sundays Open April 15 – October Cindy’s Greenhouse specializes Barb’s Greenhouse is at a new location providing hanging Monday - Friday 8:30am- in annual plants for flower baskets, planters, pots, sweet candy onions, sweet potato 8:00pm, Saturday 8:30am- beds, hanging baskets and plants and bedding plants. 5:00pm, Closed Sunday containers, vegetables, herbs, Walk through 5 greenhouses small berries, and fruit trees. Fairy/miniature garden WEAVER’S GREENHOUSE filled with beautiful flowers plants and supplies along with a few shade trees are also 9 W5594 Oak Road, Withee, WI 54498 and vegetables. Sunrise has baskets, planters, available. Take a stroll through the garden shed to find 715-229-2469 annuals, herbs and grasses, begonias, geraniums, memorial chimes, flags, flower pots and other garden Open April 20 – July 15 succulents and a great selection of flowering shrubs, accents. Open July thru October by appointment or Monday - Saturday 8am-8pm, Closed Sunday trees and perennials. chance I’m home. Weaver’s offers hanging baskets, planters, geraniums, gerberas, petunias, impatiens, vegetable plants, etc. in G & D GREENHOUSE FRENCHTOWN GREENHOUSE LLC pots and flats, Proven Winner shrubs. 3 N14019 Gorman Avenue, Thorp, WI 54771 6 N15315 Frenchtown Ave, Withee, WI 54498 715-669-7197 715-229-4746 LONGWOOD GARDENS GREENHOUSE Open End of April – End of Open April 28 - November 1 10 N13147 State Hwy 73, Withee, WI 54498 June May - June Open Monday - 715-229-9830 Monday - Friday 8am- Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday Opens April 20 7:00pm, Saturday 8am-4pm, 8am-6pm Monday-Saturday 8am-8pm, Closed Sunday July – November Open after July 1st G & D Greenhouse offers Monday-Saturday 8am-6pm, Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm, a variety of annuals, Closed Sundays & May 10 Closed Sundays perennials, roses, clematis, small fruits, evergreen Frenchtown offers annuals, hanging baskets, moss Longwood Gardens offers a large shrubs, Proven Winner shrubs, mini gardens, shade, baskets, planters, pouches, tropicals, succulents, selection of hanging baskets, bedding plants, small fruit fruit, evergreen and flowering trees along with many mini garden supplies, wind chimes, vegetables, herbs, plants, perennials, pouches, tropicals, fruit and shade decorative baskets, garden center with mini garden seeds, small fruit, shrubs, perennials, fruit, shade and trees, thousands of fall mums, grasses, and combo items, windchimes, spring décor, seeds and much ornamental trees, fall mums, grasses and décor, fertilizer, baskets. Bark mulch is also available in 4 colors. more. Unique plants are offered at amazing prices! soil and mulch. more fantastic greenhouses and a map inside! www.clarkcountywi.org available year-round. available 715-255-9100 | [email protected] [email protected] | 715-255-9100 an assortment of gift items. Garden art and décor is is décor and art Garden items. gift of assortment an & u t a o e r u u r b i s m d n e o v i e t l a o r p m o p e r n o t c c c l i a m r k o n c o o c u e n y t presents trees, wreaths, garland, kissing balls and and balls kissing garland, wreaths, trees, presents CCEDC CCEDC Corporation & Tourism Bureau Tourism & Corporation complete with scavenger hunt.
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