Butterflies are some of the most beautiful and exotic creatures in the landscape. A butterfly garden is an easy way to see more butterflies and help them, since many local habitats have been lost to human activities like building homes and roads. It is easy to increase the number and variety of butterflies in your yard. Simply grow the plants on which butterflies like to feed! Because so many butterflies snack on the same plants your hummingbirds enjoy, this list will work equally well to … [Read more...] about Creating Hummingbird, Butterfly Heavenly Gardens
Lisa Watters-Lain
Creating Privacy with Head-High Hedges
Privacy and hedgerows are not top-of-mind until your neighbor dumps his leftover construction material for all to enjoy at the next backyard BBQ. My favorite is the super-sized motor home parked within feet of the property line that is now a chrome-covered albatross sitting between yards. We spend a lot of time outdoors in Arizona and a little privacy is essential. An unfortunate mistake so many homeowners make is planting a hedge that becomes massive within several years, overgrowing its … [Read more...] about Creating Privacy with Head-High Hedges
Lisa Watters Lain Achieves National Recognition for Garden Center
Lisa Watters Lain and her team are credited with taking her company to new heights as Watters Garden Center made the Independent Garden Centers Top 100 list for the first time in company history. Fifteen thousand garden centers competed to make the top of the prestigious list. Watters Lain has been working in her family-owned business since she was old enough to hold a garden hose. She is reported to be “the engine that can” who powers the machine started by her parents more than 57 years … [Read more...] about Lisa Watters Lain Achieves National Recognition for Garden Center
Lisa Watters-Lain, Watters Garden Center owner
As a local girl, Lisa would ride her horse to the YMCA swimming pool when it was still outdoors. “Growing up in Prescott was a real treat, rare by today's standards,” said Lisa Watters-Lain. After school, she and her three sisters worked in the family garden center. She learned what real customer service was. “Back in those days, you knew everyone,” she said. “We would meet customers at school, church, the grocery store and at the YMCA pool. It was a small town back then, and word spread fast … [Read more...] about Lisa Watters-Lain, Watters Garden Center owner