home & garden 2014

Writers: Conrad Leighton, Allison Puestow

Photographer: Andrea Paulseth

We know you’re excited that spring is finally here – we all are – but while we imagine Saturday afternoons relaxing in the sun with a nice book and pitcher of lemonade, chances are you’ll be spending the next several months doing yard work. Prepping the garden, reseeding and mowing the lawn, fixing the siding, et al. Well with Volume One’s annual At Home special section, we’ve made your road ahead easier and far more fun. Check out stories about gardening for birds, exploring the latest houses, and more, as well as listings of garden centers and interior designers who can help beautify your home, inside and out. // Volume One’s home & garden special section

Design: Erik Johnson

Editors: Tom Giffey, Tyler Griggs, Thom Fountain

BROUGHT TO YOU IN

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Everybody Loves a Paradebuilders showcase their latest, greatest work in annual home tour

BY TOM GIFFEY

Summer iS parade SeaSon – and not just on Memorial Day, July Fourth, and during the innumera-ble small-town bean/bacon/broil-er festivals. It’s also time for the Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association’s Parade of Homes, which – unlike your standard summertime parade – is about real-estate eye candy for adults, not tooth-rotting candy for kids.

As it has for 40 years, the parade will give members of the

public the opportunity to feast their eyes on the “latest and greatest” techniques and ideas in home building, says Jennifer Johnson, executive officer of the associa-tion. “The whole purpose of the event is to showcase the talents and the skills of our builders,” she explains.

This year’s parade includes 18 homes constructed by 16 builders through-out the region. Most are in the Eau Claire and Altoona area, but other are scattered around the Chippewa Valley, from Holcombe to Menomonie to Weyerhaeuser. Because of the geo-graphic distribution, the parade runs Saturday, June 7, through Saturday, June 14 – giving ticket holders a weekend and a half to check out all the homes if they wish.

The parade has grown from relatively humble roots in 1975 when the home builders group held what was then called Homes on Parade. That year, there were only six homes on display, all of them located in the same subdivision. Over the course of four decades, featured

parade homes have grown in size, num-ber, and design (images from the original parade brochure depict familiar sub-urban ranch-style homes), but certain features have stayed remarkably consis-tent, Johnson notes. “Energy efficiency

has always been trendy in parade homes – whether windows, heating and cool mechanicals, or appliances,” she says. In addition, she adds, low-maintenance or maintenance-free exteriors, well-designed master suites and kitchens, and

woodwork all remain popular.Costs and styles have changed, how-

ever. The 2014 parade features homes priced between $200,000 and more than $1 million – all of them built within the past 12 months and none occupied.

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A home built by JW Custom Homes

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BLAST FROM THE PAST. This bi-level built by Pabich Homes was part of the very first Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association Parade of Homes (then called the Home Parade) in 1975.

(This year, all are single-family homes, although in past years the parade has included twin homes and condominiums as well.)

While a range of architectural styles are represented, revivals of the mid-century Mission and Craftsman styles are particularly popular in this year’s parade, Johnson said. Expect an empha-sis on clean lines and natural elements such as wood and stone, as well as wide eaves, exposed joists and rafter tails, and open, covered porches. In addition, some of this year’s homes include larger, chef-style kitchens, while others have designated spaces for pets.

For the first time this year, the builders association is using a (rough-ly) real-time blog to share the parade home construction process – from start to finish – with the public. My Next Home is building a lakeside home near Weyerhaeuser that will be part of the parade, and the progress – from design, to excavation, to (most recently) build-ing the framework – has been explained with the help of numerous photos and detailed descriptions. (Check it all out online at cvhbaparadehome2014.

wordpress.com.)While the parade serves as a fund-

raiser for the home builders group, it’s primarily a way for house-hungry Chippewa Valleys to whet their archi-tectural appetites – whether they want to buy, build, or remodel. “(The parade) gives the community an opportunity to walk into these homes and see what’s being featured and see up close what our members offer,” Johnson adds.

Parade Plans40th Annual Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association Parade of Homes • Saturday, June 7-Saturday, June 14 • various locations • tickets $6 in advance, $8 during the parade, available at eastside and westside Menards and Mega Foods locations, as well as at the CVHBA office, 4319 Jeffers Road, Suite 200, Eau Claire • (715) 835-2526 • cvhomebuilders.com

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We Seem to think of gardening primarily for Summer floWerS, but there are other seasons and attractions to consider: fall, winter, spring – and birds. When we moved into our house 29 years ago, the yard offered green grass and little else. There were some birds but few places for them to perch, hide, or snack. We put up an addi-tion to our house and placed shrubs and small trees around it, thinking more of our new windows and how the plantings looked. We did choose bushes and small trees that were reputed to provide fruit for birds.

As the vegetation grew, the number of birds increased. Because we have no woods or fields nearby – only other yards – our variety of birds is limited but overall, there are many more birds and bird species than when we arrived. And because shrubbery is so near our windows, it is easy to take pictures of our avian visitors. We have pure sand – not soil – so plants that do well must be tough. This shrubbery adds to the appearance of our house, fills out the yard, and provides scaffolding to make snows picturesque. Non-summer has become more lively thanks to our woody plants.

Generous Bird Bushes

Northern holly • Ilex verticillata • This is a native plant I used to see in wet semi-shaded areas in Northern Minnesota where I used to hunt. Both male and female plants are required for the female plant to produce fruit. It has small bright-red fruit that cedar waxwings in particular will gang up on in late fall and strip.


Siberian crabapple • Malus baccata

Crabapples, in my opinion, are our best flowering trees. I have grown Siberian crabapples from seed and they must essentially be our flowering crabs: They clearly cross-pollinate and produce seedlings. I planted one seedling 20 years ago that has small red fruit the birds clean out in the late fall. I bought a grafted weeping “Red Jade” crabapple about 10 years ago, planting it in a strategic spot 8 feet from a window. It produced larger fruit from a young age and has been a real bird Mecca. I also grafted two ornamental crab varieties onto dwarfing apple rootstock, putting them in front of another window. They have still larger fruit that birds often don’t take until spring.

Regent serviceberry • Amelancher alnifolia “Regent” • It produces fruit copiously in early summer – edible both to birds and humans. This is a good bird shrub because branches give decent bird cover all year. Serviceberries seem to like sand: They are a common plant in the Pine Barrens area of Northwestern Wisconsin. They spread slowly but can be controlled easily with the occasional use of a grub hoe.

Red-leafed rose • Rosa glauca I planted this one because of its rela-tively small thorns, it reddish leaves and canes, and its rugged constitution. Birds will pick at its rose hips all year, but it is a good tangle where birds can perch and wait for our thistle feeder. The flow-ers aren’t that showy but the dusky red foliage is a nice backstop to a flowerbed.

ABout thE WRitER Conrad Leighton

grows apples at his Dunn County

orchard and gardens at his home in the

suburban Twin Cities.

Pagoda dogwood • Cornus alternifolia This is a small tree or large bush I’ve found in my woods in western Wisconsin – in fact, I dug them up for my yard. They are hardy even in our sand, provide good perches and some cover for birds, have a wonderful multi-tiered succes-sion of branches, offer some berries for birds, and don’t get that big. I hang suet feeder from them.

BY CONRAD LEIGHTON

CONRAD LEIGHTON

White cedar • Thuja occidentalis • These evergreens come in different shapes and sizes – some are called pyramidal or globe arborvitae. They have cones and produce seed – which birds will eat – but their principle virtues is the splendid cover they give summer and winter. Some selections stay small, but the regular version – unless pruned regularly – becomes a big tree. They are shrubs that came with our house that I’ve retained. Our main birdfeeder is a few feet from several white cedars where desperate birds can dash into the greenery if a Cooper’s hawk or other bird-eater swoops in.


Now for a plug for brushy yards: People

have described my yard as looking like

an English garden. Although this is not

accurate, I think what they’re seeing

is the wild, lush, twiggy look of good-

sized shrubs. I wish more people would

plant for birds instead of obsessing

over grass. Bird feeders seem the pri-

mary bird draw, but to enhance them,

bush support is a must. Twiggy tangles

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When Spring finally arrived in the SnoWbound ChippeWa valley, my wife and I were eager to put in a modest gar-den behind our new home. And while I’m a newbie when it comes to gardening – my experience with fruits and veggies has almost entirely involved consumption, not production – at least I knew enough to make an important phone call before we shoveled our way into the earth: I dialed the state Diggers Hotline, the free resource that keeps would-be excavators from getting themselves into a whole lot of trouble (and that’s trouble of the severed gas or electrical line variety).

Calling 811 or – if, like me, you’re paranoid about dialing 911 by mistake – punching (800) 242-8511 into your phone will connect you with a real human being who will ask a series of questions about your pending project. (If you prefer inter-acting with a computer, you can fill out a form online at DiggersHotline.com.) Most of the questions are pretty basic, includ-ing your address, the nearest intersection and its distance, the portion of the prop-erty you’ll be digging in, and what kind of work you’re doing; a few – whether or not you plan to use explosives, for instance – may seem weird if your project is small. (Although, come to think of it, I wouldn’t gotten into gardening a lot sooner if I’d know it meant blowing stuff up.)

Under state law, your utility providers have three business days to mark their underground lines on your property, so

don’t wait until the last minute. In my case, within two days my still-brown lawn was decorated with colorful flags and dabs of spray paint – all of them, fortunately, far away from where we planned to dig.

It’s important to remember that Diggers Hotline isn’t just for large-scale projects that require backhoes and dump trucks. State law says you must contact the hotline any time you excavate, which is defined as “any operation in which earth, rock or other material in or on the ground is moved, removed or otherwise displaced by means of any tools, equipment or explo-sives.” This includes – deep breath – “grad-ing, trenching, digging, ditching, drilling, augering, tunneling, scraping, cable or pipe plowing and driving.”

So what do you do once the marks are made and the flags are up? First, start digging within 10 days. If you wait too long – or if the marks and flags get covered up by your excavation – you’ve got to call the hotline again. In addition, because there’s always a margin of error in marking util-ity lines, you’re required to use hand tools if you dig 18 inches or closer to a marked area.

Calling 811 is not only free, but it can prevent injuries and save you money as well: If you accidentally damage an underground line, you’ve got to pay to repair it and you could be fined $2,000. What more incentive do you need to call?

To learn more about Diggers Hotline, go to DiggersHotline.com.

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BY TOM GIFFEY


6 Local Books For Your Coffee tableWisconsin Simply BeautifulBy Darrl R. Beers For Darryl R. Beers and R. J. and Linda Miller, exploring their home state of Wis-consin is a continuing pleasure. Now this volume collects some of their best pho-tography of historic sites, river and farm life, characteristic l a n d s c a p e s , weather's many moods, and grand seasonal changes.

Spirit of the NorthBy Richard Hamilton Smith • $30Award-winning p h o t o g r a p h e r Richard Hamilton Smith's full-color images of Northern Wisconsin reveal the north in all its seasons, an ever-changing landscape of extremes.

Wisconsin Supper ClubsBy Ron Faiola • $35 Wisconsin Supper Clubs is a resource for and about supper clubs throughout Wisconsin that includes beautiful photo-graphs of the unique supper club interi-ors, proprietors, and customers, as well as fascinating archival materials.

Tavern LeagueBy Carl Corey • $30In Tavern League, photographer Carl Co-rey documents a unique and important segment of Wisconsin culture. Our bars are unique micro-communities, offer-

ing patrons a sense of belonging. Many of these bars are the only public gather-ing place in the rural communities they serve. These simple taverns offer the individual the valuable opportunity for face to face conversation and camarade-rie.

Bottoms UpBy Jim Draeger & Mark Speltz • $20Bottoms Up cel-ebrates Wis-consin's tav-erns and the breweries that fueled them. B e g i n n i n g with inns and saloons, the book explores the rise of taverns and b r e w e r i e s , the effects of temperance and Prohi-bition, and

attitudes about gender, ethnicity, and morality.

On the HuntBy Robert C. Willging • $27Drawing from Department of Conserva-tion papers, hunting magazines, news-papers, historic photos of classic deer camps, and the personal stories of hunt-ers and deer managers, On the Hunt of-fers a fascinating glimpse into a distant and not-so-distant past, when the hunt joined men in almost mythical unity and bucks were seemingly larger than life.

These books and more are available at The Local Store, 205 N. Barstow St.

We in eau Claire love our freSh, homegroWn, loCal food. Our awesome farmer’s markets are always bustling with vendors and buyers of delicious produce. But, we do live in Wisconsin and, as such, are prone to insanely long winters … like this past one. Living in the heart of a city kind of limits your growing abilities, too. Luckily, some ingenious people have create a solution: It’s called a tower garden.

What exactly is a tower garden, you ask? It sounds like an apartment complex. Well, it actually is made for apartments and other areas where space is at a premium. It’s basically a vertical garden. The base is about the size of a large potted plant and has a tower in the center with little pockets to put the seedlings. You put water and a nutrient solution in the base which gets pumped up through the tower. The nutrient-rich water drips down over the roots, giving

them all the goodness they need; you just need to supply a sunny spot for them to grow.

You can put a tower garden in a sunny corner of your house or apartment, on your patio, rooftop, or terrace. It’s great if you live downtown and have one of those tiny little balconies. My favorite thing is that you don’t have to weed the darn thing. There’s also no soil, so no need to worry about cleaning up a mess if your pet knocks it over. Plus, plants grow faster in it than in soil.

Not to mention you can plant nearly anything. You can grow fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, lettuces, eggplants, cucumbers, strawberries, and melons for starters. Herbs like parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. You can even grow flowers like marigolds and morning glories.

You can find more info on tower gardens at TowerGardens.com or find DIY options to build your own!

towering Gardens


5 Local Gardening Books You’ll DigVintage Wisconsin GardensBy Lee Somerville • $25As Wisconsin’s population moved from farmsteads into villages, towns, and cities, the state saw a growing interest in garden-ing as a leisure activity and source of civic pride. Vintage Wisconsin Gardens intro-duces readers to the region’s ornamental gar-dens of the 19th and early 20th centuries, show-casing the “ver-nacular” gardens created by land-scaping enthusi-asts for their own use and pleasure. Filled with period and contemporary images, recom-mended plant lists, and garden layouts, Vintage Wisconsin Gardens will inter-est those curious about the history of the state’s cultural landscape and inspire readers to restore or reconstruct period gardens.

Garden Wisdom: Lessons Learned from 60 Years of GardeningBy Jerry Apps • $27In Garden Wisdom, readers will learn gar-dening basics along with Jerry’s grand-children as they become a new generation of gardeners. They’ll devour Ruth’s reci-pes for preparing and preserving fresh garden veggies – from refrigerator pickles to rutabaga pudding. And they’ll savor son Steve’s beautiful color photographs, capturing the bounty of the family garden throughout the growing season.

Museums, Zoos & Botanical Gardens of WisconsinBy Anton Rajer • $18This book describes the full gamut of mu-seums, zoos, and botanical gardens in Wis-consin and the broad spectrum of cultural artifacts and natural history collections

in the state. It invites everyone to enjoy a rich variety of sites, from the famous Mil-waukee Art Museum to the smallest local historical society. Putting Roots Down: Garden-ing Insights from Wisconsin's Early SettlersBy Marcia C. Carmi-chael • $25This part of our collective history comes alive at Old World Wis-consin's recre-

ated 19th century heirloom gardens. In Putting Down Roots, historical gardener Marcia C. Carmichael guides us through these gardens, sharing insights on why the owners of the original houses planted and harvested what they did. Wisconsin Gardens & LandscapesBy Mary Lou and Rick Santovec • $20Visit over 100 public gardens, landscapes, nature preserves and nurseries in this exciting and colorful new guide, sure to please garden aficionados and landscape lovers alike.

These books and more are available at The Local Store, 205 N. Barstow St.


FRoNt PoRChES ARE CooL. All you who grew up in the city might not take notice of them, but from a country girl who had no front porch, they’re one of the best front yard features I see in houses. Front porches bring to mind idyllic, lazy summer days sitting on a porch swing reading a book and drinking lemonade. And come on, who doesn’t like a bit of people watching?

This past year I’ve been living in a very nice residential area here in Eau Claire, which is a far cry from the university dorms or my out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere house back home. But there’s no front porch, not on my house or many of the houses in my area. The backyards are nearly all fenced in, too. The only time I’ve really interacted with my neighbors is when they helped get my car unstuck in the road after one of the snow-pocalypses we had.

Eau Claire is a great city when it comes to fostering a sense of community. But in our neighborhoods, we can lack that neighborly connection between houses because everyone’s holed up inside or in their fenced in backyards. With a few simple changes, we can create lively, beautiful areas that will be focal points of community and conversations.

Liven up Your Green thumbs

One way to draw some attention and create a beautiful space for yourself and your neighbors is to get planting. Eau Claire is constantly hailed as a green city, both in regards to our sustainability practices and our vibrant locally grown food scene. a great way to further that reputation, and to create something your own, then look to your own front yards.

By planting a garden or doing some

landscape work, not only will you beautify your own lawn, but it’ll also be a conversation starter. And who knows? Maybe your neighbors will get involved too. Take a cue from the Schoenherr family in Woodbury, Minn. With help from artist Fritz Haeg and their neighbors, the Schoenherr’s transformed their front lawn into a community garden. Neighbors helped out planting and maintaining the garden, and were welcome to harvest the fruits (and veggies) of their labor. They even held weekly community dinners in the garden. While you don’t have to go as all-out as the Schoenherrs with their garden, but having a common project or activity like this does wonders for community building.

And did you know that you can utilize your boulevard too? (That’s the little strip of grass between the sidewalk and the road.) Eau Claire’s city ordinances allow property owners to plant and maintain the boulevards in front of their houses, so long as it’s not vegetables or weeds.

Make one Simple MoveNow I’m not saying you should

totally abandon you back yard, or move everything into the front. But perhaps you could move just one activity into the front yard and make a habit of going there instead of inside or the back yard. If you’re like me and you enjoy sitting and reading, then get a patio swing and set up on the porch or front yard. Like playing outdoor games? Set some up in the front and invite the neighbors over. Have a workshop or hobby? Try moving it into the garage, and keep the door open. Not only do you get some fresh air, but people can see it and strike up a conversation. It doesn’t take a massive garden to create

community. It could be as simple as sitting on a front porch swing greeting passersby, or hosting a front yard picnic with neighbors.

So go out to your front porch or yard and meet your neighbors. Make Mr. Rogers proud.

to the Front Yard!

Specifics of Boulevard Planting Eau Claire 8.28.102

Plantings cannot exceed 36 inches in height; those near intersections or driveways cannot exceed 18 inches

No vegetables

No weeds

No plants can overhang onto the streets

Cannot dig before contacting Diggers Hotline to check for lines

Non-plant material cannot exceed 50% of area and cannot erode, drain, or wash off onto the street

Green practices, including using native plants, is allowed and encouraged

No lawn ornaments

Trees must be approved by city

Boulevard is public property and any damages will not be paid.


BY ALLISON PUESTOW

COMMUNITY GARDENS

Chippewa Falls Community Garden • fyi.uwex.edu/chippewavalleycrops/community-gardens/ Chippewa Falls Parks, Recreation, and Forestry and University of Wisconsin – Extension Chippewa County are offering community gardening in Chippewa Falls for the 2014 growing season. 12’ x 24’ garden plots at Marshall Park on Bridgewater Avenue are available for lease by indi-viduals, households, or organizations. The garden will be tilled and ready for planting by early May. Demmler Community Garden (715) 495-2451, (920) 680-5215 • [email protected] • eauclairewi.gov/departments/recreation-services/parks/eau-claire-community-gardens The goal of the Eau Claire Community Garden is to provide an area for indi-viduals and families to garden, and to build and nurture community friendships to share and enhance gardening skills. A communal garden is also available to those who wish to garden but will not be renting a plot. Forest Street Community Garden (715) 495-2451, (920) 680-5215 • [email protected] • eauclairewi.gov/departments/recreation-servic-es/parks/eau-claire-community-gardens The goal of the Eau Claire Community Garden is to provide an area for individuals and families to garden, to build and nurture community friendships, and to share and enhance gar-dening skills. A communal garden is also available. Rain barrels, water hookup, compost area, and shared tools are available. Forest Street Community Garden: Shared Garden (715) 495-2451, (920) 680-5215 • [email protected] • eauclairewi.gov/departments/recreation-services/parks/eau-claire-community-gar-dens In addition to the Forest Street’s primary commu-nity garden, Forest Street also offers a half acre garden operated and maintained together based on a schedule of

coverage. This garden is a good opportunity for people who don’t know much about gardening, or will not be around all summer. Rain barrels, water hookup, compost area, and shared tools available. Free Kids Gardens: North Riverfronts Neighborhood Park & McDonough Park (715) 495-2451, (920) 680-5215 • [email protected] • eau-clairewi.gov/departments/recreation-services/parks/eau-claire-community-gardens The County Extension office sponsors a free kids’ garden for all school-aged children June-Aug. During these times youth will be able to take part in an activity and then have the oppur-tunity to sample a vegetable from the garden. Materials are provided.Jeffers Road Community Garden (715) 495-2451, (920) 680-5215 • [email protected] • eauclairewi.gov/departments/recreation-servic-es/parks/eau-claire-community-gardens The Eau Claire County extension office offers garden plots for rent at the Community Garden Site located on Jeffers Road, just off the North Crossing. This is the same location as in previous years. Members must bring their own hose, bucket, or watering can.Lakeshore Park Community Garden (715) 495-2451, (920) 680-5215 • [email protected] • eauclairewi.gov/departments/recreation-servic-es/parks/eau-claire-community-gardens The goal of the Eau Claire Community Garden is to provide an area for individuals and families to garden, and to build and nur-ture community friendships to share and enhance gar-dening skills. Located near the pavillion. Water hookup and hoses available. Bring your own tools.Menomonie Community Garden 2500 9th Street East, Menomonie • (715) 232-1328 • MenomonieCommuni-tyGardens.com Now with running water, compost for everyone to use, tools, and our most recent addition to the garden is a shed. The shed supplies were donated by some amazing community members and is being built by the construction department at UW-Stout. There are

also monthly educational work-ins on topics like com-posting, sustainable soil management, chemical-free pest control, rain barrel construction, and hoop house tutorials.

GARDEN CENTERSAquarian Gardens N2548 440th St., Menomonie • (715) 664-8808 • [email protected] • aquar-ian-gardens.com Experienced gardeners work with you through the entire process of creating a beautiful garden, from the initial consultation to the maintenance visits af-ter the garden is complete. They also have a shop where you can buy various plants (either by chance or appoint-ment).Blaine’s Farm and Fleet 2583 S Prairie View Road, Chippewa Falls • (715) 723-1806 • farmandfleet.com A hardy selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, and hanging baskets, all grown locally with nursery quality so you know they will survive and pros-per in your lawn and garden. While you’re there, you can pick up garden maintenance supplies, lawn decor, and more.Bobolink Nursery LLC N6548 429th St, Menomonie • (715) 231-3901 • bobolinknursery.com Bobolink’s barn-style garden center and three large growing ranges are packed with perennials, vegetables, annuals, shrubs, and trees. Owners Dan and Amy Dopkins have been in the plant growing business for essentially their entire lives and are very happy to pass their vast stores of knowledge on to you. They also offer services such as landscaping design and installation.Chippewa Valley Growers 7825 Prill Road, Eau Claire • (715) 839-8448 • chippewavalleygrowers.com Carries a wide variety of stock, specializing in bedding plants,

flowers, and vegetables. Work with gardeners to create custom baskets and containers and check out growing ideas and tips in their spring newsletter.Christensen Florist & Greenhouses 1210 Mansfield St., Chippewa Falls • (715) 723-2251 • [email protected] • christensenflorist.com Over eighty years of experience in the art of flowers. You know when you choose Christensen Florist you are getting the high-est quality. They have given local brides the most ex-traordinary wedding flowers for both intimate and ex-travagant venues. They will help you create the perfect floral design to truly fit your wedding style, and budget.Circle M Nursery 3942 103rd St., Chippewa Falls • (715) 723-4247 • www.circlemnursery.com Circle M has served as a complete garden center for the Chip-pewa Valley for over 35 years, providing trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, black dirt, mulches, and flexible landscaping services.Dave Bresina’s Nursery 9885 Hwy Q, Chippewa Falls • (715) 723-3080 • www.facebook.com Bresina’s nurs-ery is stocked full of the rocks, dirts, plants, and trees you need to turn your landscape into something worth looking at.Down To Earth Garden Center • (715) 833-1234, (715) 289-4567 • [email protected] • dwntoearth.com The Down to Earth Garden Center is a relaxing and spacious environment in which potential planters can find greeneries of every kind. Take advantage of their landscaping and lawncare services.6025 Arndt Ln., Eau Claire • 715-833-1234 // 22223 Cty. Hwy. O, Cadott • 715-289-4567Fryszki’s Country Gardens N1956 State Road 85, Eau Claire • (715) 835-8743 • [email protected] • www.frysz-kis.com Fryszki’s Country Gardens offers a wide vari-ety of unique and colorful annuals, perennials, grasses, herbs and vegetables.Gehrke Floral & Greenhouses 515 E. Main St., Mon-dovi • 715-926-4931 • [email protected] • gehrkefloral.com Choosing only the freshest, highest quality flowers, this shop has the professional and car-ing staff for your floral needs. Gehrke Floral has the flowers, plants, and gifts to help you express yourself perfectly.Gordy’s County Market Garden Center 2717 Birch St. Eau Claire • (715) 738-7885 • Provides trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, garden decor, mulches, fertilizers, landscaping accessories. In addition, Gordy’s offers rentals of larger gardening and landscaping tools for those projects you can’t tackle yourself.Gordy’s True Value 17168 County Highway J Chip-pewa Falls, WI • (715) 726-2515 • truevalue.com From wheelbarrows to lawn decor, True Value offers most every tool you’ll need to tend your garden.Green Oasis Garden Center 1403 122nd St., Lake Hallie • (715) 832-0800 ext. 100 • GreenOasisGar-dens.com This garden center offers lawn art and ac-cessories, plus various trees, ornamental grasses, pe-rennials, mulch, dirt, compost, and patio block. They also offer a variety of classes throughout the gardening season to help you make your garden extra special.

THE LIST

The Chippewa Valley has a number of community gardens available for residents who need a little extra space to grow. Or, if you know a nice space you can start your own!


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Green Thumb Landscaping and Excavating 6700 Hwy 12 E., Eau Claire • (715) 832-4553 • www.green-thumblandscapingwi.com Green Thumb Landscaping and Excavating provides garden care and maintenance. They offer a unique blend of perennials, shrubs, native trees, annuals, bark, mulch, and rock. They also sell lime, dirt, fertilizer, pesticides and more.Greener Grass Systems 3261 S Joles Pkwy, Lake Hallie • (715) 723-0800 • www.greenergrasssystems.com In addition to their extensive landscaping services, Greener Grass Systems provides a selection of large trees, ornamental grasses, perennials, colored mulch, black dirt, and compost for your lawn and garden needs.Grinde’s Garden Center 2903 Preston Rd., Eau Claire • (715) 833-2292 • www.grindesgardencenter.com Family owned for 28 years, Grinde’s greenhouses offer a full line of self-produced vegetables, plants, flowers, seeds. They specialize in hanging baskets and bedding plants.Grow Box USA • (715) 514-3399 • [email protected] • www.growboxusa.com Founded in 2009, Grow Box USA provides grow cabinets at a fair price for the best growing experience possible.Halfen Garden Center and Hosta Heaven 19130 72nd Ave, Chippewa Falls • (715) 723-3414 • [email protected] • halfengardencenter.com Halfen Garden Center is a family run business that offers a wide array of hostas, vines, annuals, vegetables, fruits, trees, and shrubs. They offer garden layouts to help you know the best place to plant around your home.Klinger Farm Market 12756 132nd St, Chippewa Falls • (715) 288-6348 • [email protected] • klingerfarmmarket.biz In addition to 18 green-houses full of flowers, vegetable plants, herbs, shrubs, trees, hanging baskets, water plants, and house plants, Klinger offers a swath of freshly grown produce, home and garden ornaments, bird baths, jams, honeys, and organic gardening products. They are open year round.Kopp’s Growing Grounds W6315 Wisconsin Trunk 85, Eau Claire • (715) 834-2569 • www.koppsgg.com In business since 1989, Kopp’s offers quality bedding plants that you can not find at regular retail outlets. They also have a wide variety of perennials, trees, and

shrubs.Lowes Creek Tree Farm S9475 Lowes Creek Rd., Eleva • (888) 878-4166 • [email protected] • www.lowescreektreefarm.com Lowes Creek Tree Farm’s retail nursery market includes a full line of potted shade trees (over 50 varieties), flowering trees, fruit trees, shubs, and perennials, plus landscape con-sulatation, design services, and delivery and planting services.May’s Floral Garden 3424 Jeffers Rd., Eau Claire • (715) 836-8220 • www.maysfloralgarden.com Primar-ily a florist, May’s designs and sells products for both indoor and outdoor living. They have 11 greenhouses that are in production where they grow annuals, peren-nials, and indoor green plants. They also carry various gardening supplies.Menards 3619 South Hastings Way, Eau Claire • (715) 832-3344 // 5210 N. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire • (715) 830-0011 • menards.com Menards offers a full-blown garden center and every tool you could ever think of to tend your garden, making it a convenient one-stop shop for your gardening needs.Out to Laurie’s Greenhouse & Crafts • [email protected] • www.outtolauries.com special-izing in top-quality annual flowers, planters, hanging baskets, combination pots, and special made-to-order items per request. Enjoy the friendly and helpful atmo-sphere of this three-generation, family owned green-house. Only open Saturdays in the Spring. See contact info for details.Paint Creek Nursery & Tree Farm 3215 North 140th Ave, Cadott • (715) 723-2072 • [email protected] • paintcreeknursery.com Paint Creek Nursey’s goal is to grow shrubs and trees that benefit people and the environment. They have a variety of native tree species, including conifers, hardwoods, and shrubs, that can be purchased either as seedlings or transplants.Petit Jardin 13811 7th St., Osseo • (715) 597-2525 • On the bank of Lake Martha, Petit Jardin has a large selection of native perennials, specialty annuals, herbs, trees, and shrubs, with an emphasis on organic and sus-tainable gardening.Plant Marketing LLC 819 W. Shorewood Dr., Eau



Claire • (800) 752-6879 • www.plantorders.com A grower and marketing agent of live plants, specializing in the distribution of foliage, bedding, perennials, cacti, blooming, and holiday/seasonal plants.Sears Hometown Store 2521 Hills Court, Menomonie • (715) 232-8086 • searshometownstores.com Sears sells the supplies every home gardener needs to keep their plants in top shape.Season’s Harvest Greenhouse E5345 County Rd D, Menomonie • (715) 231-4769 • [email protected] • www.seasons-harvest.com Season’s Harvest has an impressive 6 greenhouses full of annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vegetables, and herbs. Also, the potting shed station located outside the greenhouses allows you to mix, match, and plant your flowers right after or while you’re browsing.Shopko • (715) 832-9777, (715) 726-1251 • shopko.com Between their outdoor garden center and the tools and supplies they sell in-store, Shopko offers every-thing you need to get your garden started right.The Flower Farm 6400 State Rd 93, Eau Claire • (715) 832-7189 • Established in 1988, The Flower Farm car-ries a wide variety of annuals, perennials, trees, and herbs.The Potting Shed 1717 Devney Dr., Altoona • (715) 831-4000 • [email protected] • thepotting-shed1.com The Potting Shed carries a plethora of an-nuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees; as well as anything you could possibly need to plant a garden including fer-tilizers, gloves, and the largest organics section around.Wal-Mart • walmart.com Wal-Mart has the plants, flowers, and supplies you need at the price you can afford. Locations in Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, and Menomonie.

INTERIOR DESIGN & FURNISHINGS

Ashley Furniture 4068 Commonwealth Ave, Eau Claire • (715) 830-1940 • ashleyfurniture.com Ashley Furniture is a national chain that provides you with everything you will need when furnishing just about

any room in your home.Autumn Hill Home Boutique 305 S Barstow St, Eau Claire • (715) 831-0500 • autumnhillhome.com A re-tail furniture, home decor, and gift boutique special-izing in cottage style furniture, bedding, lighting, and children’s furniture.Bed, Bath & Drapery Shop 3475 E Hamilton Ave, Eau Claire • (715) 839-9000 • bedbathanddrapery.com Knowledgeable employees work to help you with your decorating needs. They provide decorating ser-vices that include free home or business consultation.Bush Budget Furniture 2402 London Rd, Eau Claire • (715) 835-8426 • A privately owned furniture store, sells numerous brand-name furnishings as well as bed-ding.C design Interiors & Textiles 800 Wisconsin St, Bldg F13, Suite 215, Eau Claire • (715) 514-4665 • This local business makes custom-designed window treat-ments and slipcovers, plus their stock includes rugs, decor, and furniture.Cabin Chic 13811 7th St, Osseo • (715) 597-2525 • [email protected] • cabin-chic.com With the tag-line “in the woods ... on the water ... at the ranch,” Cabin Chic has a diverse selection of home decor and furnishings, many of them made by local artisans.Carpe-Diem 129 Main St E, Menomonie • (715) 231-4030 • This quaint store has home decor and gifts.Cedar Corporation 604 Wilson Ave, Menomonie • (715) 235-9081 • cedarcorp.com Provides engineer-ing and architecture, as well as some interior design.Celebrating Home Eau Claire • www.celebrating-home.com Let your love of decorating and entertain-ing be its own reward. Celebrating Home is a network of independent, professional Designers who share a desire to create beautiful homes and bring family and friends together for food, fun and fellowship. They of-fer a wide range of unique products, designs and ideas that can transform any house into a home of personal style. Find a Designer in your area.Charlson’s Interior Design 97 W Madison St, Eau Claire • (715) 835-5144 • Specializes in custom wood-working, namely cabinets.

Chippewa Valley Furniture Direct • 715-598-4353 • www.furnitureeauclaire.com Brand new, overstock, clearance, and liquidation furniture and mattresses from major bedding and home furnishing manufactur-ers.CITYLIVING DESIGN Studio 320 Graham Ave #101, Eau Claire • (715) 864-1248 • ceceliacronk.com With a portfolio that includes Metropolis Hotel and the model Phoenix Park apartments, interior designer Ce-clia Cronk offers high fashion modern design for your home or business.Classics Furniture & Lighting Design Studio 2510 S Hastings Way, Eau Claire • (715) 835-4500 • classics-furniturestudio.com A local furnishings business with a staff of designers available to makeover rooms in homes or businesses.Clearwater Cabinetry & Design 4163 124th St., Chip-pewa Falls • (715) 738-1801 • www.clearwater-de-sign.com/5594.html These masters of interior design make custom made cabinets, countertops, furniture, built-ins, residential and commerical homes.Dell’s Architectural Techniques 121 Maple St., Eau Claire • 715-834-8872 • www.dellsarchitecturalan-tiques.com

Department of Interiors 401 Pinnacle Way, Suite 108, Eau Claire • (715) 836-7797 • [email protected] • deptofinteriors.com Handles customized interior design for all needs, from an intimate living room to a majestic hotel ballroom, and specializes in feng shui design techniques for wellness.Design 101 • (715) 563-6788 • [email protected] • ezdesign101.com With a degree in interior design and more than 25 years of experience in stu-dios, lumber yards, furniture stores, and decorating in homes, Debbie VanWyke works with you step-by-step in re-creating the interior of your home.Dorig Designs LLC 930 W. MacArthur Ave., Eau Claire • (715) 514-4279 • [email protected] • www.DorigDesigns.com Adrienne Dorig Leland is an interior designer specializing in kitchens and bath-rooms, both modern and traditional. She also does custom cabinetry.

Duncan Creek Woodworks 4 Pond St, Chippewa Falls • (715) 720-1400 • [email protected] • duncancreekwood.com Makes custom designed and special order wood furniture.Economy Furniture 16051 Hwy J, Chippewa Falls • (715) 723-1444 • economyfurniture.us A local busi-ness carrying loads of furniture made by national companies.Encore Consignment Clothing Store 2420 London Rd., Eau Claire • 715-833-2333 • [email protected] Encore also consigns furniture.Erin Designs, LLC 1741 Royal Ct., Eau Claire • 715-456-1850 • [email protected] • www.ErinDe-signs.com Sustainable, eco-friendly interior design consulting. Erin is committed to understanding the environmental impact of all her design projects. By incorporating “Green Building” practices, she helps clients create healthy places to live and work.FUNCSHUN id 10446 162nd St., Chippewa Falls • (715) 226-0666 • [email protected] • func-shunid.com This Chippewa Falls business handles all your interior design needs and is run by Laura Gamble, a designer with experience from New York to Seattle and with clients like Kodak, Microsoft, and Seattle International Airport.Furnish 123 235 E Hamilton Ave., Eau Claire; 102 N Broadway St, Menomonie • EC: (715) 514-5123; Meno: 715-233-3123 • www.eauclairefurnish123.com Locally owned and operated, Furnish 123’s owner searches for best buys and values in the furniture mar-ket.Furniture Loft Outlet 1849 Hwy OO, Chippewa Falls • (715) 832-2539 • furnitureloftoutletstore.com This outlet has just about every kind of furniture you could want for your home, from your living room to your dining room and bedroom.Furniture to Go 312 E Madison St., Eau Claire • (715) 552-3297 • A used furniture store with low prices.Gently Kissed Treasures 11 E. Central St, Chippewa Falls • (715) 738-1230 • [email protected] • www.gentlykissedtreasures.com A furniture and home decor consignment shop.


Gerhards First Supply 596 Cameron St., Eau Claire • (715) 832-6638 • 1supply.com This wholesale show-room of building supplies includes, among other things, kitchen and bathroom cabinetry and flooring.Get it Now 3015 E. Hamilton Ave., Eau Claire • 715-835-0708 • Top brands for your home.Hirshfields Paint & Decorating 1701 South Hastings Way, Eau Claire • (715) 835-9914 • hirshfields.com Hirshfield’s is a century-old decorating business with an unrivaled selection of paints, wallcoverings, fab-rics, and window fashions.HOM Furniture 2921 Mall Dr., Eau Claire • (715) 552-2555 • homfurniture.com A national chain fur-nishings store that sells everything you would need for your home, from matresses, to flooring, to outdoor accessories.Hong Furniture 606 W. 10th St., Osseo • 715-597-2613 • See contact info for details.House Blend Lighting & Design 215 N Bridge St, Chippewa Falls • (715) 726-3080 • [email protected] • www.houseblendstudio.com This firm not only specializes in lighting, but also does resi-dential design to any personal style and commercial designs that include Bridge Street Station and Dessert First/Benny HaHa.Inside Lines 306 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire • (715) 834-4230 • insidelinesdesign.com This local home decor and furnishings store has everything from rugs/carpeting to dressers and dining rooms tables, plus in-terior designers on staff.Interior Arts 308 Eau Claire St, Eau Claire • (715) 834-8424 • [email protected] • interiorarts.com Seasoned decorator Susan Jakober handles every stage of home and business interior design imaginable.Korgers Furniture & Decorating • (715) 723-8852, (715) 235-3917 • korgersdecorating.com A locally owned store with an extensive selection of paints/stains, furnishings, and some decor. They do in-home repairs, floor coverings, and paint consultations. Loca-tions in Eau Claire and Menomonie.Lebakkens 2501 E. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire • (715) 833-1316 • www.lebakkensrto.com This rent-to-

own chain store (headquartered in Eau Claire) includes all kinds of home niceties, including furnishings.Lydia’s 1053 North Hastings Way, Eau Claire • (715) 552-0400 • www.lydiasgallery.com This store special-izes in lighting and furnishings, with professional in-terior designers willing to help you design the interior of your home from the furniture to the wall hangings.New To You Furniture & Appliances 1643 Harding Ave., Eau Claire • 715-855-7762 • See contact info for details.

One of A Kind Interior Design 217 N. Bridge St, Chip-pewa Falls • (715) 726-2000 • oneofakindinteriorde-sign.com Specializing in kitchen remodels, they also will help you with flooring, space planning, counter-tops, and a variety of other interior design needs. Their goal is to keep the customer in mind from the very beginning.Pier 1 Imports 4008 Commonwealth Ave., Eau Claire • (715) 834-8002 • pier1.com A national chain of home décor and knick-knacks.

RainMaster Lawn Systems 3445 London Rd., Eau Claire • (715) 839-8484 • [email protected] • www.rainmasterlawn.com RainMaster Lawn Systems of Eau Claire designs, installs and services in-ground sprinkler systems for homes and businesses.Red Barn Kitchen & Bath E6355 290th Ave, Meno-monie • (715) 664-8145 • Design services for kitchens and bathrooms, as well as quality cabinetry, counter-tops, plumbing fixtures, and sinks.Siker’s Furniture & Carpeting 124 Graham Ave, Eau Claire • (715) 834-5026 • Features sofas, tables, chairs, and everything in between, as well as carpet-ing.Slumberland Furniture 3227 E Hamilton Ave., Eau Claire • (715) 834-7272 • slumberland.com mattressesSouthern Oak Window Fashions 4575 Old Town Hall Road, Eau Claire • (715) 835-8557 • www.southerno-akwindowfashions.hdspd.com Select the most fitting and beautiful window coverings from a wide variety of fabrics, colors, textures and styles.Spectrum Factory Outlet 925 First Ave, Chippewa Falls • (715) 723-6750 • [email protected] • spectrumfurniture.com A furniture manufacturer out-let store with mostly furnishings for offices.TK Interior Design 5615 168th St, Chippewa Falls • (715) 309-9668 • [email protected] • tkinte-riordesign.com An interior design company dealing in both residential and commercial design. They handle everything from a full remodel to choosing paints, fur-niture, and cabinetry.Tropical Interiors: Plant Care & Holiday Design • (715) 933-0735 • [email protected] • tropin-teriors.com They will provide your business or home with beautiful interior plants and the proper care they need.Wall to Wall Carpet One 3104 E. Hamilton Ave, Eau Claire • (715) 598-4485 • walltowallcarpetoneeau-claire.com They will take care of all your flooring needs. They have a variety of carpet, vinyl, tile, hard-wood, and laminate to choose from.

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