Masterson's Garden Center, Inc.

06/20/2026

06/19/2026

In case you need an NBA player-sized flower in your newest garden bed - https://mastersons.net/blog/culvers-root

06/12/2026

We have just a few more nucleus colonies ready to go tomorrow morning, Saturday 6/13!

Order now online and be ready to pickup between 7:30-8:00 tomorrow morning.

And, as a gift to you procrastinators and impulsive purchasers, the cost is reduced to $210 as we're getting later in the season.

06/11/2026

Breaking news! Parker's Picks are back!

To kick things off, we have an excellent native shrub for us and wildlife - Arrowwood Viburnum! Check them out at the garden center get 10% through 6/10 when you mention this post, and be sure you read more about this versitile viburnum on our blog: https://mastersons.net/blog/arrowwood-viburnum

06/08/2026

We cleaned and repopulated the observation hive this afternoon. And just like everything with bees, it was not as straightforward as we anticipated.

The colony had been struggling all spring, no brood sighted, very low population. We put a new queen in last week and still nothing seemed to be happening. So, today's plan was to open it up and see what was going on in there. Turns out, pretty much nothing was going on in there.

We saw the new queen, but no signs of any eggs being laid yet. No worries, we figured we'd just put this tiny colony into a nuc box and put a swarm we captured a couple weeks ago into this hive and be done.

We started moving the new bees and and saw the queen just kinda sitting on the bottom of the box they'd been in. Something looked "off," though the only way I can describe it is that she looked drunk. Looking back, this swarm was captured off the ground, which is weird . Maybe she was injured already. I don't know. But fine. We'll just keep the old Queen in there and leave this injured one in the nuc box with some friends and keep an eye on her...an awesome plan except then we couldn't find the first queen. No idea where she went.

So, maybe there are two queens in there now. Maybe there's just one. Maybe one flew off and the other one is dead and there are no queens in there.

Guess we'll see what happens.

06/04/2026

We have a few more honeybee nucleus colonies ready to go! See more info and order on our website ASAP.

www.mastersons.net

05/18/2026

Hey local beekeepers! Let's talk about swarms. There are a few seats left for our Swarms & Splits class on Wednesday evening. Register online to save your spot.

https://mastersons.net/new-events/sf520

05/18/2026

Hey beekeepers! Let's talk about swarms. We have a few seats left in our Swarms & Splits class on Wednesday evening.

https://mastersons.net/new-events/sf520

05/14/2026

Hey EA gardeners! Did you know we have our very own Garden Walk? You can be part of this beautiful annual event by welcoming visitors to your space in July. Your garden doesn't need to look like a spread in Martha Stewart's magazine. Is there a water feature you're particularly proud of? A native plant garden full of pollinators? A color-themed annual display? If it brings you joy, please consider sharing your space and help inspire other area gardeners.

Visit the website to sign up!
https://www.eagardenwalk.com/home