Green Mountain Gardening & Pruning

01/03/2026

Did you know dormant season is the best time for planting perrenials, trees and shrubs? Late winter & early spring dormant season pruning is also right around the corner! Give a call and set up an appointment today 📞(802) 281-0658

12/20/2025

🌿 Green Mountain Gardening 🌿
Great gardens start with smart decisions.
With over 20 years of experience, Green Mountain Gardening provides thoughtful, professional care including perennial planting and maintenance, shrub and ornamental tree pruning based on each species’ seasonal needs, organic nutrient applications, and beneficial insect programs.
We believe strongly in planting for maturity. Shrubs and especially trees take time to reach maturity, so choosing the right species for the right location from the beginning is essential. No one wants an aggressive root system near the septic tank—or a shrub that eventually blocks the view from your favorite window 😄.
Making the first right steps saves time, money, and frustration down the road. We enjoy sharing our passion and experience so clients can make confident, informed choices that lead to healthy, beautiful landscapes for years to come.
Reliable. Knowledgeable. Friendly.�🌱 Gardening done right—from the start.

05/21/2022

Its about that time 🌱

Are you adding nutrients or nitrogen based fertilizer to garden beds, trees or grass this spring? I suggest waiting for soil temperatures to reach 55-60 degrees. The reason for waiting is plants, trees and lawns should be focusing on root development in the early spring. When high levels of nitrogen are added too early plants focus on leaf devolpment instead of root development which can lead to stress. You can get a soil thermometer for $20-$50 at your local grow store, nursery or online. Happy growing season folks!

03/15/2022

Before and After pictures of a beautiful garden install last summer. Proper soil, nutrients and water pushed these plants to more than triple their size within two months. This garden is full of pollinator plants and color all summer long making it quite the attraction for humminbirds, butterflies and bees.

06/08/2021

New Perrenial design around an existing water feature came out great. It will be exciting to watch it grow❤️🌻🐝🐞🌺

05/20/2021

Wooly Aphids under magnification in Clio, CA https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/

05/16/2021

Happy to see this movement making main stream, and understandable for any age. Give this a watch❤️❤️

Science experts and celebrity activists unpack the ways in which the earth's soil may be the key to combating climate change and preserving the planet.

05/13/2021

The public is invited to learn how to be prepared as residents and as rural mountain communities for wildfire at...

05/13/2021

Aphid infestation on some Fir trees today in Graeagle CA, Organic treament will be applied. Below is a link for more information on aphids. 🌺🌻🐝🌸🍁🌲
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/aphids_feeding_on_true_fir

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=931

05/11/2021

Tent Caterpillars are out and about! These little buggers will strip all the foliage off a tree. If you have ornamental trees be on the lookout. If they are small in numbers cut the branches and dispose of them. If there are large numbers I always suggest an organic treatment especially when dealing with flowering species as to a harsh pesticide that kills important pollinators🐝🌻

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5338005.pdf

05/02/2021

Grafted trees take a beating around here, mostly due to improper planting and care. The wound from a tree being grafted to a root stock is the weakest point of the tree and most susceptible to harm. One tip that seems to fall through the cracks is facing your graph or wound to the North. This will keep the wound less exposed to sun and elements. This applies to both potted or burlaped nursury stock and homeonwers planting. Although there is plenty more to do when planting a tree i hope this information will help everyone. Happy growing season folks🌲🌹🌺🐝🍁

05/02/2021

Make sure you store those bags of soil in the shade! Bags of soil should never be in direct sunlight🙅🏼‍♂️🐝❤️🌲🌺

Did you buy more bagged or bulk mulch, compost or garden soil than you need? Here’s how to store your surplus landscape materials for use in the spring.