FROM THE EHS TEAM

Seasonal observations and project stories from the team at Eastern Horticultural Services.

Terracotta containers of purple ornamental kale, red ornamental peppers and yellow mums on a brick patio beside a pond in fall

October Begins the Close of the Season. Here’s Where to Start.

Ann Waters on cutting back peonies, planting a container that lasts through winter, bringing house plants inside before the cold and why the paperbark maple[…]

Three EHS team members holding potted jalapeño plants beside John Winterbottom in front of an EHS truck in Avondale

The 5th Annual Pepper Plant Prize: 24 Growers, One Winner and One Who Tasted Them All

Every September, the EHS yard in Avondale, just west of Kennett Square, hosts the most competitive growing contest in Chester County. Nobody outside the company[…]

Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia) in full bloom in front of a fieldstone wall and wrought iron gate, with blue globe thistle beside them

September Opens the Real Planting Season. Here’s How to Use It.

Spring gets the credit, but September is the month experienced gardeners plan around. The soil is still warm from summer, the air has finally cooled[…]

Young riders on ponies racing across the grass field at the 2026 Willowdale Steeplechase in Kennett Square Pennsylvania

We were at Willowdale last weekend. We brought a bar.

Not a cooler. A bar. Tiki umbrella, full setup, built right into the back of an EHS truck. Bourbon, mixers, the works. If you were[…]