Archive for Howell’s Farm
Farmers’ Market starts tomorrow!!!
Downtown Des Moines Farmers’ Market starts May 1st! We will be there again, same spot as last year. On Court Ave, between 2nd and 3rd. We will have lots of asparagus and also rhubarb! We’ll have rhubarb plants too, if you are interested in those. Also some hanging baskets and heirloom veggie plants. The market is open from 7-noon. It looks like a beautiful day so come say hi!
Asparagus is ready!!!
Stop by the farm this weekend, our home-grown asparagus is ready for you to pick up! $3 will get you a pound of some of the best asparagus you have ever tasted! We also have some asparagus crowns and strawberry plants ready to be planted, so come check those out along with all the other great plants in our overflowing greenhouses. The weather this weekend looks like perfect spring weather, so stop on out!
Spring has arrived at Howell Floral!
I never thought spring would get here, did you? But finally here it is, complete with springtime rain and thunderstorms!
Spring means we are very busy at the farm. We have three greenhouses packed with annuals, perennials, grasses, shrubs and vegetable plants. New this year, we are proud to feature Burpee vegetable plants, along with heirloom tomatoes and other heirloom vegetable seeds.
We w
ant to be your full-service garden center this year, so we have more tools than ever before to help you. Garden gloves, clippers, fertilizer, soil–everything you need to create your landscaping masterpiece! Stop in and let us get you started!
Spring Flowers, Asparagus at Howells Farm
Start checking our web site around April 15 to see when our asparagus is ready- the first, and for many, the favorite vegetable of the year!
Then mark you calendar for our big Spring Open House on May 9th.
The greenhouse is always full of beautiful flowers and plants, but in spring, our plants are truly in full glory–with hanging baskets, container gardens,all of your favorite Proven Winner annual and perennial bedding plants, herbs, heirloom tomatoes, ornamental grasses, and much more.
And don’t forget Howell’s Dried Florals and Greenhouse is the perfect place for Mother’s Day gifts, and a fun Mother’s Day outing for the whole family.
