Thoughts

Every design starts with an idea.  Pencil to paper, sketches allow us to rapidly make changes, so...

Plants that keep their foliage year-round are the current stars of the landscape!  They create an...

It has been an unusually warm February for us and spring is surely right around the corner.  Now ...

Plants make the holiday season festive with their distinctive sights, smells, and taste!  Here is...

Fall is in the air!  The nights are chilly, the mornings are crisp.  Orange, red, and yellow foli...

The Philadelphia area has many notable titles, but none more near and dear to our hearts than the...

Stoney Bank Nurseries is proud to have licensed Landscape Architects leading our projects. Landsc...

Plant enthusiasts simply love plants!  We have collections, hunt for rare specimens, and some of ...

Seed catalogs begin to arrive.  Ads online pop up with enticing photos of stunning new plant cult...

This past year has been challenging on many levels.  The pandemic brought uncertainty, re...

Governor Wolf has declared that all non-life-sustaining businesses must close until further notic...

When is the last time you have seen an American chestnut tree? Chances are, the answer is...

Lycorma delicatula, more commonly referred to as Spotted Lanternfly (SLF), is the newest ...

A Pennsylvania boy named Christian was looking at schools in Germany, where his family wa...

We have known for a while that around 90% of plants have a symbiotic relation with fungi,...

We are a small family run business operating within the local community.  We recently des...

It is hard to beat the colorful impact that Crapemyrtles (Lagerstroemia ind...

Stoney Bank Nurseries is honored to receive the title of Best in Show at this year’...

Winter is approaching but that doesn’t mean that all the glorious colors of fall are done...

Summer days are perfect opportunities to spend time outside on the patio.  They are after...

Stoney Bank Nurseries has been awarded a Gold Medal for our landscape exhibit at the 2017...

20,000 air miles to and from Singapore, judging an international flower show for 7 days i...

Stoney Bank Nurseries, Inc. is very excited to be deemed the Best in Show winner at the 2...

Jack Blandy, founder of Stoney Bank Nurseries, has a new medal to add to his lifetime acc...

As we enjoy our last warm days of autumn, our thoughts turn toward the future growing sea...

Philadelphia Flower Show 2016 Theme: National Parks Service
By Samantha Melamed, Inquirer S...

Autumn is an ideal time to plant trees and shrubs because they can establish themselves b...

We had over 100 unique plant species and cultivars on display in our exhibit this year!  ...

Designers from all corners of the globe have created amazing displays this year at the In...

We are busy at work but still have a long way to go before judging early Friday morning!

Planning has been underway for months!  Plants have been growing beneath lights and heat ...

Join our award winning designers Jack and Joe at Longwood Gardens on February 7, 2015 for...

Blooms are a bit hard to find during winter’s gloom, but colorful berries, stems, and gra...

Butterflies are important pollinators in our local ecosystems but populations are feeling...

Summer’s heat can stress newly installed plants that have not had time to establish...

Trees are the backbone to our landscape.  They provide food and shelter for...

This year’s winter was long, cold, and brutal for many trees, shrubs, and perennials.  Ma...

With more snow on the horizon, will spring ever arrive in the Brandywine Valley this year...

Did you miss the Philadelphia Flower Show this year?  

Stoney Bank Nurseries’ exhibit at the 2014 PHS Flower Show has won Best in Show!  T...

Art, horticulture graft together for Philadelphia Flower Show
By Meghan Ross

This year we are designing and constructing our 35^th exhibit for the Philadelp...

Stoney Bank Nurseries welcomes a partnership with the

Stoney Bank Nurseries was recently highlighted by CBS Philly News in their article, Top L...

Flowering shrubs provide essential structure in the landscape and bolster garden appearan...

The Philadelphia Flower Show is all wrapped up and we are in full swing for the spring se...

Pennsylvania Horticulture Society President Drew Becher visits the award winning Rose Val...

Stoney Bank Nurseries  is honored to have received several awards for this yea...

The 2013 Flower Show setup has been underway for four days!  We have already hung up the ...

Spring is just around the corner and you can get a sneak peek of it right now by watching...

Lupines, delphiniums, and boxwoods!  Blimey!  With less than a month before opening day a...

Stoney Bank Nurseries takes you out of London to the verdant Cotswolds for a ‘Hidcote Hol...

“Jack J. Blandy, PCH has received PLNA’s 2013 Hall of Fame Award. Jack Blandy is th...

Stoney Bank Nurseries has received a Gold Award for Excellence for the restoration

This year Stoney Bank Nurseries, Inc. celebrates our 34th consecutive year in the Philade...

Opportunities are always presented when one door closes and other one opens. With the dog...

Glen Blandy with Stoney Bank Nurseries works on an exhibit in the 2012 Philadelphia Inter...

That sounds romantic, doesn’t it? Actually, Jack Blandy of Stoney Bank Nurseries in...

Jack Blandy, Founder and President of Stoney Bank Nurseries in Glen Mills, is again takin...

A tour of the Culinary Green Roof exhibit we created for the 2011 Philadelphia Internatio...

Our Parisian chef’s garden is one of the largest showcases in the 2011 Philadelphia Inter...

What makes the Philadelphia International Flower Show as educational ...

‘Going green’ isn’t just a passing trend or catch phrase any longer in our rapidly changi...

Forcing always seemed to be a strong term for something to do with flowers. My son and I ...