Wow! Potter’s 72nd just got in some scented tulips! What could be better than a large-flowered fragrant tulip? The answer… NOTHING! Fall bulbs are here!

After the late-summer clear-out of our spring/ summer stock people think Potter’s might be low on colour.. but they’re wrong! We’ve stocked up with mums, aster and pansies and we’re chock full of colour again! We have mum tubs, large asters, leafy little kales, packs of glorious pansies… there’s lots to choose from in the [...]

Boy, it’s been beautiful weather lately, hasn’t it? Does anybody remember that they were wearing winter jackets up until the end of June? Well, I guess I do… regardless, with all this sunny weather I want to remind everybody to water those annual planters and baskets really well. By this point your planters are probably [...]

Make sure you hit your local Potter’s store in the next few days.. most of the plant material is half price right now and that’s a great deal!! Tree, shrubs, vines, perennials, annuals… half price! Also our large selection of pottery is half price as well. There’s still great pottery selection with lots of colours [...]

For those of you that own iPhones, there’s a really cool app out there called “Seasons”. It allows the user to see what fruits and vegetables are “in-season” at your local markets. It shows you when the local stuff is available and when the import stuff comes in. For example, you point on a map [...]

Boy, I’m looking around our greenhouses and we still have lots of colour! There’s loads of flowery annuals and perennials in full bloom at all the Potter’s locations. Some people think mid-summer is a bore for flowers but it’s as colourful as ever around Potter’s. Come check us out!

… are not here yet but they’re just around the corner… at least that’s the rumor on the street. I love mum n pansy season.. usually it coincides with bulb season and that’s tons o’ fun! There’s always lots of fall colour at Potter’s in late August, September and early October. Make sure you come [...]

The annual Potter’s staff softball game is coming upon us quickly. The 192nd store has been strong the past couple of years and the other stores will be looking to dethrone the champions. We’ve been playing inter-store softball since I can remember… it all started many, many years ago and now it’s become tradition. A [...]

If you were at our Ocean Park store on the weekend you might have seen somebody relaxin’ in a hammock in a tranquil corner… and it was none other than our Ad Guy! He decided that rather than buy a hammock for a very reasonable price, he’d just use the display model instead and save [...]

The guys from Potter’s 72nd are frantically programming away to try and make a really cool computerized animated light show for the 192nd store this year… it’s a lot of programming but it should also be a lot of fun when it’s finished. There will be lighted trees, stars, peaks and snowflakes all dancing to [...]