It feels like Christmas has come already at Potters 192. We have been opening boxes since July, and decorating as fast as our little hands can curl ribbon. The store looks stunning! A new addition this year are 5 ‘new to us’ Christmas window displays out front of the store. Reminiscent of the Woodwards store [...]
Halloween just isn’t Halloween without it’s television specials. I can remember my parents allowing my sister and I to stay up later than usual to catch one of these great seasonal shows. To us they were all fantastic, spooky story lines and new adventures. Unfortunately, after viewing many of them with my own kids years [...]
Isn’t it neat to live in a place in the world where there are such definitve seasons? For the garden centre business, there is such a HUGE distinction between spring, summer, fall and winter. Spring is usually INSANE and you run around like a headless chicken just trying to keep up. Summer starts to slow [...]
Not to be confused with “Smoke Bush”( Cotinus coggygria ), the burning bush is actually an Euonymus (you have seen euonymus as a ground cover). Euonymus alatus is that bush that you are seeing everywhere right now… I guarantee you know what I’m talking about. It’s a boring green leafy shrub all summer long, with no [...]
The plant pictured below has been growing at our 152 location for 3 years. It shines from spring all the way until autumn, where it explodes with colour. I’ll give you a few hints as to its identity. 1. It’s a relative to our favourite christmas flower 2. Gloves are a must 3. This variety [...]
Whoa! Those wolves at the 72nd Haunted House are SCARY!! I don’t want to give anything away but when they leap out at you, you can feel your kidneys in your throat!! Yikes! The wolves are just one of many amazing things to see at this year’s Haunted House… make sure you make the trek over [...]
Potters 192′s Breast Cancer Gala night was a big hit! Here are some pictures from Thursday night: The front entrance Thank you for pre-registering, can I check your ticket number? May I take your coat? Harpists welcome you to the venue Some of our volunteers Fruit sculptures! Dancing to the night away to Nearly Neil [...]
Potters 2nd Annual Breast Cancer Fundraising Gala was a great success last night! Nearly Neil sang for us and rocked the house! We had 4 wineries here keeping the spirits up and lots of great apertifs from our caterers. There was a baby grand piano being played and 2 harpists at the front door as you entered. [...]
When I was a youngster, going out on Halloween night was the highlight of the year. Candy, pop, firecrackers, independence (when I got older) and, of course, the occasional handful of peanuts. It was all so amazing… well, almost… there was one Halloween that wasn’t so spooktacular. I was 5 or 6 years old and [...]
Do you need a great little shrub for an empty spot in your garden? Look no further than barberry… they’re deciduous little shrubs with great leaf colour, often in the purple tones. The branches have sharp little thorns but the overall look of the shrub is very attractive. And lucky for you Potter’s has good [...]
