TIEG business sponsors
The following local businesses support The Inland Empire Gardeners by running an ad in our monthly newsletter and in some cases offering discounts to our membership. Please buy local and support these businesses below.
Bartlett Tree Experts
11120 E Empire Ave #3
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
509-892-0110 - spokaneoffice@bartlett.com - www.bartlett.com
Bartlett Tree Experts was founded in 1907 and is the world's leading scientific tree and shrub care company with offices around the United States. We can help with most any tree, shrub, or insect management issue. Office Hours - Monday through Friday 8am-5pm
Blue Moon Garden & Nursery
1732 S Inland Empire Wy
Spokane, WA 99224
509-747-4255 - www.bluemoonplants.com
Nice plants/people--proudly offers wide selection of healthy plants at reasonable prices. They are friendly, knowledgeable, conscientious people, and you´ll find Blue Moon to be a pleasant change from plant shopping at places where plants (and often customer service) are not the main consideration. They are enthusiastic in our goal of wanting you to be successful in your garden endeavors and have a good time doing it. So come on in, sit by the pond, listen to the trains, browse to your heart´s content, and let them help you pick the right plants for the right places. They love dogs, so feel free to bring yours along when you come to see us.
Wednesday through Saturday 10 to 6, Sunday 11 to 5.
CDA Arts & Culture Alliance
105 N 1st St, Ste 100
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
208-292-1629 - www.artsandculturecda.org - abby@artsandculturecda.org
The Coeur d'Alene Arts & Culture Alliance is dedicated to promoting and establishing the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Written Arts, Cultural Arts, and Education for the Arts in the Greater Coeur d'Alene Area, while providing valuable networking opportunities for those involved and seeking to be involved in the arts.
Desert Jewels Nursery
9809 E Upriver Dr
Spokane, WA 99206
509-893-3771 - desertjewelsnursery@gmail.com - www.desertjewelsnursery.com
Specializes in plants for people who want to save water and still have a beautiful landscape. They grow hardy, locally adapted, and drought tolerant plants that can bring beauty while using minimal resources. Environmentally conscious homeowners and landscapers, people who wish to encourage birds and butterflies, people on wells with low water availability, rock gardeners and collectors will all find something interesting and beautiful at Desert. The nursery is open for appointments.
Floralia Nursery
1013 W Knox Ave
Spokane, WA 99205
509-724-0223
floralianursery@gmail.com - https://www.floralianursery.com
We offer a unique selection of climate appropriate plants for Spokane and the Inland Northwest. Our focus is providing unique, unusual, and rare plants that can handle our cold winters, while thriving on little to no supplemental water.
Garden and Nature Tours with C. Colston Burrell
Free Union (VA) 22940 United States
(434) 825-6005
From Seattle to South Africa, we arrange one of a kind tours focused on the best private and public gardens, and the most ecologically diverse natural areas to create once in a lifetime travel adventures. www.gardenandnaturetours.com
Garden Landscapes
Richard Lambert
509-263-0384 - www.theenglishlandscaper.com - richlambertgardens@yahoo.com
Call Richard for a free initial consultation to discuss your garden landscape. The space outside our homes is precious. Richard believes gardens have an uplifting effect on people, architecture and the wider environment. He will strive to create inviting, functional landscapes that people will want to use. He knows that a well-designed garden can be attractive all year round. He seeks out ways to capture and expose the beauty of a landscape. His dynamic plantings celebrate seasonal change and regional beauty and are designed for minimal maintenance. His thoughtful, practical approach to the design process considers each location and client individually. Plants, materials and practices are chosen as appropriate to each site, to ensure a long lived, manageable space.
Garden UP Landscape
PO Box 9567
Spokane, WA 99209
509-768-5442 - www.gardenuplandscape.com - gardenuplandscape@yahoo.com
A little, local, gardening company. Serving Spokane. Specialize in garden maintenance: Rose Care; Weeding; Pruning (shrubs & small trees); Rejuvenation Pruning (bring an old, sad shrub back to life!); Flower/Perennial Care; and Planting. They also offer: Landscape Design; Vegetable Gardening; Homesteading; and Landscape Contracting.
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Gibson's Nursery & Landscape Supply
1401 S Pines Rd
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
509-928-0973 - www.gibsonsnursery.net
They have been serving Spokane Valley, WA and the surrounding area since 1978. They offer nursery products and landscape supplies for all your outdoor requirements. They understand the importance and value of creating a beautiful garden or well landscaped property. This is why they are committed to offering their customers the best quality, selection, price and customer service, for which we are renowned. Their knowledgeable staff can help you decide which varieties of plants to use, or the best type of landscaping supplies required, depending on your situation. TIEG discount.
Idaho Helleborus Company
Bonner’s Ferry
Bringing Beauty to Your Garden
idahohelleboruscompany@gmail.com - www.idahohelleboruscompany.com
Hellebores are prized as being the harbingers of Spring by displaying beautiful blooms from late Winter into Spring. These rare perennials plants are tough, cold-hardy, low maintenance, deer and rabbit resistant, and easy to grow. Hellebores feature evergreen foliage which remains handsome year-round.
McFarland Prey Real Estate
417 W 1st Ave
Spokane, WA 99201
509-679-9208 - stuart@mcfarlandprey.com - www.propertybyprime.com/agents/104845-Stuart-Prey
TIEG - If you buy and sell with me I will sell your house for a reduced commission.
Stuart Prey - Real Estate Broker- In his role as Chief Operations Officer Stuart brings expertise in business development, retention, and cutting edge technology to ensure that Prime Real Estate is always on the precipice of the home buying/selling experience. His professional goal for Prime is that all Prime agents are the best in the industry, offering professional guidance, care, and referrals to their clients so that they have the best experience possible.
Northwest Seed & Pet
2422 E Sprague Ave
Spokane, WA 99202 - 509-534-0694
7302 N Division St
Spokane, WA 99208 - 509-484-7387
Complete Gardening Centers and full line of pet supplies. Spokane’s full line Lawn, Garden, Pets, Fish, Ponds, House Plants, Wild birds, and gift store. Their business sells products retail and online. Staff are experts in their fields. Northwest Seed & Pet has enjoyed more than 60 years in business. 15% regular price garden items to TIEG members. www.nwseed.com
Parks Place Plants
1510 N Argonne Rd
Spokane Valley, WA 99212
Phone: 509-413-2770 - Owner Karleen Parks
Email - parksplaceplants@gmail.com - https://parksplaceplants.com
TIEG Discount - 10% off entire purchase
At Parks Place Plants we provide quality houseplants at an affordable competitive price. We build and maintain quality customer relationships through a variety of means including the free sharing of expert knowledge regarding the successful care of our customer’s houseplants.
Pat Munts Garden Coach
4903 S Mohawk Ln
Spokane, WA 99206
509-998-9769
Sort Out Your Garden Priorities and Ideas
Pat Munts, Garden Consultant
Facebook: Pat Munts Garden Coach
A garden coach is someone who not only has a passion for gardening, but also feels motivated to help other beginner and intermediate gardeners discover the pure and simple joy of picking a little bit of food or cut flowers from their own backyard daily.
Petal Pushers Nursery
201 E 6th Ave
Post Falls, ID 83854
208-763-4355
Full service garden center. Consultations. Garden Design. Installation. Custom Planting. Classes. Flower Baskets. Commercial Plantings. A great nursery with wonderfully friendly and helpful staff.
www.facebook.com/PetalPushersNurseryPF
Rex Begonia Mystery Series
Where wordplay and sleuthing take root.
Author - Chris Bieker
Books
Murder at Manito
Blood on Bloomsday
High Stakes at Hoopfest
Available locally in Spokane, WA at
Auntie’s Bookstore
Wishing Tree Books
Amazon
website - authorbieker.com
Murder at Manito: A Rex Begonia Mystery (Rex Begonia Mysteries Book 1) - by Chris Bieker
Book 1 of 3: Rex Begonia Mysteries
Shortly before the kickoff of Spokane's string of garden related events, the head gardener of the Lilac City's prestigious Manito Park is found dead - shot through the heart. The city's curmudgeonly top detective Rex Begonia and his protégé Ivy Lizei are tasked with solving the crime. Can they weed out the growing list of suspects and crack the case in time for Mayor Sammy Proscuitto to announce his re-election campaign and garner the green vote? Enjoy the wordplay in this comedic mystery while attempting to solve the murder with Rex and Ivy.
Blood on Bloomsday: A Rex Begonia Mystery (Rex Begonia Mysteries Book 2 of 3) - by Chris Bieker
Book 2 of 3: Rex Begonia Mysteries
The Lilac Bloomsday Race brings worldwide competitors to Spokane to run in one of the largest, annual, timed road races in the nation. Despite his better instincts, solitary Detective Rex Begonia gets recruited for the Spokane Police Department’s corporate cup running team. That’s just the beginning of the teamwork as Rex and his partner Ivy Lizei join forces with wildlife officers, tribal police, Border Patrol officers and more to solve a murder and an international smuggling operation. Rex finds himself caught up in a double Bloomsday--one in which he participates in the Lilac Bloomsday Race and a second in which he is in a race for his life.
High Stakes At Hoopfest: A Rex Begonia Mystery (Rex Begonia Mysteries Book 3)
Book 3 of 3: Rex Begonia Mysteries
by Chris Bieker
Hoopfest, the world's largest three-on-three basketball tournament transforms into a high-stakes game for Spokane's top detective Rex Begonia and his partner Ivy Lizei. Mayor Sammy Prosciutto's shot at becoming Governor is blocked when his campaign takes a nasty turn and our favorite sleuths get netted into solving a murder.
Rosarium Garden Center
9405 S Williams Ln
Spokane, WA 99224
509-448-4968
Own-root hardy roses. Rosarium Garden Center is family-owned propagation greenhouses and display gardens located in Spokane. All plants are container grown on their own roots and shipped leafed out with a healthy, virus free root system. Hybrid Teas, Floribunda, Climbing, Old Garden, Shrub, Ground Cover Roses, and Rugosa. They have more than roses. You can fill your garden with clematis, vines, perennials, shrubs, arbors, statuary, pots, benches, and much more. 10% off TIEG members. https://rosariumgardencenter.com
Secret Garden & Greenhouse
7717 E 18th Ave
Spokane Valley, WA 99212
509-892-0407
Dee & Ed Peck home-grow the best looking, healthiest plants around! Hidden at the base of the Dishman Hills, the Secret Garden & Greenhouse offers a variety of annuals and locally zoned perennials for your gardening needs. Their customers know us for our personalized potting and design service. In addition to plants, they keep a selection of ceramic pots, bird feeders, and other eclectic garden decorations. Come and explore their four large greenhouse. They are committed to bringing the newest and hottest trends in the plant world to the Spokane Valley.
www.secretgardengreenhouse.com
Trellis And Table Greenhouse
13910 S Short Rd
Cheney, WA 99004
509-359-0064 - trellisandtable509@gmail.com - www.trellisandtable.com
Flowering baskets. Bedding Plants. Vegetable Starts. Herbs. Foliage. We love growing. We love playing in the dirt, watching seeds become seedlings and seedlings grow into something amazing. It’s good therapy for heart and soul, body and mind. Let us help you love the garden you grow! Love the garden you grow.
Westwood Gardens Nursery & Garden Art
15825 N Westwood Dr
Rathdrum, ID 83858
Owner - Jodee Fyfe - email - jodeefyfe@gmail.com
Phone - 208-687-5952 - www.westwoodgardenid.com
TIEG Discount - 10% off trees, shrubs, and gallon perennials
Is a Family Owned Garden Center located in our hometown of Rathdrum, Idaho. We take pride in finding unique items for your garden decor and gift giving needs. We hope to inspire you as you browse through our new selections each season. If you are looking for something special that we do not carry, please ask and we can possibly find it for you.
Wild Birds Unlimited
2925 E 29th Ave, Suite B
Spokane, WA 99223
509-862-4715 - wbuspokane1@gmail.com - www.wbu.com/spokane
TIEG Discount - 10% off regularly priced items
Owners- Hanna and David Goss
Offering a Variety of Foods to Attract a Variety of Birds - From our exclusive seed blends and suets to nectar and insects, we offer a variety of foods to help you attract the widest variety of birds to your yard. All of our foods feature the highest quality ingredients, so you can be sure you're offering the best to your backyard dinner guests.
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Shop Local
Why Buy Locally Owned?
There are many well-documented benefits to our communities and to each of us to choosing local, independently owned businesses. We realize it is not always possible to buy what you need locally and so merely ask you to Think Local FIRST!
Top 10 Reasons to Think Local - Buy Local - Be Local
1 - Buy Local - Support yourself - Several studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms--continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community.
2 - Support community groups - Non-profit organizations receive an average 250% more support from smaller business owners than they do from large businesses.
3 - Keep our community unique - Where we shop, where we eat and have fun--all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of this place. Our tourism businesses also benefit. “When people go on vacation they generally seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not just anyplace.” ~ Richard Moe, President, National Historic Preservation Trust
4 - Reduce environmental impact - Locally owned businesses can make more local purchases requiring less transportation and generally set up shop in town or city centers as opposed to developing on the fringe. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution.
5 - Create more good jobs - Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally and in our community, provide the most jobs to residents.
6 - Get better service - Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and take more time to get to know customers.
7 - Invest in community - Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s future.
8 - Put your taxes to good use - Local businesses in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering the community.
9 - Buy what you want, not what someone wants you to buy - A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.
10 - Encourage local prosperity - A growing body of economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character. reprinted from http://sustainableconnections.org
"It could be the greenest product in the world, but if it came here from China, it doesn't really matter." - Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor in chief of Natural Home magazine