An Organic garden on the West side of Eau Claire
// Volume One’s home & garden special section
We know
you’re excited that spring is finally here – we all are – but while we imagine Saturday afternoons relaxing in the sun with a nice book and pitcher of lemonade, chances are you’ll be spending the next several months doing yard work. Prepping the garden, reseeding and mowing the lawn, fixing the siding, et al. Well with
Volume One’s annual At Home special section, we’ve made your road ahead easier and far more fun. Check out stories on no-mow lawns, using plants for interior design, antique décor hotspots, and listings of all the garden centers, interior design places, and events in the Valley.
Writers: Sarah Bodeau, Scott Morfitt Editors: Tom Giffey, Tyler Griggs, Thom Fountain Photographers: Andrea Paulseth Design: Josh Smeltzer
The Apartment Gardener Spring makes us all gardeners at heart. Unfortunately for many renters and apartment-dwellers, having an outdoor garden just isn’t possible. Brent Stelzer, of Brent Douglas Flowers For Everyday, and Ben Polzin, of Down to Earth Garden Center, have some great ideas for gardeners of all spaces and abilities about bringing the green world indoors. WORDS: Sarah Bodeau // PHOTO: Andrea Paulseth
INTERMEDIATE
L’Artiste du Jardin A fairy garden at Down To Earth Garden Center. Fairy gardens take a little bit of upkeep, but provide a unique aesthetic for the gardener without taking too much time.
BEGINNER
The Deadbeat Horticulturalist You don’t exactly have a green thumb. Every attempt you make to class-up your apartment with a plant ends in yellowed leaves and tears. Gardening outside? Forget it. Before you resign yourself to a life of artificial décor, consider these two options:
Air Plants • According to Ben, air plants are the perfect low-stress, low-cost plant. “Air plants don’t require any soil; they actually use their moisture from the air,” he says. “They need to be misted a couple of times a month and that’s about it.” Ben suggests getting artistic and putting one in a cool shell or mounting it to a board. The best part? It doesn’t cost much to replace ’em. Water Garden • For notorious plant killers, Brent thinks water gardens are a great choice. “If you’re afraid of killing it, do water gardens with bamboo and peace lilies and even just clippings of ivy. You can just keep them in water and never put them in dirt,” he says. Take a sturdy plant, place it in a container of water up to the root-line, and then maintain that water level. Just make sure to keep water gardens out of direct sunlight, or you may be growing algae instead of a houseplant.
You can take care of plants – you probably even have a plant, if not many plants. You want more – you want some living artwork to give your apartment an aesthetic je ne sais quoi. Try one of these indoor gardens on for size:
Terrariums & Fairy Gardens
• “Terrariums are great because they’re pretty easy to care for and you can kind of leave them in their own little world,” Brent says. “You put the moisture in there, water it, and then it never evaporates from there, it just stays sealed up.” Although you can get as fancy as you want with a terrarium, which is just a plant or many plants in an enclosed space, vessels from a tennis ball container to a pickle jar will do. Terrariums should also be kept out of direct sunlight so they don’t turn into little plant-baking ovens. Fairy Gardens, like terrariums, are groupings of plants with interesting shapes, textures, and colors, just not in an enclosed space. Many people use small plants and add decorative miniatures for the tiny-garden effect.
Wallscapes • If you’re an apartment gardener, remember these two words: vertical planting. Plants cascading down your wall are not only visually dramatic, they also save space. “We have (planters) we make a picture frame for, so it hangs on the wall, and the picture frame hangs around it, so it looks like living art,” Ben says. “And there’s another one that’s made out of recycled clothes, it’s called ‘Wooly Pocket’ where it mounts to the wall, kind of like a bag, and then you plant the top.” Both options are made to be used indoors and can be perfect for creating visual effects in small spaces.plant, place it in a container of water up to the root-line, and then maintain that water level. Just make sure to keep water gardens out of direct sunlight, or you may be growing algae instead of a houseplant.
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EXPERT
The Urban Farmer For you, dirt is about possibility. You want to make your forbears proud by watering the land with your own sweat! Too bad you live in that multiplex. Fortunately, creating functional (read: vegetable) gardens is getting easier every day thanks to the growing movement of urban farming. Peas, tomatoes, strawberries, even sweet corn –Ben says there are tons of new plants that, because of their stature and hardiness, are designed to be grown in pots on your balcony or stoop. You can get most of these plants at your local garden center, or if you’re feeling truly agricultural, you can start traditional veggie plants inside before moving them outside. Here’s a step-by-step-guide to indoor seed germination:
Create Your Growing Environment • Light is great but temperature is better. Put your seeds somewhere they can get 4-6 hours of sun, either naturally or with a grow light. Consider investing in a heating pad so that you can keep the soil at a consistent 70-75 degrees. “You don’t want it to be too cool, and you don’t want to put it right in a window, either, because at night that window is letting a lot of cool air in,” Ben says. “Until you get the germination it’s nice to have a really warm soil bed, and then even after that it’s not bad to give some supplemental heat to them from under the roots, and that’s actually going to keep the soil from getting too boggy.”
Prep Your Planters • Although you can buy actual seed-starting trays, an economical and eco-friendly option is to use egg cartons to start seeds. Fill your chosen containers with special seed-friendly soil. “You want a finer soil so it gets good contact with the seed, that’s the biggest thing,” Ben says. “A typical mix is going to be a very, very fine mix – a lot of vermiculite and peat moss.”
Dig In!
• Each seed is different, so make sure you check the package for planting depth and other special instructions. Some seeds, like morning glories, need to be soaked overnight to encourage germination. And if you think that you’ve messed up and planted it “wrong,” don’t worry. This is a relatively forgiving process, and seeds will do their darnedest to grow. Don’t forget to keep your seed babies’ soil moist and warm, and once they are big enough, transfer them to a 3- or 4-inch pot before making the big move outdoors.
Final Advice First, pay attention to watering. Both Ben and Brent agree that overwatering is a bigger problem than underwatering. Try giving the plant small amounts of water more frequently instead of just one big gulp once in a while. Second, know what kind of light situation you have in your apartment before buying a plant. Finally, don’t be afraid to ask for help with your plants, as many plant stores, including Down to Earth and Brent Douglas, will assist you with repotting and fixing ailing plants.
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THERE AIN’T NO JUNK DRAWER HERE. Nancy Rothwell of Straighten-Up Organizing tackles all sorts of jobs – even one that landed her on the TV show Hoarders.
The Anti-Hoarder local organizing expert lends her tidy advice BY SCOTT MORFITT Well Chippewa Valley, spring is just about sprung. The river is flowing and so are the sidewalks. For those of us with dogs, children or, well, feet, this can mean constant clean up. But cleaning floors and windows is never the biggest spring cleaning project. The big one is the behemoth of containers, promotional items and random other items that we hold on to because they are free or cheap. My recycling guy knows what I’m talking about here. Straighten-Up Organizing is a local business run by entrepreneur Nancy Rothwell which helps people beat back the clutter behemoth. The business is a decade old and has helped hundreds of individuals and families get their homes and businesses in order. Among the things Rothwell helps people organize are garages, kitchens, offices, toy rooms, craft rooms, closets, attics, photo albums, paper areas and purses (hmm, I know a local contributor’s mother that might want to check that last one out). Rothwell is so good at this that she has gotten some national TV attention. Last August, Rothwell was featured on TLC’s Hoarding: Buried Alive. In the episode, Rothwell helped Kathy, a local homeowner diminish her clutter. She not only hauled out trash, she also helped sort through boxes to make final decisions about what was trash and what was treasure, while making sure the client felt comfortable with the whole process. For those of us not looking to have this process be part of reality TV, Rothwell offers the following advice, “We need to walk through our homes searching for stuff we don’t need. You’ve possibly heard the phrase that clutter takes on a life of its own, well now it is time that you give clutter a life far away from yours.”
Once the clutter is identified Rothwell suggests taking four boxes for the clutter and labeling them as trash, give away/sell, storage and put away in her publication, Organizing --the Method which is available for free on her website. “Trash” is described as, “...any item that you do not need or want, and would not be worthwhile to donate or sell. Damaged and broken items should be included in the trash if they are not worth someone buying it or repairing it.” Rothwell describes the give away/ sell category as, “Think[ing] about the uses someone else might get out of the items vs. the use it gets in your home buried in cabinets or closets. Consider the financial benefits of selling your stuff at a garage sale/ebay.” Then there is storage, which is not another place to just stick junk. Rothwell says, “Put items in here that you cannot part with but do not need on a regular basis. Group similar items together and label the box. Remember one good way to clean out closets is to store out of season clothing.” Lastly, we come to the put away category. Rothwell says, “These are items that need to be out on a regular basis. Monitor yourself by determining if you have a place for each item. If the items in this box will not fit into your home without cluttering an area up, try to reassess if you really need them. If you do need these “essentials”, try to come up with a storage solution that fits into your home.” If this decision making process still seems daunting, Rothwell is available for in-home consultation and she even does presentations for the community. Her website, www.straighten-up. net, is a wealth of knowledge for those of us who are looking to downsize but not get rid of those things that are really important.
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Everyone thinks of recycling plastic bottles and cans, but Dreamhouse Interiors takes care of the harder stuff, like carpeting and padding, when you’re doing some renovations.
Recycling Your Pad carpet installer can trim landfill waste BY TOM GIFFEY The aesthetic benefits of installing new carpet in your home come with a big downside: waste. Worn-out carpet and padding are cumbersome and costly to dispose of (dumpsters don’t come cheap) and clog limited landfill space. By one estimate, more than 5 billion pounds of
carpet are discarded in the U.S. annually. That’s a shame, considering carpet and pad are made out of another finite resource, petroleum. Fortunately, in many cases carpet and pad – such as those made from nylon and polypropylene – are recyclable, and
businesses that will recycle them are popping up. In the Chippewa Valley, Altoonabased Dreamhouse Interiors began offering carpet recycling in January 2012. In its first year alone, Dreamhouse recycled more than 70 tons of carpet with the help of Milwaukee-based CLEAR Carpet Recycling. Dreamhouse Interiors owner Gordy Pillar’s primary business is installing and refinishing hardwood floors as well as selling and installing carpet, ceramic tile, vinyl, cork, and bamboo flooring, all out of a mobile flooring showroom. But he’s enthusiastic about helping Mother Earth by providing the new service. “Our situation is not unique. Every flooring store deals with the expense of throwing away renewable resources like carpet and pad,” he said. “Hopefully more will join us in recycling theirs.” Discarded carpet can be recycled into (surprise) more carpet and carpet cushions, as well as picnic tables, park benches, erosion-control products, auto parts, and plenty of other things – a process that keeps waste out of landfills and reduces the need to drill for more crude oil. As the sign on the side of Gordy’s pick-up truck puts it, “Because Our Children’s, Children’s, Children Deserve It.” Dreamhouse Interiors • residential, commercial, and contract floor coverings; wood floors installed and refinished; carpet and pad recycled • 715-830-0759 • facebook.com/dreamhouseinteriors or dreamhouse-interiors.com.
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THE COMMUNITY GARDENS
Chippewa Falls Community Garden jerome.clark@
ces.uwex.edu • fyi.uwex.edu/chippewavalleycrops/community-gardens/ Chippewa Falls Parks, Recreation, and Forestry and University of Wisconsin – Extension Chippewa County are offering community gardening in Chippewa Falls for the 2013 growing season. 12’ x 24’ garden plots at Marshall Park on Bridgewater Avenue are available for lease by individuals, households, or organizations. The garden will be tilled and ready for planting by early May. Fees for leasing plots are $20 for Chippewa Falls residents or $30 for non-residents.
Demmler Community Garden patrick.kurtenbach@
erieinsurance.com • eauclairewi.gov A communal garden is also available to those who wish to garden but will not be renting a plot. All plot holders are greatly encouraged to (and many do) donate some of their produce to the hungry at the Community Table. Demmler Garden is operated by the Thirdward Neighborhood Association.
Forest Street Community Garden eauclairecommuni-
tygarden@gmail.com • eauclairewi.gov Rental garden plots will be approximately 20x20’ for an annual fee of $35. A communal garden is also available (see related listing). Rain barrels, water hookup, compost area, and shared tools available. The Forest Street garden is brought to you by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of EC.
Forest Street Community Garden: Shared Garden •
eauclairecommunitygarden@gmail.com In addition to the Forest Street’s primary community garden, Forest Street also offers a half acre garden operated and maintained together based on a schedule of coverage. $10/member with a goal of 50 members. This garden is a good opportunity for people who don’t know much about gardening, or will not be around all summer. Rain barrels, water hookup, compost area, and shared tools available. Some produce is donated to the Community Table.
Free Kids Gardens: North Riverfronts Neighborhood Park & McDonough Park 839-4712 • The County
Extension office sponsors a free kids’ garden for all school-aged children June 25-Aug. 13. Youth gardeners meet 9-10am Tuesdays at North Riverfronts Neighborhood Park, and 9-10am Wednesdays at McDonough Park. During these times youth will be able to take part in an activity and then have the oppurtunity to sample a vegetable from the garden. Materials are provided.
Jeffers Road Community Garden elasaive@gmail.
com • eauclaire.uwex.edu/community-gardens/ The Eau Claire County extension office offers garden plots for rent at the Community Garden Site located on Jeffers Road, just off the North Crossing. This is the same
LIST location as in previous years. Garden plots measure 20’x45’ and will cost $35 per plot. Members must bring their own hose, bucket, or watering can.
Lakeshore Park Community Garden 833-0550 • hsmiar@yahoo.com • eauclairewi.gov Located near the pavillion, there are fifteen plots available, each 15’x15’ and cost $25. Water hookup and hoses available. Bring your own tools. Lakeshore Park Garden is operated by the Historic Randall Park Neighborhood Association. Plot renters are encouraged to donate some of their produce to the Community Table. Menomonie Community Garden 2500 9th Street East, Menomonie • 232-1328 • MenomonieCommunityGardens.com Each plot measures 20 x 25 feet and cost $20. There are also monthly educational work-ins on topics like composting, sustainable soil management, chemical-free pest control, rain barrel construction, and hoop house tutorials. We now have running water, compost for everyone to use, tools, and our most recent addition to the garden is a shed. The shed supplies were donated by some amazing community members and is being built by the construction department at UW-Stout. Phoenix Park Community Gardens 495-2451 • andwerth@gmail.com Get involved with the Phoenix Park community garden on Forest St. by networking with Andrew Werthmann. Want to Start Your Own Eau Claire Community Garden? • 839-5032 • eauclairewi.gov/parks Neighbor-
hood associations or groups interested in starting a community garden in Eau Claire can contact Eau Claire Parks and Recreation.
Garden Centers Aquarian Gardens N2548 440th St., Menomonie • 664-8808 • info@aquarian-gardens.com • aquariangardens.com Experienced gardeners work with you through the entire process of creating a beautiful garden, from the initial consultation to the maintenance visits after the garden is complete. They also have a shop where you can buy various plants (either by chance or appointment). Blaine’s Farm and Fleet 2583 S Prairie View Road,
Chippewa Falls • 723-1806 • farmandfleet.com A hardy selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, and hanging baskets, all grown locally with nursery quality so you know they will survive and prosper in your lawn and garden. While you’re there, you can pick up garden maintenance supplies, lawn decor, and more.
Bobolink Nursery LLC N6548 429th St, Menomonie
• 231-3901 • bobolinknursery.com Bobolink’s barnstyle garden center and three large growing ranges are packed with perennials, vegetables, annuals, shrubs, and trees. Owners Dan and Amy Dopkins have been in the plant growing business for essentially their en-
tire lives and are very happy to pass their vast stores of knowledge on to you. They also offer services such as landscaping design and installation.
Chippewa Valley Growers 7825 Prill Road, Eau
Claire • 839-8448 • chippewavalleygrowers.com Carries a wide variety of stock, specializing in bedding plants, flowers, and vegetables. Work with gardeners to create custom baskets and containers and check out growing ideas and tips in their spring newsletter.
Christensen Florist & Greenhouses 1210 Mansfield St., Chippewa Falls • 723-2251 • wecare@christensenflorist.com • christensenflorist.com As a fifth generation family-operated florist and greenhouse, you can be sure you will be treated like family. Christensen Florist carries a variety of annuals, perennials, vegetables, and herbs. They also carry some pottery, garden supplies, hanging baskets. Circle M Nursery 3942 103rd St, Chippewa Falls • 723-4247 • facebook.com Circle M has served as a complete garden center for the Chippewa Valley for over 35 years, providing trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, black dirt, mulches, and flexible landscaping services. Dave Bresina’s Nursery 9885 Hwy Q, Chippewa Falls • 723-3080 • facebook.com Bresina’s nursery is stocked full of the rocks, dirts, plants, and trees you need to turn your landscape into something worth looking at. Down To Earth Garden Center 6025 Arndt Lane Eau
Claire WI • 833-1234, 289-4567 • home@dwntoearth. com • dwntoearth.com The Down to Earth Garden Center is a relaxing and spacious environment in which potential planters can find greeneries of every kind. Take advantage of their landscaping and lawncare services, in addition, Down to Earth now offers pond plants and fine imported koi with great marking and bright colors. They also have a location in Cadott.
Gordy’s County Market Garden Center 2717 Birch St. Eau Claire • 738-7885 • Provides trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, garden decor, mulches, fertilizers, landscaping accessories. In addition, Gordy’s offers rentals of larger gardening and landscaping tools for those projects you can’t tackle yourself. Gordy’s True Value 17168 County Highway J Chippewa Falls, WI • 726-2515 • truevalue.com From wheelbarrows to lawn decor, True Value offers most every tool you’ll need to tend your garden. Green Oasis Garden Center 1403 122nd St., Lake
Hallie • 832-0800 ext. 100 • GreenOasisGardens.com This garden center offers lawn art and accessories, plus various trees, ornamental grasses, perennials, mulch, dirt, compost, and patio block. They also offer a variety of classes throughout the gardening season to help you make your garden extra special.
Green Thumb Landscaping and Excavating 6700
US HWY 12, Eau Claire • 832-4553 • Green Thumb Landscaping and Excavating provides garden care and maintenance. They offer a unique blend of perennials, shrubs, native trees, annuals, bark, mulch, and rock. They also sell lime, dirt, fertilizer, pesticides and more.
Greener Grass Systems 3261 S Joles Pkwy, Lake Hallie • 723-0800 • greenergrasssystems.com In addition to their extensive landscaping services, Greener Grass Systems provides a selection of large trees, ornamental grasses, perennials, colored mulch, black dirt, and compost for your lawn and garden needs. Grinde’s Garden Center 2903 Preston Road, Eau
Claire • 833-2292 • facebook.com Family owned for 27 years, Grinde’s greenhouses offer a full line of selfproduced vegetables, plants, flowers, seeds. They specialize in hanging baskets and bedding plants.
Halfen Garden Center and Hosta Heaven 19130 72nd
Ave, Chippewa Falls • 723-3414 • terrencehalfen@ yahoo.com • halfengardencenter.com Halfen Garden Center is a family run business that offers a wide array of hostas, vines, annuals, vegetables, fruits, trees, and shrubs. They offer garden layouts to help you know the best place to plant around your home.
Klinger Farm Market 12756 132nd St, Chippewa Falls • 288-6348 • klingerfarmmarket@yahoo.com • klingerfarmmarket.biz In addition to 18 greenhouses full of flowers, vegetable plants, herbs, shrubs, trees, hanging baskets, water plants, and house plants, Klinger offers a swath of freshly grown produce, home and garden ornaments, bird baths, jams, honeys, and organic gardening products. They are open year round.
Kopp’s Growing Grounds W6315 Wisconsin Trunk 85,
Eau Claire • 834-2569 • In business since 1989, Kopp’s offers quality bedding plants that you can not find at regular retail outlets. They also have a wide variety of perennials, trees, and shrubs.
Lowes Creek Tree Farm S9475 Lowes Creek Rd, El-
eva • 878-4166 • christmas@lowescreektreefarm.com • lowescreektreefarm.com While known for its large stock of evergreen trees, ranging from spruces to firs to pines, Lowes Creek also offers over 50 varieties of
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Eau Claire • 864-1248 • ceceliacronk.com.
Classics Furniture & Lighting Design Studio 2510 S
Hastings Way, Eau Claire • 835-4500 • classicsfurniturestudio.com.
Clearwater Cabinetry & Design 4163 124th St., Chip-
pewa Falls • 738-1801 • clearwater-design.com/5594. html.
Dell’s Architectural Techniques 121 Maple St., Eau Claire • 834-8872 • dellsarchitecturalantiques.com. Department of Interiors 401 Pinnacle Way, Suite 108, Eau Claire • 836-7797 • info@deptofinteriors.com • deptofinteriors.com. Design 101 • 563-6788 • deb@ezdesign101.com • ezdesign101.com. Dorig Designs LLC 930 W. MacArthur Ave., Eau Claire • 514-4279 • ad@dorigdesigns.com. Duncan Creek Woodworks 4 Pond St, Chippewa Falls • 720-1400 • info@duncancreekwood.com • duncancreekwood.com.
Economy Furniture 16051 Hwy J, Chippewa Falls • 723-1444 • economyfurniture.us.
Encore Consignment Clothing Store 2420 London
Rd., Eau Claire • 833-2333 • encoreclothing@sbcglobal.net.
Erin Designs, LLC 420 South Barstow St, Suite #5, The Chippewa Valley has a number of community gardens available for residents who need a little extra space to grow. Or, if you know a nice space you can start your own! potted shade trees as well as hardwood, flowering, and fruit trees.
May’s Floral Garden 3424 Jeffers Eau Claire, WI • 836-8220 • maysfloralgarden.com Primarily a florist, May’s designs and sells products for both indoor and outdoor living. They have 11 greenhouses that are in production where they grow annuals, perennials, and indoor green plants. They also carry various gardening supplies. Menards 3619 South Hastings Way, Eau Claire • me-
nards.com Menards offers a full-blown garden center and every tool you could ever think of to tend your garden, making it a convenient one-stop shop for your gardening needs.
Paint Creek Nursery & Tree Farm 3215 North 140th
Ave, Cadott • 723-2072 • info@paintcreeknursery.com • paintcreeknursery.com Paint Creek Nursey’s goal is to grow shrubs and trees that benefit people and the environment. They have a variety of native tree species, including conifers, hardwoods, and shrubs, that can be purchased either as seedlings or transplants.
Petit Jardin 13811 7th St, Osseo • 597-2525 • cabinchic.com On the bank of Lake Martha, Petit Jardin has a large selection of native perennials, specialty annuals, herbs, trees, and shrubs, with an emphasis on organic and sustainable gardening. Plant Marketing LLC 819 W Shorewood Dr, Eau Claire
• (800) 752-6879 • plantorders.com A grower and marketing agent of live plants, specializing in the distribution of foliage, bedding, perennials, cacti, blooming, and holiday/seasonal plants.
Interior Design & Furnishings
Ashley Furniture 4068 Commonwealth Ave, Eau Claire • 830-1940 • ashleyfurniture.com.
Autumn Hill Home Boutique 305 S Barstow St, Eau Claire • 831-0500 • autumnhillhome.com. Bed, Bath & Drapery Shop 3475 E Hamilton Ave, Eau Claire • 839-9000 • bedbathanddrapery.com.
Eau Claire • 835-1750 • erin@erindesigns.com • erindesigns.com.
FUNCSHUN id 10446 162nd St., Chippewa Falls • 226-0666 • laura@funcshunid.com • funcshunid.com. Furnish 123 235 E Hamilton Ave., Eau Claire; 102 N Broadway St, Menomonie • EC: 514-5123; Meno: 2333123 • eauclairefurnish123.com. Furniture Loft Outlet 1849 Hwy OO, Chippewa Falls • 832-2539 • furnitureloftoutletstore.com.
Furniture to Go 312 E Madison St., Eau Claire • 552-
3297.
Gently Kissed Treasures 11 E. Central St, Chippewa Falls • 738-1230 • sales@gentlykissedtreasures.com • gentlykissedtreasures.com.
Bush Budget Furniture 2402 London Rd, Eau Claire
Gerhards First Supply 596 Cameron St., Eau Claire •
C design Interiors & Textiles 800 Wisconsin St, Bldg F13, Suite 215, Eau Claire • 514-4665.
Hirshfields Paint & Decorating 1701 South Hastings
• 835-8426.
Cabin Chic 13811 7th St, Osseo • 597-2525 • info@ cabin-chic.com • cabin-chic.com. Carpe-Diem 129 Main St E, Menomonie • 231-4030. Cedar Corporation 604 Wilson Ave, Menomonie • 235-
9081 • cedarcorp.com.
Celebrating Home Eau Claire • celebratinghome.com.
832-6638 • 1supply.com.
Way, Eau Claire • 835-9914 • hirshfields.com.
HOM Furniture 2921 Mall Dr., Eau Claire • 552-2555 • homfurniture.com.
House Blend Lighting & Design 215 N Bridge St,
Chippewa Falls • 726-3080 • marnie@houseblendstudio.com • houseblendstudio.com.
Inside Lines 306 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire • 834-4230 • insidelinesdesign.com.
Charlson’s Interior Design 97 W Madison St, Eau
Interior Arts 308 Eau Claire St, Eau Claire • 834-8424
CITYLIVING DESIGN Studio 320 Graham Ave #101,
Korgers Furniture & Decorating • 723-8852, 235-
Claire • 835-5144.
The Potting Shed 1717 Devney Dr, Altoona • 831-
4000 • gardener@thepottingshed1 • thepottingshed1. com The Potting Shed carries a plethora of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees; as well as anything you could possibly need to plant a garden including fertilizers, gloves, and the largest organics section around.
Sears Hometown Store 2521 Hills Court, Menomonie • 232-8086 • searshometownstores.com Sears sells the supplies every home gardener needs to keep their plants in top shape. Season’s Harvest Greenhouse E5345 County Rd D, Menomonie • 231-4769 • seasonsharvestgreenhouse. com Season’s Harvest has an impressive 6 greenhouses full of annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vegetables, and herbs. Also, the potting shed station located outside the greenhouses allows you to mix, match, and plant your flowers right after or while you’re browsing. Shopko 832-9777, 726-1251 • shopko.com Between
their outdoor garden center and the tools and supplies they sell in-store, Shopko offers everything you need to get your garden started right.
The Flower Farm 6400 State Rd 93, Eau Claire • 8327189 • Established in 1988, The Flower Farm carries a wide variety of annuals, perennials, trees, and herbs. Wal-Mart walmart.com Wal-Mart has the plants, flow-
ers, and supplies you need at the price you can afford. Locations in Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, and Menomonie.
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appropriate clothing. Bring a water bottle.
Why Native Plants? Apr. 27, 10am • Wise Nature Cen-
ter, Beaver Creek Reserve, S1 Cty Rd. K, Fall Creek • Friends $5, Nonmembers $8 • 877-2212 • beavercreekreserve.org Join us as we discuss which native plants are available for our area, why they are an important alternative and how they can save resources. Find out how using native grasses and flowers in your landscape can provide habitat for wildlife. Preview plants available at BCRe’s Native Plant Sale. Register and pay by April 24.
Lakeshore Park Community Garden Groundbreaking Event Apr. 27, 10am-1pm • Lakeshore Park Communi-
ty Garden • FREE • 715-833-0550 Celebrate the opening of a brand new community garden with other local horticulture enthusiasts by amending the soil, putting in compost, and measuring/making the plots.
Perennial Plant Exchange Apr. 27, 10-11am • Meno-
monie Public Library, 600 Wolske Bay Rd, Menomonie • FREE • (715) 232-2164 ext. 10 • www.menomonielibrary.org This event will be held outside if weather permits. Participants are asked to label their plants.
Native Plant Sale May. 11, 8:30am-1pm • Wise Na-
EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK. Dell’s Architectual Antiques has a wide range of antique furnishings, from sinks to floorboards. 3917 • korgersdecorating.com.
Lebakkens 2501 E. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire • 8331316 • lebakkensrto.com.
Lydia’s 1053 North Hastings Way, Eau Claire • 5520400 • lydiasgallery.com.
One of A Kind Interior Design 217 N. Bridge St, Chip-
pewa Falls • 726-2000 • oneofakindinteriordesign. com.
Pier 1 Imports 4008 Commonwealth Ave., Eau Claire
• 834-8002 • pier1.com.
RainMaster Lawn Systems 3445 London Rd., Eau Claire • 839-8484 • rainmaster@rainmasterlawn.com • rainmasterlawn.com.
Red Barn Kitchen & Bath E6355 290th Ave, Menomonie • 664-8145.
Scott Haug Capentry Eau Claire • 456-3589. Siker’s Furniture & Carpeting 124 Graham Ave, Eau Claire • 834-5026.
parks, neighborhood playgrounds, picnic areas, and recreational trails, where they clean the areas and prepare flowerbeds. Following the clean up, volunteers are invited to Hobbs Ice Center for food and prizes.
Eau Claire Forest St. Community Garden Membership Drive Apr. 22, 4:30-6:30pm • The Community
Table, 320 Putnam St., Eau Claire • FREE event admission; $10 membership (920) 680-5215 • www.thecommunitytable.org Community members are invited to learn about garden membership, to fill-out an application, and to assist with planting vegetable seeds that will be started indoors. The Shared Volunteer Garden is a half acre maintained by about 50 members and the produce is shared. Extra produce is donated to the Community Table of Eau Claire.
Our Land Campaign Apr. 27, 9am-1pm • Tower Ridge • No one has a right to dump garbage on Our Land. The Eau Claire County Forest Advisory Committee requests support to help clean up Tower Ridge Park. This event is not a walk in the park. Extremely strenuous activity requiring hiking boots, work gloves, and
ture Center, Beaver Creek Reserve, S1 Cty Rd. K, Fall Creek • 877-2212 • beavercreekreserve.org Choose from many varieties of native flowers, grasses and herbs to mix into your existing flowerbeds or start your own mini-prairie in your yard. Proceeds will help support activities at the Reserve. Plant experts will be on hand to answer questions at the sale.
Eau Claire Garden Club Plant Sale May. 18, 9am-noon • First Baptist Church, 416 Niagara St., Eau Claire • 832-0642 Stock up on locally grown perennials.
Summer Beautification Project: Trails on Tuesdays
Every Tuesday from Jun. 18 to Jul. 30 • Locations in and around Eau Claire • 715-839-8285 Help keep Eau Claire beautiful with the City of Eau Claire Parks, Recreation and Forestry Dept. We’re seeking volunteers to help with greens keeping and trash removal along city flower beds and trails. Groups can register according to their schedule with sections appropriate for the group’s size, or is a site specifically requested.
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Wednesdays Every Wednesday from Jun. 19 to Jul. 31 • Locations in and around Eau Claire • 715-8398285 Help keep Eau Claire beautiful with the City of Eau Claire Parks, Recreation and Forestry Dept. We’re seeking volunteers to help with greens keeping and trash removal along city flower beds and trails. Groups can register according to their schedule with sections appropriate for the group’s size, or is a site specifically requested.
Slumberland Furniture 3227 E Hamilton Ave., Eau Claire • 834-7272 • slumberland.com.
Southern Oak Window Fashions 4575 Old Town Hall
Road, Eau Claire • 835-8557 • southernoakwindowfashions.hdspd.com.
Spectrum Factory Outlet 925 First Ave, Chippewa Falls • 723-6750 • info@spectrumfurniture.com • spectrumfurniture.com.
TK Interior Design 5615 168th St, Chippewa Falls • 309-9668 • tracy@tkinteriordesign.com • tkinteriordesign.com. Tropical Interiors: Plant Care & Holiday Design •
933-0735 • beverly@tropinteriors.com • tropinteriors. com.
Wall to Wall Carpet One 3104 E. Hamilton Ave, Eau Claire • 598-4485 • walltowallcarpetoneeauclaire. com.
Local EveNTS Will Allen: The Good Food Revolution Apr. 17, 7:309pm • Schofield Auditorium, Schofield Hall, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire • $8, $6 UW faculty and staff/seniors, $4 kids under 17/UW students In Advance: $2 UW students • Will Allen is the leading authority in the expanding field of urban agriculture that aims to provide equal access to healthy, highquality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. He is the founder of the non-profit Growing Power, Milwaukee’s only urban farm, an international model for intensive urban agriculture and community food systems. Container Gardening Apr. 18, 2-3pm • St. Francis
Apartments, 851 University Drive, Eau Claire WI • This class is instructed by Brent Douglas of Brent Douglas Flowers for Everyday. Learn how to have a garden without the need for a big back yard.
Amazing Eau Claire Clean-Up Apr. 20, Check Venue
For Hours • Locations around Eau Claire • (715) 8395032 • www.eauclairewi.gov Presented by Eau Claire Parks, Rec, & Forestry, this event sends volunteers to locations throughout the city including community
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