Great Garden Goods

Goods

Where to get all those gotta-have garden gadgets and goodies to help your garden look its very best.

By Nancy L. Claus

Amodio’s Garden Center

(914) 949-3922

www.amodiosflowershop.com

Fresh flowers, plants, shrubs, and bulbs, along with lots of garden goods:

pottery, baskets, books, magazines, and more.

Avant Garden

Pound Ridge

(914) 764-0010

This funky, former ’50s gas station in Scotts Corners is overflowing with vintage and antique planters and garden furniture as well as limited editions of newly crafted pieces.

Fleur

, Mount Kisco

(914) 241-3400

www.fleur-newyork.com

Go for garden antiques, ornaments, and furniture, particularly large-scale items from France and faux-bois (cement over a metal frame) benches, chairs, and tables. You’ll also find  contemporary items like antiqued-finished clay pots and hand-forged garden tools.

Greenwich Orchids

Yellow Monkey Village

792 Rte. 35, Cross River

(914) 763-3600

Orchids, orchids, and more orchids.

Laura Spector

Rustic Design

www.lauraspectorrustic design.com

(203) 254 – 3952

These impossibly romantic-looking benches, tables, and follies are handcrafted from Oriental bittersweet, an invasive vine that Spector forages from area parks and alongside roadways. No two are ever alike.

Nabel’s Nurseries

(914) 949-3963

From succulents to sunflowers, from orchids to decorative orange trees, here you’ll find all you need to create your own Garden of Eden.

Pound Ridge Nurseries

Pound Ridge

(914) 764-5781

www.prnurseries.com

This park-like nursery has a huge selection of flora (and in winter, fauna too, with a fun petting zoo for kids), landscape services, accessories, and a fabulous seasonal holiday store with whimsical ornaments, faux greenery, and collectibles.

Rosedale Nurseries

, (Route 9A) Hawthorne

(914) 769-1300

www.rosedalenurseries.com

At Rosedale, you can do it yourself, picking out trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals, and planting them yourself. Or, the landscape department can plan, design, plant, and maintain your garden. The company has five nursery locations with more than 600 acres in the region.

Smith and Hawken

Scarsdale (Also in New Canaan and Westport, CT)

(914) 722-0690

www.smithandhawken.com

Go for high-quality gardening tools, accessories, and potted plants, including approximately 20 varieties of orchids. Smith and Hawken also carries its own brand of metal and teak outdoor furniture, complete with storage covers.

Sprainbrook Nursery

Scarsdale

(914) 723-2382

www.sprainbrook.com

Everything you need to

garden along with things you never knew you needed.

Sun Valley Nursery

, Ossining

(914) 762-6161

Not just plants, but everything to put them in, too: handmade and hand-

painted imported Italian ceramic pots and a large selection of cast-stone and cast-iron planters, benches, statues, and fountains.

United House Wrecking

(203) 348-5371

www.unitedhouse

wrecking.com

One person’s castaway is another’s treasure. Find architectural salvage, unique urns, garden statuary, fountains, and many life-sized bronzes of animals and

cute kids.