Celebrating 30 Years With A Look Back…The Blizzard of ’93

The horticulture business is framed out of necessity by the weather and the vagaries of nature… heat, cold, storms, wind, drought. When Billy Angell built Oak Street Garden Shop’s first  shade house early in 1990 and finished the greenhouse at the end of that year, he knew that, even with these  protections for the plants, the […]

Cool Season Annuals…What Are They, And When Do You Plant Them?

The Birmingham area can see great fluctuations in temperatures in any given year, from sizzling summer highs in the upper 90’s to lows well below freezing in the winter complete with rain, sleet and even snow (Look HERE for a post on the blizzard of ‘93.). For gardeners this can present a quandary when trying […]

Celebrating 30 Years With A Look Back – Build It And They Will Come…

There are many businesses in the surrounding areas that have celebrated more years than our 30, but I felt the need to mark the passing of time and the evolution of this small independent gardenshop in the Mountain Brook suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. With the 2013 overhaul of our website by Rebecca Moody, this process […]

Early Spring Container Garden

March…The In-Between Month

There’s really no in-between month for hard core gardeners, as there’s always something to do or a new revelation in the landscape.         But for the more casual plant person, a few warm days signal it’s time to call or visit the garden shop to buy all the spring bedding plants they […]

First Shrubbery Shipment of the Spring Has Arrived!

Last week our first spring shipment arrived, this from a local grower in Shelby County. We can always count on them to supply us with healthy plants, all of which are chosen for our area. This shipment has treasures that you might not notice on first glance. Because of our space limitations we carry small […]