Queens Nursery

08/23/2026

08/07/2026

A new direction for Queens Nursery

After a lot of thought, I’m shifting the focus of Queens Nursery toward shrubs and tree production.

I’ve always loved growing plants, but I’m increasingly interested in the long game; propagating, growing, and producing plants that become part of landscapes for decades rather than just a season.

That means things are going to look a little different for a while. I won’t be holding regular plant sales in the near future as I focus on production, propagation, and building up the nursery.

There will still be plenty happening behind the scenes, and I’ll be sharing more of the process along the way; from seed and propagation to growing trees and shrubs to finished plants.

Thanks to everyone who has supported Queen’s Nursery so far. I’m excited about where this is headed.

In the meantime, I’ve been digging into studying and writing about trees (I do miss the bevy of information that was hurled at me while I was studying at Oregon State); perhaps I’ll start sharing that information.

📸Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. Weeping Alaskan Cedar
📍 JFK Arboretum OPW

05/31/2026

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Good Friends and Faithful Patrons!

With hearts full of gratitude, we offer our most humble thanks unto all who did visit our stall this spring season and carry home plants from our little nursery. By thy kindness and support, another wondrous season hath come to pass.

Now doth Queens Nursery retire from the farmers’ markets for the summer months, though only for a spell. Whilst absent from the market square, we shall be tucked away in our own small corner of paradise; potting, sowing, tending green and growing things, and venturing unto distant lands in search of curious plants and new arts of greenhouse cultivation.

Fear not, for when autumn’s cooler winds begin to blow, we shall return once more with fresh treasures and tales of our travels.

Until then, stay tuned for the adventures yet to come.

And remember, dear friends:

Life is but a grand adventure, and ’tis for each of us to make it happen in our own way.

From the very bottom of our hearts, we thank thee for thy patronage, thy encouragement, and thy fellowship throughout this season.

Godspeed, and may thy gardens flourish.

— The Keepers of Queens Nursery

📸 Blarney Castle and Gardens

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05/29/2026

Hear ye, hear ye! Queens Nursery shall once more set up shop at the Cooper Young Farmers Market on the morrow from the eighth hour until noon.

This shall be our final market of the summer season ere we retreat unto our own little Hobbiton, there to tend seedlings, whisper unto flowers, and prepare curious treasures for autumn and the year to come.

As thanks for thy patronage, encouragement, and good fellowship this season, all quart pots for this Saturday only shall be marked down to but $5 apiece.

Come buy us out, good folk, lest we be forced to keep talking to the plants ourselves.



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05/27/2026

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Good Folk of Cooper Young and Beyond!

This Saturday from the hour of 8 until Noon, thy humble plant merchants shall make our final appearance of the season at the Cooper Young Farmers Market, ere we vanish like mist upon the moor until Autumn’s return.

To mark this occasion, all Quart Pots be but $5 apiece! A bargain so fair it may well have the tax collector clutching his pearls.

Come relieve us of our botanical wares, lest we be left imprisoned beside castles and cursed to tend them ourselves ‘til Michaelmas.

Seek us out. Spread the word. Carry home a plant or three.

Saturday. 8–12. Cooper Young Farmers Market.

God save the gardeners.



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05/25/2026

Hear ye, hear ye! A hearty thanketh thee to all good folk who ventured forth to the Cooper Young Farmers Market this past weekend and did grace our humble stand with thy presence. Thy patronage hath filled our hearts and lightened our wagons.

Pray join us once more this coming Saturday from the eighth hour until noon, for this shall be our final Saturday at market. And lo! As a token of our gratitude, all quart pots shall be marked down unto but 5 dollars.

Come ye forth and buyeth us clean out, lest we be forced to carry these botanical treasures home ourselves like weary pack mules. Spread ye the word across the land; tell thy neighbors, thy cousins, and that one friend who swears they ‘haven’t room for another plant’ yet somehow leaveth with three.



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05/22/2026

Hear ye, hear ye! The great spring planting season here in the Mid-South draweth near its end. Our tables yet hold fine plants seeking new homes ere the season passeth by.

Come find us upon the morrow at the Cooper-Young Farmers Market from the hour of 8 until noon. We should be honored by thy company.



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05/15/2026

Hear ye, hear ye! Whilst the humble bee buries his noble visage deep within the bloom, so too mayst thou bury thyself amongst a grand bounty of plants this coming weekend.

Seek us upon Cooper Street near the Gazebo, at the crossing of Cooper & Young, where we shall arrive laden with as many plants as our wagons may bear.

Saturday & Sunday
From the ninth hour ‘til the third

Come forth and claim thy botanical treasures before the bees do claim them all.




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05/13/2026

Hear ye, hear ye! In keeping with a most proper spirit of good taste and community cheer, we remind thee to wander forth this Saturday and Sunday from the ninth hour ‘til three upon Cooper Street, nigh unto the Gazebo, for the grand Cooper Young Garden Walk.

There shalt thou find blooms aplenty, fair curiosities, and wholesome delights shared in the spirit of a well-kept and kindly gathering. Come stroll, enjoy, and partake in the day’s offerings with friends and neighbors alike.

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05/13/2026

Good morrow, fair folk of Cooper Young and distant land beyond!

Though ye shall not find Queens Nursery within the farmers market this weekend, fret not, for we shall be but a stone’s throw away upon Cooper Street near ye Gazebo during the grand Cooper Young Garden Walk!

Come wander amongst the plants and gardens this Saturday & Sunday from the ninth hour ‘til the third. Flowers and curious greenery await thee.

Free be the tickets for Experience Memphis Gardens, with merry events each weekend henceforth until the 14th day of June. Stroll ye through fair garden walks in sundry neighborhoods all the summer long!

Good folk, make haste unto the website and claim thy free tickets ere they vanish like morning dew: https://experiencememphisgardens.org/.

Bring thy friends, thy neighbors, and perhaps a wheelbarrow should temptation overtake thee




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