Cooper Farm Garden Center

It’s HOT: You’re plants are not tho! 🔥 while we as humans love to soak in water when the temp rises, more water can actually hurt your plants!

✨Your plants only care about the temperature when it comes to cold/ chill hours to produce fruit.

✨Plants do care about our gulf coast SUN, part sun and shade. Tip- our full sun is NOT what Google says or AI says. A select few can take our summer full sun. *most plants here (coastal Alabama) love afternoon shade here*

✨The more you water the more they become in DISTRESS and get root rot. I repeat: water does not cool off a plant, like we cool off. Does it help with dry soil? Yes! Plant roots sitting in water will begin to rot. Imagine having your feet sitting in water for days on end. Your feet will be WRECKED. This is why we say some plants don’t like wet feet.

✨Keep the same water schedule; look for droopy leaves for signs of needing to water twice, not excessively.

✨Your plants don’t feel relief jumping into a pool of water like we do, they just don’t need to dry out. Super soaking them causes more issues and stress on them.

💦We like to soak in cold water when it’s hot; Plants do not give a sh*t about cold water, they only care about NOT drying out and getting droopy leaves. We are much more hot than our plants, I PROMISE.

Happy 4th of July weekend!
We will be closed July 4th!

All sleepy catchfly seeds are being mailed tomorrow so today is the LAST day to order the seeds! There’s around 20/30 seeds in each pack and tommorow I begin seed starting to grow the plants for spring sale so they will not be available as seeds after today. Get your order in before 7am tomorrow to hop on it! 🦟🪴

The plants will be sold in the spring $10 so if your budget friendly this is the way to go. 💚💚💚

We are also throwing the idea around to begin offering delivery and closing for the month of July because this heat is INTENSE! If delivery of plants is something you would be interested in, Baldwin county only. Comment below ⬇️ 🪴🪴🪴

Paw Paw trees are going quick! We only have around 10 left! Get them while the gettings good, we have them on our online store for pick up!

Paw Paw Tree | Cooper Farm The Paw Paw Tree is an awesome addition to any native food forest, offering a unique fruit that combines the tropical flavors of mango and banana. These trees are easy to grow and require minimal maintenance, making them an excellent choice for gardeners of all experience levels. These trees are 3 f...

Bugs be bugging you? We have the solution! 🦟

Sleepy Catchfly Seeds ‘Silene antirrhina’
A native wildflower that catches bugs? Yep, you read that right! This will be our next round of 4-H donations to Gypsi Roses 4-H fund!

Sleepy Catchfly is one of those plants that reminds you just how cool nature really is. This North American native wildflower gets its name from the sticky little bands on its stems that can actually catch insects that try to crawl up or land on the plant. 🪴🦟

Now before you think you are growing a tiny Venus flytrap , Sleepy Catchfly doesn’t eat the bugs it catches. Instead, those sticky stems are believed to be the plant’s way of protecting its flowers by stopping little insects from sneaking up and stealing nectar without helping pollinate. Basically, it has its own built-in garden security system! 🌸

As if catching bugs wasn’t interesting enough, Sleepy Catchfly has another fun trick. Its tiny pinkish-purple flowers open later in the day and evening, which is where the “sleepy” part of its name comes from. Those evening blooms help support nighttime pollinators like native moths, making this a great addition to a wildlife garden.

This little wildflower may look delicate, but it is tough! It grows about 1–3 feet tall, handles poor sandy or clay soils, loves sunshine, and is perfect for native gardens, pollinator patches, and areas where you want more biodiversity plus also bug control. 🌸

These seeds are pay what you can to donate to Gypsi Rose 4-H fund! You will be mailed a seed packet of Sleep Catchfly Seeds , a guide on how to seed start/care plus a hand written thank you note from Gypsi Rose for your donation! 🍀

You can find the link here to do so:

https://cooperfarmalabama.square.site/product/sleep-catchfly-seeds-gypsi-roses-4-h-donation-fund/K56CSQATGHU6DNAODFS2BELY?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

We leave again today to head to the 4-H state competitive events day and tomorrow will be her official day of recognization of becoming a 4-H state ambassador. 🍀

These donations help tremendously with travel and hotel costs!

We will be closed at the Garden Center and will
Re-open Thursday 6/2 9am to 4pm but can still schedule pick up orders 48hrs in advance from the online store!

Today on our way out we will also be mailing out all the mystery seed packets and thank you notes that she made from the last round of donations! 🍀

Thank y’all so much for supporting my sweet girls dreams and goals plus supporting our garden center!! Wish us luck as we head to back to the 4-H center in Columbiana, AL today! 🍀

Tomorrow only! 9am to 1pm we have some class spots left for the grow wild kids class!

Ages 5 to 16!
💚🫶 They get to make their own nature books, hands on crafts, learn all about our local ecosystem and made new friends! They learn so much in these classes! It’s all educational based on our local south east plants, wildlife and bugs!

Get your tickets and all the info here!-

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLVK4XE00936K/checkout/5E6A3BHFMZQS3QLPCQFKHTUU

Today is the last day to put your order in for pawpaw trees! These guys are large and in charge! Pick up for these begin this afternoon and tomorrow. We will be closed Thursday, Friday, Saturday this week to take Gypsi to the 4-H center for a state competition! I only have a few of these left and I know a lot of yall were interested so hop on it while we have them! 🍌🍈

We are open today until 4pm!
14609 state Highway 59
Foley, al
36535

Paw Paw Tree | Cooper Farm The Paw Paw Tree is an awesome addition to any native food forest, offering a unique fruit that combines the tropical flavors of mango and banana. These trees are easy to grow and require minimal maintenance, making them an excellent choice for gardeners of all experience levels. These trees are 3 f...

Today! 2pm to 3pm we are hosting a community meeting to go over our kids camp classes, talk about the future of building a foley community garden and creating a gardening co-op within this community! We want to hear what ideas you have! Also if you would like to teach classes or anyway you could help build onto these goals!

14609 state Highway 59 foley, al