You can always tell when the Christmas season is upon us when the cut Christmas trees are on the lot and ready for sale at BTB Advertiser Herr Backyard Garden Center in Burien – let the Holiday’s begin at Burien’s Christmas Store!

Burien-ites have counted on Herr for their fresh-cut Christmas trees for many years, including back in the day when it was Herr Lumber. Still in the original lumber yard location, the Herr sister-in-laws, Diane Herr-Lorella and Lisa Herr continue the family tradition.

You can get your fresh-cut tree starting this Friday, Nov. 27th at 10am. From then until Dec. 23rd they’ll be open seven days a week from 10am-8pm, so you’ll be able to get your picture-perfect tree after work, or on weekends. They’ll also be open ’til 1pm on Christmas Eve.

Hand picked trees include Nobels, Grands, Frasers, Douglas–both shirred and natural–and of course good ole’ deluxe “Charley Browns.” Prices start at just $11.95! Plus they’ve got a gorgeous selection of artificial and flocked trees in their Gift Shop. From “all that glitters IS gold”, to silver to green they’ve got only the best in artificials.

And because Herr is Burien’s Christmas Store, you know you’ll find lots of gifts for everyone on your list. From private label foodstuffs to newley arrived “Pashminas”, novelty tablewear, to Christmas lights, you’ll find that this season Lisa and Diane made some very sharp purchases to pass holiday savings on to their customers. And while you’re in the gift shop be sure and check out their complete wall of affordable and unique and one-of-a kind tree ornaments–the largest selection in the Highline area.

SPECIAL DEAL: And this year when you purchase a Herr Gift Card as a gift, when you mention The B-town Blog, they’ll add 10% to your card.

Let’s see…that means that if you buy a $50 gift card, they’ll put $55 on the card!

Since Herr is a garden store, Diane and Lisa have recommended that you consider giving a living gift of a shrub or tree this Christmas. Give it now and plant it in the spring. They’ve also got a nice selection of live Christmas trees to decorate now and plant later.

‘Tis the season to be jolly. The Christmas season starts this Friday, Nov. 27th when BTB Advertiser Herr Backyard Garden Center’s fresh Christmas trees go on sale starting at 10am.

Herr is located at 107 SW 160th, near the Five Corners area in Burien.

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BTB Advertiser Herr Backyard Garden Center is holding weekly “Master Gardener Clinics” every Saturday from 10am-4pm at their location at 107 SW 160th.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Burien Master Gardener Clinic

WHEN: Saturdays from 10am to 4pm

WHERE: Herr Backyard Garden Center, located at 107 SW 160th Street, Burien.

INFO: We are a devoted group of King County/WSU Master Gardeners who volunteer hours answering gardening questions during the spring and summer months at Master Gardener Clinics.

Burien has a very active group, we participate in two clinics one on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays at the Burien Library (NOTE: on hold until library re-opens June 13th, then location TBD) and we also have a clinic on Saturdays at Herr Backyard Garden Center.

Get answers to general gardening questions, learn about proper plant selection, bring a sample of a diseased plant for diagnosis and treatment recommendations, have an insect identified. Learn the least toxic ways to treat diseases and pests.

This service is free.

Welcome our latest Advertiser – Herr Backyard Garden Center!

You can always tell when Spring is upon us: the camelia buds are ready to burst open, the roses need their first hard prune, the primroses are adorning shelves and yards everywhere, the honeysuckle’s in bloom with bees abuzzing and of course:

For the past five years Herr Backyard Garden Center has its
NEW SEASON GRAND OPENING EVENT AND SALE!

This year the event will be Saturday Feb. 28 and Sunday Mar. 1 from 10am-4pm.

They’ll be food samples, BBQ hotdogs (weather permitting), paint-a-pot for kids, plus very special prices throughout the entire store.

On stock for the sales event are plenty of early spring annuals including pansies, primroses and violas. Plus they’ve got plenty of colorful containers, gazebos, yard ornaments, patio furniture, chemicals including a large selection of organics for the ‘green gardeners’ among our eco-friendly BTB readers. And they’ve got the staff to explain organic gardening to you. If you plan to plant a veggie garden this year Herr’s also got plenty of high quality seeds on hand.

Herr Backyard was started by two stay-at-home moms when there was no longer a reason to stay home. “Herr sister-in-laws” Diane Herr-Lorella and Lisa Herr started the garden and gift center when most of Diane’s three daughters and Lisa’s two daughters didn’t need them hovering about any longer. Diane explained that in the early 2000s she was quite ill, and felt that through her illness “there was nothing more positive than flowers.” Once well, she and her sister-in-law Lisa started on their journey into the garden business in 2003 in the Five Corners shopping area (1st Ave South and SW 160th).

What started with selling plants on a matt of AstroTurf in the parking lot in 2003 has turned into a full-blown nursery business. The nursery is in the old lumber yard base and is stocked with “climatized” perennials, shrubs and annuals that are native to this area. We were told that “if plants could talk they’d say ‘take me home and plant me today.’” This means you can go home and plant them the same day, rather than “season” them first. Diane tells BTB that this year they’ll have a “bigger and better array of sustainable natives like red twig maples, vine maples & salal.

As if running a nursery wasn’t enough for these two hard working women, Lisa and Diane opened Herr Backyard Garden Center’s Gift Shop shortly after the nursery. The shop sits where the ‘molding bay’ was when it was the lumber yard. They pride themselves on offering extremely unique gifts that are bought in the northwest. We at BTB were especially curious about the Northwest Slug Butter. Doesn’t that sound like something to spread on your bagels? We hear it’s pretty good. In addition to this they offer Braswell’s Select preserves, private label BBQ sauce and chocolate syrup. They’ve got a large selection of Root Candles and artificial flowers (for those who can’t wait for their own garden to bloom). From Huckleberry Haven, Herr offers huckleberry syrups and jam.

Diane is a two-year breast cancer survivor. Having been through chemo herself, she invites women in treatment at Highline Medical Center to stop by after chemo to enjoy the flowers.

“Being sick is a negative. Plants are a positive,” states Diane.

When asked what Diane would like BTB Readers to know about Herr Backyard that they wouldn’t find on their website, her response was “I have the cutest, brightest, smartest grandkids of anybody.” So far her girls have given her 3-3-1/4 grandaughters!

The Herr family has been part of the Burien community for over 50 years. And if these two ladies have anything to do with it, they could be here another 50 years. So far they’ve suffered through two years of road construction, two snowed-out winter storms and now the downturn in the economy–and they’re hanging in. Keep them on their corner.

This year buy locally and buy from the experts at Herr Backyard Garden Center. We can state with pride that we’re regular Customers, and we encourage all our Readers to support local small businesses like this over those big “box stores”!

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