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2025
Late winter, 2025: Veggies, photo contest winners, and Monarchs
Winter, 2025: Celebrating black history month and a photo contest!
2024
Early winter, 2024: a holiday market and workshops
Mid autumn, 2024: Seeds and autumn chores
Autumn, 2024: Seed sowing resources
Early autumn, 2024: Best time to plant and seed mixes
Extra late summer, 2024: Native plant resources
Late summer, 2024: Watering 101
Mid-late summer, 2024: Gardening in the summer and all about our pots
Summer, 2024: Giveaway bonanza and natives for newbies.
Early summer, 2024: Garden nibblers and meet our new pot filler!
Spring, 2024: All about native shrubs: edible, wonderfully scented, and fancy!
Early spring, 2024: Veggies, space invaders, and plant of the month club
Late winter, 2024: C.S.A. and invasive species removal
2023
November, 2023: Winter events in-person and online
October, 2023: Thank you discounts and seed updates
Late September, 2023: On-the-road and berries for birds
Early September, 2023: End-of summer updates, new species and fun giveaways.
August, 2023: Great organizations + Gardening in dry soil with native plants.
Late July, 2023: Pollinators + Plants.
Early July, 2023: Shrub sale and "Mini-Guide to Gardening for Monarchs".
June, late, 2023: Monarchs, shrubs, and giveaways.
June, early, 2023: Sustainability at Blue Stem.
May, late, 2023: What's in bloom at Blue Stem.
May, early, 2023: Soil, bokashi composting, and Mother's day.
April, 2023: Growing updates and veggies. Getting ready for opening.
March, 2023: Meet our wonderful employees! Plus garden design and plant updates.
February, 2023: Winter interest in the garden and our C.S.A.
January, 2023: Workshops!
2022
Early winter, 2022: Greenhouse updates and gift cards
Fall, 2022: Seeds and sowing resource
Early fall, 2022: Top ten fall gardening chores and great discounts
Late summer, 2022: Celebrating Wild Ones, seeds, and more.
Summer, 2022: Big Blue Stem News + garden kits
Early summer, 2022: WHY native plants and all about rain barrels
Late spring, 2022: Gardening for life and plant spotlight
Late spring, 2022: A giveaway, trading post, and Blue Stem updates
Spring 2022: Looking for something to plant but not sure where to start? What to plant...
Winter, 2021: Greenhouse update, news, and new species (spoiler, we went a little overboard).
Late Fall, 2021: Tips for your garden in the fall. Favorite online presentations.
Early Fall, 2021: Thank you so much for all of your support this year!
Summer, 2021: Updates, additional hours and great new plants and items!
Spring, 2021: Our first newsletter! Blue Stem Natives updates