Garden Social

10/25/2026

Join local expert Austin as we mix soil and plant in the garden 🌿

10/24/2026

¡Hoy tenemos una guía muy especial en Garden Social!

Nuestra experta de casa, Rosanna, los invita a darse una vuelta por nuestro vivero para conocer algunas de las hermosas plantas que tenemos disponibles. ¡Acompáñenla en este pequeño recorrido y descubran todo lo que Garden Social tiene para ofrecer!

En Garden Social Nursery and Garden Center somos un vivero familiar ubicado en Maricopa, Arizona. Contamos con una gran variedad de árboles, arbustos, flores, cactus, suculentas, árboles frutales y mucho más.

Nos apasiona la jardinería y nos encanta compartir nuestros conocimientos para ayudar a nuestra comunidad a crear jardines bonitos, saludables y llenos de vida.

Además de nuestro vivero, ofrecemos servicios profesionales de jardinería, paisajismo y plantación de árboles y otras plantas en Maricopa y sus alrededores.

¡Los invitamos a conocer nuestras instalaciones, explorar nuestra selección de plantas y disfrutar de un ratito rodeados de naturaleza!

¡En su próxima aventura con las plantas, acuérdense de Garden Social! Los esperamos con mucho gusto.

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GARDEN SOCIAL NURSERY AND GARDEN CENTER

Dirección: 45030 W Edwards Ave, Maricopa, AZ 85139

Horario: Viernes y sábados, de 9:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m.

Teléfono del vivero: 816-674-0534 (Austin)

Servicios de paisajismo y jardinería: 520-763-1236 (Cyrus)

Web: www.gardensocialaz.com

10/24/2026

A FRESH LOAD OF PREMIUM COMPOST HAS ARRIVED!

Garden Social brings rich, natural compost to the City of Maricopa, available to purchase for pickup or delivery at Wildcat Landscape Supply, located at 46250 W McDavid Rd Maricopa AZ 85139.

Wildcat Landscape Supply Hours:
• Mon-Fri: 6am to 4pm
• Saturdays: 8am to 12pm
• Sundays: Closed

PRICING:

• Bring your own 5-gallon bucket: $5.00 per bucket
• Per cubic yard: $108.00

Local delivery and spreading labor is available! Contact our team for more information.

COMPOST ORDERING:

Phone: 816-674-0534
Web: www.gardensocialaz.com/soil

What's in the Grower's Best premium compost blend?

• Worm castings tea
• Fish guano
• Composted poultry manure
• Composted hay and vegetable matter
• Aged pine bark fines
• Coarse volcanic black pumice
• Azomite trace minerals

10/23/2026

Come on by Garden Social for Horticulture Hour, this is a FREE event we host every other Saturday!

• Meet with owner Austin Lynn for a FREE learning session

• Learn for FREE with a live lesson from a variety of guest speakers, including arborists, certified master gardeners, horticulturalists and more!

• Get a FREE raffle ticket for a chance to win exciting prizes!

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SAVE THE DATES:

• Oct 24th
• Nov 7th
• Nov 21st
• Dec 5th
• Dec 19th

LOCATION: 45030 W Edwards Ave Maricopa AZ 85139

EVENT HOURS: 9AM TO 12PM

STORE HOURS: Open each Friday and Saturday from 9am to 3pm

10/23/2026

The Garden Social crew picked up some new shirts this week!

We're excited to have a few hoodies arriving this week as well. Just in time for the cool PLANTING season!

10/23/2026

OCTOBER'S DEALS ARE STILL VALID THROUGH THE 31ST!

Come on by the garden and pick up something unique!

See you soon,

- Austin 🌿

We're open for our garden sale tomorrow!!

Come by for FANTASTIC deals on all plants! Deals valid through OCT 31 2026:

DEALS:

• GRAPES: $10 OFF ALL GRAPES (normally $29.99 each)

• CITRUS: ALL 15-gallon sized citrus trees are $30.00 off (normally $169.99). Citrus planting bundles are $75.00 off!!

• POMEGRANATES: ALL varieties of 15-gallon sized pomegranate trees are $20.00 off (normally $129.99)

• ACACIA TREES: ALL 15-gallon sized Willow and Shoestring Acacia trees are $35 off! (Normally $89.99)

• PALMS: ALL 15-gallon sized Mexican Fan Palms and Canary Island Date palms are $20 off! (Normally $89.99)

• DESERT TREES: ALL 25-gallon Palo Verde and Mesquite are $70.00 off!! (Normally $229.99)

• FLOWERING TREES: ALL 15-gallon sized YELLOW OLEANDER TREE and DESERT WILLOW TREES are $25 off (normally $89.99, **excludes seedless Sweet Bubba Desert Willow)

• ANNUAL FLOWERS: ALL 4" seasonal flowers are 3 for $10.00!! All 1-gallon sizes are buy 1, get 1 50% off!!!

• CACTI: ALL varieties of cacti are 10% off - ALL VARIETIES!

LOCATION: 45030 W Edwards Ave Maricopa AZ 85139

HOURS: 9AM TO 3PM

See you there!!

10/21/2026

THE TREE TOPPING TWO-TIMER STRIKES AGAIN! 🌳✂️

Just when we thought the Lollipop Landscape Bandit was turning over a new leaf… he's found himself a partner in crime! 😂

Meet the Tree Topping Two-Timer, a menace to suburban trees everywhere! His favorite pastime? Chopping the tops off perfectly healthy trees without understanding the damage he's leaving behind.

But here's the thing… tree topping is no laughing matter!

When you indiscriminately remove the upper crown of a tree, you're doing far more than changing its appearance.

• Excessive Water Sprouts: Topping triggers vigorous, often weakly attached shoots as the tree desperately attempts to replace lost foliage. These sprouts can become hazardous as they grow larger.

• Structural Damage: Large topping cuts expose wood to decay and compromise the structural integrity of the tree, increasing the potential for future limb failure.

• Destroyed Natural Architecture: Trees develop their branching structure over many years. Topping disrupts that natural growth pattern, often resulting in dense, poorly structured regrowth.

• Long-Term Decline: Removing too much of a tree's crown reduces its ability to photosynthesize, depletes stored energy reserves, and can leave it vulnerable to pests, disease, and even death.

The lesson? Prune with purpose, not just for appearance!

Proper pruning focuses on preserving the tree's natural architecture, managing competing leaders, removing damaged or crossing branches when appropriate, and using selective reduction cuts rather than indiscriminately chopping off the crown.

Garden Social, Nursery and Garden Center

LOCATION: 45030 W Edwards Ave Maricopa AZ 85139

HOURS: Open to the public each Friday and Saturday from 9am to 3pm

Garden center: 816-674-0534 (Austin)
Landscape service: 520-763-1236 (Cyrus)

See you soon 🌿

10/21/2026

10/20/2026

🚨 THE LOLLIPOP LANDSCAPE BANDIT STRIKES AGAIN! 🌳🍭

Cyrus caught the notorious Lollipop Landscape Bandit red-handed, attempting to turn another innocent shade tree into a giant lollipop! 😂

Fortunately, after a little education, the bandit had a change of heart and agreed to start pruning trees for their HEALTH, not just their appearance!

So, what's the RIGHT way to prune a shade tree?

Proper pruning should encourage a tree's natural growth habit, improve structural integrity, and promote a healthy, well-developed canopy.

• Manage competing leaders: Most shade trees benefit from a strong, dominant central leader. Identify competing leaders and selectively reduce or remove them when appropriate to encourage better structural development.

• Address crossing and rubbing branches: Branches that rub against each other can damage bark and create opportunities for decay. Selectively remove problematic branches while maintaining healthy structure.

• Thin selectively, not excessively: Rather than shearing the outside of the canopy into a dense shell, make thoughtful pruning cuts that maintain natural branch spacing and distribution.

• Preserve the natural canopy: A healthy canopy provides shade, protects branches from sunscald, and helps the tree produce the energy it needs to thrive. Avoid excessive interior thinning, lion-tailing, and removing too much foliage at once.

• Use proper pruning cuts: Cut just outside the branch collar when removing branches, and avoid topping, flush cuts, and unnecessary removal of large limbs.

Remember, trees aren't hedges! Constantly shaping a shade tree into a lollipop can create dense exterior growth, weak branch attachments, and a poorly developed interior canopy. Over time, this can compromise the tree's natural architecture and increase the risk of storm damage.

Garden Social, Nursery and Garden Center

LOCATION: 45030 W Edwards Ave Maricopa AZ 85139

HOURS: Open to the public each Friday and Saturday from 9am to 3pm

Garden center: 816-674-0534 (Austin)
Landscape service: 520-763-1236 (Cyrus)

See you soon 🌿