Still Time!!

Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures for the spring photo contest. If you have not done it yet, and still want to enter you have until tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. to submit! If you would rather drop off your photos to one of our locations, feel free to do so tomorrow. We will have the pictures on the blog along with a poll for you to vote on your favorites. The winner will be announced on May 8, and will get a $25 gift card to Johnson's.

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Big Tomato Event!

Tired of buying tomatoes at the store, only to bite into the flavorless, mushy fruit that looked so perfect? Well, be tired no more, because we're having a Big Tomato Event! Johnson's is bringing in over 100 varieties of tomatoes, along with peppers, zucchini, melons, squash and eggplant. If you love the homegrown flavor of veggies, now's your chance to stock up. Pick up your favorites, or try some new, you surely won't be disappointed.

The Big Tomato Event is this coming weekend, April 30 - May 3 at all 4 Johnson's locations. Pick up your veggies 5/$10, reg. $2.49 each. Hope to see you there!

Flat Sale Day IV

I don't know if we have had this many really good plants, this late in the sale. We have had shipments of plants at all of our locations everyday. Our grower Ashley is busy pulling plants for our retail locations and Brother/Uncle Wes Johnson has done all he and his staff could do to keep us supplied. His driver Larry was at our stores before 6AM today unloading flowers. The Johnson's staff has done a great job as well in keeping a variety of plants for the customers. Our employees work 12+ hour days, yes, dragging a little late in the day, but they all get a rush working the sale. A big shout out and thanks to all of our staff for a great job. The big event continues thru tomorrow, Sunday, so hurry in.

Flat Sale Day 1

What a great day for Flat Sale. Yes, it was warm. I won't use the 'H' work, but the car was saying 91. Very little wind, it was just perfect for shopping for bedding plants. It wasn't that long ago that I was walking up to the greenhouse before going to bed, making sure the heaters were running because the low was going to be in the 20's. Now, we have the furnaces turned off, and can leave the back vents open at night. My Brother Wes Johnson has done a great job in growing plants for our 3 stores. Johnson's greenhouse grower Ashley has done a great job as well, growing about 1000 flats, mainly for our 13th. street store. We have shipment arriving during the sale, filling up the shelves with your favorite annuals.

Happy Hour April 22!

This week's special is Pro-Mix Potting Soil, only $4.99, reg. $9.98! Limit 2 please. Pro-Mix is the ultimate peat based potting soil for plants grown in hanging baskets and outdoor planters. It's water retention formula keeps a moist environment for plants, and allows for more time between waterings. Stop by Thurs. between 2-Close for Happy Hour to cash in on this great deal!

While you're at it, be sure to stock up on your favorite annuals at the annual Fill-A-Flat sale, flats of annuals for only $12.97!

Johnson's Flat Sale starts Wednesday 4/22

I am not sure which on this is, but I am guessing it is about our 20th annual flat sale. I remember our first one. It was only 1 day, a Sunday. We ran a 'spadia' ad in the newspaper. A spadia is a wrap around the spline of a section of the paper. Ours was around the comic section, pretty good placement I think. We bought a 1/2 truck load of plants, about 900 flats total for 2 stores. I thought my place would be at the east store, and Nancy decided to help out west. I did think that the west store should place their sale plants in the rear of the greenhouse (like the grocers do with milk and meat). My idea worked real well. The west store greenhouse was FULL of customers, with a line to pay running the length of the greenhouse! Needless to say, those plans changed that next year.

We now run the sale 5 days long, and sell well over 12,000 flats of locally grown annual bedding plants. Since the early days, Wichitians, and surrounding customers literally take vacation days from work to attend the event. This year, the weather looks great for shopping, planting, shopping, planting. We have the shelves stocked well and more plants on the way.

Have a great week of gardening.