Tour of my Parent's Garden Center! Holiday Open House! ❄️🎄// Garden Answer 

Support local owned shops!! 🎄🎄🎄 (These types of amazing shops sadly are being replaced by Big box stores or online stores.)

Idea: Put red bows on garden rakes,shovels,etc. to encourage purchasing as gifts. 🌲

Wish we lived closer - I'd be completely broke living in a really nicely decorated van. LOL

I found your channel after searching "Christmas" in RU-vid a few weeks back and you were showing us your family garden centre Christmas trees. You were such a warm person to watch that I subscribed and then got to see you upload a video of you walking around your garden. Somebody said you "weren't a big fan of red" and that made me want to look at your other videos to understand the inside joke... long story short, your channel became my go to "netflix" 😂 Whenever I had a free moment, I would go back to where I stopped and gradually watched you landscape your current property. I'm absolutely hooked and I love that I took the time to understand what trees fell where and how you altered the space from what it was, that the root cellar is now the chicken coop, how the side yard came about, what the upcoming goals for the property are, ...it's a channel that could be a huge success on tv but I'm so glad that it's right here on RU-vid. I should mention... I'm also another Aussie viewer (with a black thumb 😬 but I try my best 🤦‍♀️), who definitely doesn't live anywhere near a zone 5 equivalent but your family and videos are just so lovely and relaxing! Thank you for the amazing work you and your husband do, these videos have been absolutely wonderful to stumble across!! 😊🌿🌷

OMG I would be like a kid in a candy store,

I fell in love with the owls that you used in the black and white tree and your mother was so kind in answering my email and arranging my purchase of two of the owls and getting them shipped to me in Arkansas. I could spend hours at your garden center just looking at all the beautiful things. It’s no wonder that you’re so passionate about gardening.

I really can't find the words...what a wonderland! Can't imagine the hours of hard work to get ready for this amazing open house. Thank you for sharing this exciting video!!

Well, you have the same problem I do. I go see something like a garden center and I want this and this and oh, I definitely want that! LOL I am determined to decorate this house for Christmas this year. I haven't done Christmas since my brother passed away. Now our daughter is gone too I feel I need this holiday for a change. Thank you for sharing all the lovelies! Stay safe.

Your family’s Garden Center is so practical and quaint, with just the right flair. If I every make it to Oregon, that will be one of my stops. Keep the videos coming, this girl from the Urban city just loves to garden now. You are such an inspiration 😀

You know I've seen your parent's shop many times now, but each time I am truly amazed. Your mother is so super talented and has an eye for beauty that is amazing. You are so blessed to have grown up with this amazingly creative playground. Your mother on the other hand must just be so thrilled and blessed to have a daughter like you!

You were so blessed to have such a wonderful place as a second home when you were growing up!

Thank you for sharing your second home to us. Your mom and dad have done a beautiful job with their garden center.

Always enjoy your videos. We’d love to see one from the actual Open House tomorrow. You could introduce your brother, sister and nephews/nieces to your fans.

All fun memories for Benjamin. To have all your family together is always awesome. Garden center is beautiful.

I love seeing the garden center! We were lucky enough to get to visit it this summer ( all the way from Missouri) I have a climbing hydrangea I bought there that is my memento of that trip!

I’m headed to Idaho for thanksgiving next week and I’ll be 45 minutes away from here. The thing I’m most looking forward to is hopefully going to this nursery if they’re open Wednesday or Friday!

Laura, you couldn't have done a better job with that tour!... You didn't just "show" us the garden center; you gave us the "experience" of fond memories and beautiful displays of Christmas expression! Thank you so much. Wish I lived out there!

I used to work at Greenhurst Nursery in Nampa just a short drive from Ontario and I know what you mean about Christmas open house. We decorated for weeks and incorporated so many different themes with the everyday garden stuff and it was a challenge but so fun and the excitement of open house was so electric and magical, I miss working in a place like that. Thank you for the tour it brought back great memories.

❄️Although I just began watching your videos recently, I have gained a super appreciation for family owned garden centers! I have made it a point to shop in one two towns over from where my home is, and it has brought me so much joy and new adventures! Thank you!❄️

You decorated the gray owl area and almost all the owls got sold! You are not only an amazing gardener but also an expert merchandiser

Would you sometime have a video of planters/pots that are offered at your parents' garden center and which ones are best for different plantings and locations? I noticed several GORGEOUS ones as you walked around. I only wish I lived closer (kinda), but I 'm afraid l would be broke if I did. Benjamin's excitement with Nana was adorable! Loved it!!!

Your folks place is huge. I said it once and I'll say it again I want your folks shop by me.!

How blessed you are to be part of a wonderful family business 🎄

What a magical place. I want to come and live inside the garden center for the season🎄❣️

So many original decorations. I wish I lived closer. Absolutely love the store.

What a wonderful atmosphere to grow up in. I love your excitement. I have always loved Christmas. I do not decorate much anymore because the children are grown and I am disabled. I always think it is important that children get to stay predominately in their home on Christmas Day to enjoy their Santa and also they need the space to wind down after such a huge morning. I have one step son and with him having to share with in laws , his mom and us, we have started gathering usually on the 26th to keep their stress down. Thank you for sharing.

What a wonderful shop, you can see the thought and care for every season. Most important, your heartfelt comments when your family gathers. Cherish every minute. Side note, your Mom needs to have an online shop- we have nothing like this in our area. 🎄😊

Hi Laura,I know exactly what all of you went through setting up your family shop. I own a store in Milford PA and I just got done doing the inside,decorating trees and the windows.Hopefully the weather will be good this week to get the outside done.I go home every night decorated in glitter.Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Chain stores are here to stay BUT there is just something magical about a family owned Garden Center...there needs to be more.

Sometimes different textures ARE better than being too symmetrical. Lovely video!

Thanks for sharing ! It's over the top awesome!!! I've ordered ornaments from the Center this season and love them and quick delivery ! If I were closer, I'd do major damage to my pocketbook! Love it!!!

I could probably spend hours just walking around and looking at all the plants and pretty things. Such a beautiful garden center!

If I didn’t live on the other side of the country from you guys this nursery would be amazing to shop at. I saw so many things I would love to buy. Your family should be very proud of it! 🌞

Thank you so much for bringing us along. I look forward to your holiday traditions as much as my own now. I got choked up when you said "this is like home to me" . Happy Holidays!

Laura, I fully understand and love the feeling of being in a garden centre. I have had the good fortune to work in one for a few years.....my favourite job! The tropical warmth was hypnotic. I too could not resist taking something home....I swear that the plants talked to me! Your videos bring me such joy....thank you!

🌿🎄It’s a winter wonderland! No WONDER you are an avid gardener! How could you not be?...To grow up surrounded by that absolute paradise of greenery (& pops of bright color)💚❤️💚❤️...I know maybe 1% of “gardening”...but after seeing the store, I want to open one!🙊🙈Maybe after a few decades of watching you! Lol! Merry Christmas everyone!🎄🌿

Thank you Laura for taking us on a Holiday Garden Center tour!!! So beautiful! So festive!!! It’s always special when your family comes together for a seasonal event that starts your holiday season with tradition🌲❤️🌲 Really enjoyed this video! Missed seeing little Benjamin and your beautiful mom! Did you video the morning baking session? We just love everything you guys do! Love Garden Answer❤️ Sherry from Knoxville, Tennessee

I enjoy watch you at the garden center. You seem so excited and I couldn't blame you with all the magic there What a happy place to be able to go. And what a wonderful family. I hope you have a blessed day

There is nothing better than a garden center and one that is decked out for the holidays is just the icing on the cake! Your parents' garden center is oustanding! It's really more than a garden center, it's a destination!

Laura, could you do a video on plants that you regret growing? Maybe listing reasons why and what you planted instead to remedy? Or plants you've struggled with in general? So many plants are offered online and it's difficult for a novice gardener to know what traps we might fall into. Love your channel so much!

Would have loved to see a family-time video when you guys are all together! Such a blessing to see families and generations all working and loving together! Choosing Joy~ Stephanie

Thank God I don't live near the garden center. Your mom would have no decorations left...lol. Everything is so beautiful. Have fun at the open house.🎄

Some people might like Disney but my dream would be to come to this shop...looks like one could get lost here for hours and still not see it all!

"Sometimes I say things I don't mean"....Laura, story of my life. Ha!

I’m really impressed with how the garden center has just about any and everything a person could possibly want or need!! I’ve never been in a center like it! Just Awesome! A Truly Stocked Garden Center!

Thank you for the tour of your moms store it’s beautiful the ornaments are gorgeous and the decorations.

Beautiful!!!! I want one of everything!! My local garden center is all decked out for Christmas too & yes I have been & picked out & bought!!!! I also love the different varieties of poinsettias & Christmas cactus! You guessed it I picked out my poinsettias & Christmas cactus, they are waiting for their placement when I dive into my Holiday decorating mode!! Love your family's garden center, the area that stood out to me is the farm section - I live on a family farm!!!! Thank you taking us on the Holiday tour! Love that your family gathers on these occasions - special times to treasure! My family does the same thing too!!!! 🎄🎅🤶❄☃️🎁🎄😍🎄🚜🎄

The different trees are beautiful, and all of the ornaments. I love the layout . Thanks for sharing. God Bless.

It could be so cool to see you plant up the fountain, in a hydroponic type of way 💚💚💚💚

Thank you for walking us thru the Garden Center you are such a beautiful young lady

You are blessed because you appreciate what God has put in your life. Stay blessed.

Y ou can tell how proud you are of all the special places at the Center where you put your little touch. I love it. Such beautiful trees too.

I really enjoyed the tour of your parents store. I’ve heard you talk about the store in your prior videos. It’s as beautiful as I envisioned. Now I’m inspired to decorate for CHRISTmas! ✝️🎄😊

This is like watching a Hallmark movie!!! How fun!

I wish I was born into your family. So dreamy...Iove it. Love your channel, your creativity and positive energy. This channel makes me feel good, inspires me and is so educational. Thank you thank you.

I'm so jealous. We have several garden stores here that each carry some things, but to go to one great store that has it all is so inspirational. I would probably never leave. Blessed family you have for sure.

A most incredible garden center. Oh, how I would love to have something like this nearby in our small community. This looks like a 24/7 job of perfection.

The most beautiful garden store I've ever seen. It is so personable.

So beautiful. It would be impossible for me to make choices. I'd would have to move in, lol Thanks Laura for all you share with us. So thankful

I would love for you to do this again in every season so we can see the evolution of the store as the year goes!!!

Happy Thanksgiving, and sincerely thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and talent.

If I didn''t live 10 hrs away I'd make a field trip to the Garden Center. Such a nice selection of items.

When and how do the retail plans for holiday purchases begin?? How do your parents choose what to carry for the season?? This store (and your parents) had to have fed your creative mind growing up! It is so amazing!

I so wish we had a glorious shop like this near us. Just beautiful!

You truly make the holidays more fun so fun! Your sparkle is always infectious . Keep up the good work Laura. Thank you

I'm half tempted to drive the 7 hrs across Oregon to come visit! We only have 8 trees in our house!!!😄

I love these videos of the garden center. You are such a good presenter/host, and I think that is what has hooked me onto your channel, honestly this is the only channel I follow where I really feel interested when something new comes out. Shout out to the camera person also!

I have just enjoyed you tour of parents garden center decorated for Christmas you did an excellent job. I loved the ballerina tree the color and decor was so lovely. I love watching you gardening you refined me of me when I was younger. I am 76 and I used to be a master Gardner 5 back surgery and 3knees surgery’s can’t do much. I still love gardening I do have a few orchids your channel have kept me sane thank you. This is one of my miracles. Thank you Lord

What a lovely treat. Thanks for taking us. Because of you I stopped by a local Garden Center turned Christmas extravaganza and bought a Christmas Cactus.

What a wonderful, magical place! Wish I could visit your parents garden center. Thanks for the tour and Benjamin was adorable!

I watched this video twice just to admire all of the ornaments!! Love your parents garden center, such a beautiful atmosphere. It must be heaven to be in there.

Your store has lots of Owl Ornaments ! I adore owls !

I'm sick in bed today. This was a comforting treat to watch along with my mug of Theraflu. Really cheered me up. Merry early Christmas. 😷

So many beautiful things to choose from. It would be allot of fun to work there. It's like Christmas all year long with always getting new merchandise in. You're like a kid in a candy store. lol! That's why I liked working at Pier 1 and Swarovski crystal and jewelery store. So much fun opening new shipments of new things. Thanks for sharing. Happy Holidays to you and your family!

The shop looks beautiful! Love all the decorations.

what a fabulous place to be... not only with all the beautiful plants and decorations, but with so much history and family and LOVE... there is love everywhere in that building and surrounding areas... and the children growing up there will have the same fond memories you do!! what a legacy! i hope you and your family have a joyous holiday season!!!

Beautiful warm and welcoming Garden Center. I don't know how you don't go home with half of the beautiful Christmas decorations and gorgeous plants. You definitely had a wonderful childhood. Thank you for the awesome tour🎄❤🎄 😘 🌴💝🌴

Ohhh a beautiful coffee with Laura and amazing decorations video to watch! Have to watch this video again on the tv so it is on a bigger screen and that will be fun. thank you for all your creativity that you and your mom share. I love seeing the way both of you decorate and decide what and where things go.

Oh, what a fabulous garden centre.. all those wonderful trees decorated to perfection. I would go nuts trying to NOT buy the beautiful ornaments. You did such a nice job of showing it all off. Thanks so much.

Thanks for showing us the garden center

I have a gift shop and we do an open house each year. You have stirred my creative juices!!

"do you want build a snowman" that much seed collection is a dream come true

I really wish I lived closer. What a beautiful garden center!

Beautiful! Great place. Loved the ornaments. Thank you!

Beautiful store! It looks so magical, I could get lost for hours in there! Not all the time, but when my tot see's that I'm watching your videos and you do your intro, she says "Hi flowers!" 😆 thank you for sharing!

Absolutely beautiful, you could spend days just looking around. Love, love the galvanized Christmas trees, and the ribbon on the ballet tree, just divine. How much fun the finger puppets are for kids, I will have to get some for my grandson, Thank you for sharing, have a wonderful Open House day. xxx

If I lived nearby I would totally be there with you guys at the open house. I would also probably be leaving with an armload of beautiful things plus a whole bunch of plants! Wish I was there ☺️. Holiday Wishes for you and your family!! 🥰 . Happy Planting 💜🌺🌸🎄

Your parents should have an online store. I would love to be able to get some of the wood ornaments. Loved everything!!!!

Oh I didn't want the video to end. Love your mom and dads store. Hope you had a nice time with your family

What a neat store. If I lived anywhere nearby, I would be there every single day!

Laura and Aaron...thank you for the wonderful tour. Suggestion...next year when you go to the Grand Garden Tour on The Island, add some extra time and stop in at Frankenmuth, MI. If you fly out of Detroit it's on your way from The Island to the airport. Visit Bronner's specifically. Largest Christmas store you will ever see. True Christmas overload but one of my favorite stores in the world...really...not an exaggeration... you'll love it. 😊

Oh my gosh, my brain is drooling. I was virtually following you around putting pretty things in my pretend shopping basket. What an amazing center. And I love the history behind it and that it's such an integral part of your family life. Many blessings this Christmas season!

I wish there was a nursery half as wonderful as your parent’s shop. Our only access for hundreds of miles are big box stores. I am envious. Thanks for the tour.

What a magical place to grow up in and be a part of!

What a fabulous place to grow up in and now for Benjamin to do the same. Great job with all those trees. Xx

Of course you’re proud to be down to the stores for the Christmas Home your and know it is your family’s “home away from home”! It’s a lovely and fun place. Everything is beautiful and cozy! Happy days ahead for you all! My favorite is the Nativity tree and display.....but, of course, I love them all. Merry Christmas!🎄🎄

. . . Such A Beautiful Array Of Christmas Embellishments And A Wonderful Selection Of Garden Goods, Year Round ! Truly ~ A Special Place !

Thanks so much for sharing this video and all your family traditions with us. It is such a special time for families. The store is lovely. Thx Aaron for filming. Merry Christmas!

Your parents garden center looks so magical all decorated for the holiday - so beautiful. I could lose myself in that store for hours and also walk out of there completely broke. 😂

The ballerina tree 2:36 would be perfect for Samantha Grace's bedroom.🤗