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Welcome to Shy Valley! We are a little family operation in beautiful Northeast Tennessee. We invite you to look around our website, and return often as we are adding new content all the time. Part of our mission is to enhance your appreciation of our region's native plants, so, to that end, we have a growing collection of educational printables, photographs, garden plans, and interesting recipes, all gathered together here on the site. This is always a work in progress, so visit again, and feel free to comment on what you like, don't like, or would like to see. Please note, the words highlighted in orange are linked to another page of the website that pertains to that topic. Just click on the word to go straight there. My background is that of a gardener and amateur ecologist whose hobby sort of took over. What that means for you is that the plants that we offer are more than just the latest trendy money makers that many nurseries carry. They are truly wonderful plants. Some are rare and difficult to find in nature or in commerce, others are common in nature, but overlooked by the trade. But, the attributes that make a plant desirable to a gardener often have little to do with those that the nursery industry values.
I also love herbs, and we offer a great selection of these useful and beautiful plants. We grow around 120 herbs for your pleasure, and we are more than happy to share with you the knowledge we have gained through many years of growing these plants under local conditions. Our heirloom plant list for 2008 includes not only herbs and natives, but also more than 30 varieties of heritage tomatoes, hot and sweet (Hungarian and Italian) peppers, old roses, lilacs, peonies and many other old fashioned flowers. If you haven’t discovered heirloom tomatoes, now’s the time. Seedlings will be available at all of the events listed on the Calendar page. We have always been interested in plants that produce something you can eat. Now that we are starting to settle into our new place, I am getting ready to increase our offerings in this regard. Here is a list of the edibles we have now. Look for this list to grow in the future. All of these plants are attractive enough to include in amongst your ornamental landscape. Our plants are an excellent value. We love it when people take the trouble to tell us how well our plants have done in their gardens, and that happens all the time. The reason our customers experience that kind of success so often is that we grow species and varieties that do well in our area, and we grow them using methods that produce plants that are ready and able to thrive when they are planted in the landscape. Our prices aren't always the lowest, but they are usually much lower than those of high end locally owned retailers. Moreover, we do not have to charge sales tax on plants we sell in Tennessee, saving you another 10%. Sometimes plants of the same varieties we grow can be found for less at home stores or discounters, but you get what you pay for; remember, a plant that lives and thrives is always a better bargain than one that ends up dead. You are better off in the long run by coming to us for natives and herbs. You can count on us to do our best to bring you unusual, beautiful, useful, quality plants at a price that is fair for both of us, and to share with you our knowledge, gained by tons of reading, talking with lots of gardeners of all levels of experience, and, most importantly, years of gardening in East Tennessee. We will tell you all we know about that plant you are buying, and to even tell you why you shouldn't buy it, if we think it might not work for your situation. We want your success story to come back to us! Take a look at our printables for garden plans, tips on how to choose the right plants for your garden and even some recipes! We value many things. Clean air and fresh water. Flowers. Genetic diversity. The beauty and complexity of life. Children. Quality of life (both ours and yours). Local flavor. Good friends. Freedom. Frogs. Creativity. Faith, in all its manifestations. I hope these values are evident in everything we do, from the plants we grow and the way we grow them, to our dealings with you. Enjoy the site, and come back to visit as it evolves. A note to our very special and supportive friends and customers: Thank you for a very successful first season at our new location! It is hard to believe that our second year here is well underway. We have just completed five consecutive weeks of plant sales, at which we saw many familiar faces, and met some wonderful new people, too. We are exhausted, but so grateful for successful sales without mishap (or truck trouble) at every venue. We are also excited to (finally) be able to concentrate on getting the nursery really ready for visitors, and polishing up for the open house series. (And getting to catch up on things around the house and farm...) Thank you for your support thus far this year. We hope you can make it to the nursery if you've not been yet (and come back soon if you have!!). We will host three Saturdays of open houses here at the nursery. Our open houses will be great opportunities for you to visit and enjoy seminars and workshops aimed at helping you get the most out of your gardening experience. We have so many beautiful plants growing for you this year. I hope you will visit us soon. Until then, keep on digging!
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