Negotiate with the Nusery at Lowes??? YES, YES, YES!

There comes a time when we girls have to share our secrets.

Here's one of my BIG ones!

Would you ever think you could negotiate with the Manager at your local Lowes Nursery?

YES you can! 

Here is how you do it.

Have you ever noticed the BIG rolling metal shelf racks they bring out when

you think they are about to restock?

Perhaps this is the case, but most times what they are doing is removing plants that have bloomed up so much that they are taking up so much real estate that Lowes just wants to get them out.

Classic example I am showing you here are these Beautiful Hydrangeas.

The nursery had shoved them carelessly onto the rolling racks and stopped pruning them or really caring for them.  They had marked them down from $24 or so dollars each to $19 each. 

Still expensive for flowers that needed some TLC.

The SECRET is to find out from the clerks or the Manager when their next shipment of flowers will be arriving.  They normally are very forthcoming and are happy to tell you because they need to move new merchandise.  Once you know that the new shipment will arrive...for example tomorrow...since they normally come in 1 time a week you return the next day.  They are still loaded down with in my case loads of Hydrangeas at the end of Spring and ready to move them out and display

new Summer Flowers or Fresh Hydrangeas.

Look, the ones on the for sale racks even had new blooms, just needed some love!

So I am here to tell you that when that new shipment arrived I was there.  The Manager and the GM of the nursery were there trying to determine where to place all their new merchandise.  Lots of landscapers may know this trick, but if you are willing to take on a load all at once you are in!  They simply needed to unload the merchandise and since to them it has a shelf life and they do not have the time or the staff to care for them or house them they will do these kinds of deals.  You just have to be able to NEGOTIATE!

Ladies I am here to tell you that all these WONDERFUL flowers you see here were

purchased for .75 cents each.  I bought about 30 Hydrangeas as you can see.  I spent an afternoon pruning, feeding and watering them and they were as good as new! 

All of my favorite neighbors received a plant just for fun so I could share the wealth.

I spent about $25 DOLLARS Total.

These images are when they were still in pots prior to my poor fiance having to dig me a new flower bed; however we have enjoyed cut flowers in the house for several weeks and

now they are beginning to rebloom in their new beds.

Next Spring I will have a lovely garden of Hydrangeas full of color for $25,

while some might have spent $750 to have a garden full.

They made quite the display in the neighborhood!

MY secret to YOU.  Be a Sharp and Savvy Shopper and don't be afraid to ask or negotiate.

They can not throw out the merchandise, they have to sell it even if it is for pennies on the dollar.

Even my baby girl "Prissy" who is a Rescue and is half Dalmatian and half Pitty loves Mommy's flowers!

She is very REGAL when around beauty.

Have a Great Day!

Vanessa