Welcome
Garden Treasures was formed in September 2005 after its founders, Mark and Patricia Lovejoy bought an old deserted dairy farm in Arlington to help revitalize small agricultural business' in the Stillaguamish River Valley. From the beginning we built our farm with sustainability and minimal environmental impact. We use recycled and roof-top relaimed water for all our nursery irragation needs. Our organic crops are watered using fresh well water. Our fields are farmed within thier limits and native coyotes, eagles, red tailed hawks, deer, birds, rabbits, and voles all call our farm home.
In the beggining everything seemed so easy- we had a great location, fertile fields, and great old farm buildings to work with. We were very optimistic and believed earth friendly and environmental agriculture. Waiting for our customers to pull in and enjoy what we offered proved to be a slow but steady challenge in the beginning.
We tailored our business with respect to our land, community, and place upon this earth as human beings. One of the first projects for our nursery was building a irragation system. In fact, we were able to use a manure resevior from the old dairy as a water recycling resevoir. Almost all the water that runs from the rooftops of our barns and greenhouses is diverted into this old concrete resevoir for later use. Using this system we can go for long periods during the summer using completly recycled runoff water for our trees and shrubs.
Fast forward 3 years and we are excited to finally be at a cozy equalibrium of work, rest, and enjoyment of bringing fresh farm products to our community. Our garden center has a full line of most everything garden centers sell. Our gift shop, garden art and farm stand are now fully stocked. We also have a small but great staff of 6 people who all work very hard and believe in community supported, and earth friendly agriculture.
Thank you all for supporting us and our dream of growing healthy local communities and food crops in the Stillaguamish River Valley. Having a small farm and a environmenally friendly business is challenging in many ways and without the help from our community members none of this would be possible.
Sincerly, Mark, Patricia and Dante Lovejoy
Our Big RED Barn is a built in the late 1930
s is historical and made from cedar harvested in the hills around Silvana. Please feel free to stop in and talk about plants, garden design, and vegetable questions.