With spring weather being here we're excited to show off some of things we've come up with to make your shopping experience at Blackhawk's Garden Center even more fun. We've been spring cleaning and have completely reorganized our stock. Now, finally, we have designated areas for all our items such as planters and garden statues. [...]
Spring is a great time for vegetable planting. You can still plant many cool season vegetables and soon it'll be time to plant summer crops. A note on those: If you prefer starting seeds indoors over purchasing seedlings at Blackhawk Hardware's Garden Center, it is now time to start those as well if you haven't [...]
The answer to the question as to when should you start planting vegetables in Charlotte really depends on the vegetable. Some like arugula, spinach and peas can be sown as early as the ground can be worked. If you get seeds in the ground this weekend you can count on a spinach harvest in 30 [...]
Tanglefoot and tree banding material are in stock now! Beware of the cankerworm! Not only does this little fella get really annoying when he gets tangled in your hair, he also presents a fierce enemy to Charlotte's beautiful tree canopy. This time of year the Alsophila Pometraria moth crawls up tree stems and lays her [...]
Direct from Holland Meet the pride of our garden center: spring bulbs! Few plants signalize spring quite like tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths. If you are looking for highest quality and a huge variety of flower bulbs in Charlotte, please pay us a visit. Our bulbs are directly imported from flower farms in the Netherlands to [...]
Why is it that strolling through Blackhawk's Garden Center in Dilworth is always so amazing? It's like walking through a carefully crafted botanical garden. I believe it is because not only are there all the plants you could ever want but what's more, they are interspersed with amazing garden art. I always felt that beautiful [...]
Tailgating is a tradition of picnicking, partying and having fun before and after games, concerts and just about any outdoor event. A recent addition to tailgating at sporting events is raising a tall flagpole with the colors of your favorite team or school high over the assembled crowd. These flagpoles are not difficult to make, [...]
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At Blackhawk, we were tickled to see this article in the Observer: Troutman rocking chairs greet U.S. Open visitors By Megan Cassella mcassella@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2014 The Iredell County furniture maker whose rocking chairs line the atrium of Charlotte Douglas International Airport is showing off its wares this week on a new stage: [...]
Ladies, we all know about "hat hair". Many of us will avoid even wearing a hat for sun protection because we don't want our hairdo ruined. And how 'bout those visors that grip our temples? Forget it! Who needs the headache? Rita Hockenbury experienced the same pitfalls with hats and visors and her frustration birthed [...]
