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If you have a Water Garden you need to winterize it now! Hear what is essencial to do in our first segment! It’s inevitable the snow will come and bend over your shrubs! We have simple rules to follow to protect your plants. Hear them all in our 2nd segment!! Pest’s are looking at your home as a warm winter vacationing spot! We’ll explain what you can do to prevent or eliminate these snow- birds from invading your home in our 3rd segment. Shortly you will be taking your Christmas tree out of your house! Now what? We’ll tell you how you can repurpose your fresh tree In our 4th Segment!!!! Hear our Garden New Years Resolutions in our final segment!! How about you?!!
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am
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93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area Sundays at 8am
1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations. Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora
Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home.
Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host! Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Today is the first day of Winter! In our first segment we’re going to discuss the the Winter Solstice! Did you get a Poinsettia for Christmas? In our 2nd segment we’re going to discuss caring for poinsettias in the home!! Depression era children and grand children can remember the stories of getting citrus in thier stockings. We’re going to discuss growing citrus as a house plant in our 3rd segment!! Scale are an insect pest on indoor and outdoor plants.It can be particularly difficult to control on indoor plants but we have the solution! Hear what that is in our 4th Segment!!!! Today’s Show is airing just before Christmas! In our final segment Julio, Aaron and I will Share with you what Christmas means to us in our final segment!!
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Mary's Yews Call • Pro. Steve's Lawn Fertilizer Call • Keep Your Cut Christmas Tree Fresh • Gifts for Gardeners • The Burrrrrds & The Breeze (Cold Weather Help)
Mary called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and has questions about her yews! Not me but Yews as in the shrub Taxus Yews! Hear all about it in our first segment! Professor Steve called the Hotline and asked if it is too late to put down lawn fertilizer! Hear our advice in our 2nd segment!! Do you have your Christmas Tree up? If you have a fresh Tree we have some tips on how to keep it fresh in our 3rd segment!! The clock is ticking and you better get your Christmas Shopping Done! In our 4th Segment we have some great ideas for gifts for gardeners!!!! Our Burrrrds will need our help when the weather turns cold. We’ll give you some suggestions to help our feathery friends in our final segment!!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 12.7.24 • The Poinsettia Show • The History • The Flower • The Care
On todays show we’re going to tell you a plant story! It contains an Aztec King, an American Spy, and seems to touch every continant! The story continues with a foreign Ambassador and the questionable influence of a Presidential election! It weaves itself right here through Philadelphia where it was in- troduced by Ann Bartram of Bartram Gardens. During the roaring twenties the tale heads west right to Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard. We might have never know the whole story If it wasn’t for a small Grower from Germany!!
So what are we talking about? The fascinating story of the Poinsettia.
We’ll talking everything Poinsettias...Event what the Poison Control Center said about poinsettias and their toxicity.Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 11.30.24• The Beauty of Amaryllis • Thanksgiving Christmas vs Christmas Cactus • Fresh Christmas Greens • Balled & Burlapped Christmas Trees • Bringing a Fig Tree Indoors?!? • and More!
Do you love Amaryllis as much as I do? This beautiful Flowering Bulb has a story almost as beautiful as the flower! Learn all about Amaryllis during our 1st segment! Christmas Cactus are a popular Holiday Plant. Hear about the differences from Thanksgiving Cactus vs Christmas Cactus and how to grow them in our second segment! Bring a sense of nostalgia to this Holiday Season using Fresh greens everywhere in our homes. Hear about thier use in history and lore during our 3rd segment. Before you go out and buy a cut Christmas tree! Con- sider a Potted or Balled and Burlapped Tree you can plant After Christ- mas! We’ll weigh the options in our 4th segment. After listening to our Fig Winterizing segment a listener contacted us about how to winterize a fig tree growing in a container! Hear all about it during our final segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 11.23.24• 'Leave' the Leaves or Let Them Be??? • Rabid Fox Updates • Fall Mulch & NJ Restrictions • Favored Firewood • Thanksgiving Gifts & More!!!
With the rain this week the leaves are really falling now! You can’t let them just sit on your lawn hear all about it in our 1st segment! We have an update to our red fox segment last week. Dangerous situations have been reported hear all about it in our second segment. Don’t get too comfortable! Winter cold is coming and your plants are need a winter blanket. Learn all about mulching your landscape in our 3rd segment. It’s time to get your firewood! We have a quick Primer on buying firewood, starting a fire and taking care of your fireplace or woodburning stove! Hear all about it in our 4th segment. Don’t go to Thanksgiving diner empty handed, we’re going to suggest some hostess gifts you can bring. Listen in during our final segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 11.16.24 • Pack up the Hummingbird feeder for Winter? • Stolen Magnolia Seed Heads • Hotline Caller Jimmy's Fig Trees • Len's Got a Fox! • Caller Suzanne's Creepy Crawlies
Are you worried that by keeping your Hummingbird feeder up you’re prventing your Hummingbirds from migrating? We’ll fill you in whether to fill up your Hummingbird Feeder or pack it away for the winter in our 1st segment! Do you have a Southern Magnolia? Are the seed heads disappearing? You have a thief! We tell you who the culprit is in our second segment. Jimmy from Wayne NJ called the Bloomers n the Garden hotline and asked a question about cutting his figtree! Hear all about it in our 3rd segment. Len had a fox running through his yard. Are fox some- thing you should worry about? We’ll tell you in our 4th segment. Suzzane called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline after list- ing to our Creepy Crawly segment on home insect iinvaders. Listen in during our final segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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If your hollies are not producing berries whe have to have “the Talk”! We’ll explain in our 1st segment! It’s time to winterize your fig tree. We’ll explain what you’ll need to to in our second segment. Are you looking to attract more wild birds? We’ll help you out with some great tips in our 3rd segment. We have an update on the glow in the dark firefly petunias hear all about it in our 4th segment. So What’s in a name? Ever wonder where plants get thier name! Find out where the Annabelle Hydrangea got it’s name in our final seg- ment!
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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1. In our 1st segment we received a call to the Bloomers in the garden hotline from Doug from Bristol PA. Doug’s wife purchased a rose that she wants to plant in a pot. We’ll explain in our 1st segment!
2. Before you put away that mower there are a few things to take care of. We’ll tell you what they are in our second segment.
3. We received a text to the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline asking about over wintering Cannas! It is a perplexing problem which we will ex- plain in our 3rd segment.
4. We discuss our favorite cool weather Bloomers...the Fall Blooming Camellia...Julio and I will tell you what you need to know about these beauties in our 4th segment.
5. Prof. Steve comes to Bloomers each Saturday and this past week the discussion came up, “Where do Bees go in the Winer”? He called the question in to the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline! Hear Prof. Steve’s call and find out where the bees go in our final segment!!
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 10.26.24 • Storing Your Summer Bulbs In Winter • Daffodils & Narcissus • Tulip Time! • What’s a Pip?!? • & More!
The Brightest Bulb may actually be in the Ground!! Today's show is all about Flowering Bulbs!! In our 1st segment we'll be explaining the differences between Summer Flowering and Spring Flowering bulbs in our 1st segment.
Once you know which are Summer Flowering bulbs you're going to have to dig them up and store over the winter! We'll tell you how during our second segment!
Daffodils & Narcissus are a Spring flowering bulbs in the same family. We'll share with you how to grow them in our 3rd segment!
Tulips are a possibly the most popular of all bulbs. Listen in how to have success with Tulips in our 4th segment.
Last but not least there bulbs are a real PIP, really! Somewhat lesser known bulbs like Crocus, Hyacinths are discussed during our final segment!
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 10.19.24 • Fall Planting | Onions & Garlic • Winterizing Your Roses • The Benefits of Planting Cover Crops • Moving Trees & Shrubs in Fall • Wild Birds & Suet & More
It is time to plant Onions and Garlic for the most flavorful crop you'll harvest in spring!! We'll tell you how during our 1st segment! Enjoy your roses final blossoms for the year. Listen what to do when those final petals fall in our 2nd segment! Planting A Garden cover crop improves you garden soil in many ways. Hear the benefits to planting a cover crop during our 3rd segment!! Do you have a tree or shrub you'd like to move? Now's the time we'll tell you what you have to do during our 4th segment! Feeding Wild Bird Seed to birds makes sense but what's the deal with suet? We're going to explain the benefits of feeding the birds suet during our final Segment.Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 10.12.24 • Controlling Weeds in Mulch (Hotline Text) • Yellow Leaves & Mulch Problems • With a Name Like Pansy, They've Gotta Be Tough! • Creepy Crawlers | Spiders and Crickets • Gaultheria Wintergreen & More!
A listener texted the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and asked about controlling weeds growing in their mulch!! Hear how to clean up your landscape beds for the winter! Sometimes you can over mulch! Do you have plants that look yellowish even though you put down fertilizer? We'll tell you what could be going on in our 2nd segment! With a name like Pansy you know these flowers have to be tough! Julio and I will explain what makes these flowers special stand outs in both fall and spring during our 3rd segment!! Halloween is upon us and creepy crawlers are sneaking in my house! Spiders and Crickets are setting up their winter quarters inside your home! Hear how to evict them perminenantly during our 4th segment! We're want to introduce you to a fantastic ground cover that has an evergreen glossy leaf and brilliant red berries, tolerates shade, is deer resistant, and is hardy from zone 3 to 7. Hear what that is during our final SegmentPhiladelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 10.5.24 • Pumpkintown USA•Pumpkins & Squirrels•Pruning Hydrangeas Like A Pro!•Fall Pond Prep•Bringing Your Houseplants & Tropicals Back Indoors
It's Pumpkin Season and during our first segment we're going to give you a quick primer on Pumpkins before you head out to the Pumpkin patch!!
We received a question how to keep squirrels from eating the pumpkins on your front porch! Hear how during our 2nd segment!
It seems like every couple weeks we're talking about how to or not to prune hydrangeas. Stay tuned for a Hydrangea Pruning review in our 3rd segment!!
It's time to start your Fall prep for your pond. There are somethings you need to do now to prepare for the winter. Hear all about it during our 4th segment!
During our final Segment we're going to remind you how to bring those houseplants and tropical patio plants indoors.
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.28.24 • Scorch Viburnum Hotline Text • Crabgrass Swan Song • Trees Fall Color Transitioning • Nature's Animal Pests • Listener Harold New DIY Carnivorous Plant Feeding Hack
We received a text from a listener who has leaf scorch on their newly planted viburnums. Hear what they can do in our first segment.
Is your Lawn turning in to a patchwork of spots oor blotches of red, purple or brown. We'll tell you what is happening during our 2nd segment!
Your lawn is not be the only things changing colors. The trees have started changing to their Autumn Glory early this year. Have you ever wondered why leaves change colors in the fall? We've got the answers for you during our 3rd segment.
This time of year animals become the pests in your garden and landscape! Mice, Moles, Skunks, and deer all become destructive and annoying problems. Hear more what you can do during our 4th segment!
This week we got call from a longtime listener, Harold Kozak of Staten Island. After listening to last weeks show he was inspired! Hear what that was during our final Segment.
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.21.24 • Shrub TLC • Season of the Grape...Fruit Flies. & Fungus Gnats • Grass Seed Lasagna • Hotline Text about Cat Pee & Houseplants • Johnny Appleseed...A Myth or The Real Deal
After a HOT dry summer your landscape shrubs are going to need some TLC before going to bed this winter. We'll tell you what to do in our first segment. It's prime time for Fruit fliess and we've got a great way to get gid of these annoying pests and fungus gnats too. Hear all about it during our 2nd segment! Fall is the perfect time to sow grass seed and start a lawn or fill in bare pots. We'll tell you how to have success with seed during our 3rd segment. So what to do if your cat uses your houseplants as a litter box! We received a text to the Hotline discussing just that! Hear more in our 4th segment! This Thursday is Johnny Appleseed Day! Is Jonny Appleseed aa real person or a myth? We'll tell you in our final Segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.14.24 • Fall is For Planting • Your Landscape Needs a Facelift • Soil Topography • Foundations of Planting (Color, Texture, & Form) • What’s Buggin' You?!? A Leaking Pond
You hear it all the time "Fall is for Planting, Fall is for Planting" we'll we're going to explain what makes fall such a good time to plant in our first segment.
Now You're convinced it's time to plant where to start? Find out during our 2nd segment!
This maybe your only chance to improve and change the soil! We will explain during our 3rd segment.
We always say the three rules to any good design are color, texture and form! We'll teach you more in our 4th segment!
"What's Buggin You?!" Len's Pond is loosing Water What should He Do? We'll discuss this our Final Segment!
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.7.24 • Mums the Word • Calling Birds Sing The Right Song • Fixing Your Tired Summer Combos • UV Blocking Windows & Houseplant Health Hotline Question • What’s Buggin' U?!? Imported Cabbage Worms
Mum's the Word! Chysanthemums are the most popular fall flowering plant! We'll tell you how to grow them and use them in our first segment. Do You have a birdfeeder? Do you wish you had certain types of birds visiting your feeder?! We have some great tips to attract your favorite birds during our 2nd segment! Are your summer flowering combo pots looking tired? We'll give you some ideas to help fresh them up during our 3rd segment. One of our listeners Betsy sent us an email about her houseplants and asked a question requiring us to call one of our sponsors! "What's Buggin You?!" A listener called the Bloomers in the Garden hotline and has something bugging him and it's not a plant problem! Hear his call in our final Segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.31.24 • Hotline Calls/Text • Watering at Night • Knockout Roses in Containers • Betsy Garden Renovation • What’s Buggin' U?!? Fast Talkers!
We received a call from a listener on the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline about watering in the evening. Julio and I will discuss it during our 1st segment. A listener Texted the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and is growing a Knockout rose in a container but is having a problem. We're the plant detectives and solving problems is what we do! Listen in during our 2nd segment! Betsy is one of our listener and sent us a laundry list of gardening question. In our 3rd segment we'll tackle renovating an old garden. We continue addressing Betsy's email in our 4th segment! She has a mix or pachysandra, vinca vine and weeds! She wants to eliminate it all and reclaim it to plant again. We'll tell her how in our 4th segment! A listener has pachysandra, vinca vine and weeds! She wants to eliminate it all and reclaim it to plant again. We'll tell her how in our 4th segment! "What's Buggin' You?!" A listener called the Bloomers in the Garden hotline and has something bugging him and it's not a plant problem! Hear his call in our final Segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.24.24 • Transitioning Tropicals Into Houseplants • Garden Art • Berry Me • Don’t Dead Head?? WHY? • What’s Buggin U Peak-A-Boo Bugs
In our 1st segment we're going to discuss transitioning those tropical plants that have spent the summer on your patio, porch or around the pool in to houseplants!! Hear what you need to do during our 1st segment. During our 2nd segment we're going to share ideas about using garden art in your garden or landscape! Fountains, Statuary, Garden Globes, Bird Baths and more!!! There is a rainbow of colorful berries on shrubs that make the fall a tapestry of color. In our 3rd segment we'll discuss our favorite fall fruiting plants. We've Spent the last few months telling you to cut back your perennials. Now we're going to tell you it's for the birds! Hear what we mean in our 4th segment! "What's Buggin You?!" Peek-A-Boo Bugs! You see the damage but you never see the bugs!!!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.17.24 • Maples Looking Mopey • Fall Root Growth • Richard's Crape Myrtle Powdery Mildew • Basil Bonanza • What’s Buggin U?!? Mites!!!
Often by this time during the summer Japanese Maples are starting to look a little ragged. Julio & I will discuss it during our 1st segment. As we approach Autumn, plants begin focusing more on root growth, and less on top growth. It's important to adjust to a root friendly, fertilizing formula. Hear our suggestions during our 2nd segment. Richard called the Bloomers in the Garden hotline and asked about his Crape Myrtle. Listen to his call in our 3rd Segment!! Do you have a bumper crop of basil? We'll tell you how to make infused oil, compound butter, pesto and more in our 4th segment! "What's Buggin You?!" If you've ever grown a Dwarf Alberta Spruce you have probably heard about spider mites. We discuss how to control this destructive pest in our final segment! Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware ValleySaturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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