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26273 Detroit Road
Westlake, Ohio
440-899-2740
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Current Hours!
Sunday -- Noon to 6 PM
Monday -- Noon to 7 PM
Tuesday -- Noon to 7 PM
Wednesday -- Noon to 7 PM
Thursday -- Noon to 7 PM
Friday -- Noon to 7 PM
Saturday -- Noon to 7 PM
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Many people have asked us what business we are in. Do you sell plants in Spring? Do you sell harvested produce? We are not a prototypical garden center or produce business -- but we sell what we know well -- plants, plant supplies, and plant products like fresh produce. We uniquely know produce from seed to table.
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Our organically grown houseplants, grown in our living soil, are safer, and remove more airborne toxins than other houseplants.
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Canterbury Creek Gardens is a unique business in many ways
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We are still the only chemical-free garden center in this area.
Twenty years ago, at a trade show I attended in Washington DC, a speaker said that there was already a natural, safe, and effective control for every lawn and garden problem. We chose to take the road of educating people that they could solve their lawn and garden problems without exposing their families to dangerous and environmentally damaging chemicals. We walked away from the easy money of selling heavily advertised, very profitable products that could cause health problems for our families, pets, wildlife and the environment. Although this was a difficult and costly business decision, it is one we never regretted.
With a staggering 700% increase of cancer rates for children and pets living in homes using these products, this is a system we wanted no part of -- especially when there were safe and effective alternatives. And the products we have found work better at the same or lower cost.
We educate people on the best and safest way to take care of their plants -- and the most productive methods of growing vegetables.
We teach how, after hundreds of million years of evolution, nature has developed an amazingly effective system for growing healthy and productive plants. Our plants are
healthier, more productive, and safer
to be around when we employ this system. Modern agriculture, by waging a war on nature has opened a Pandora's box of environmental and health problems.
We have been holding organic gardening seminars for over 15 years, and I have appeared at many garden clubs in the area. This winter, I will be teaching a series of organic gardening classes for the
Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) at Baldwin Wallace University
, one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. We we be covering the same topics in our winter seminars here.
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We are possibly the only year-round independent food retailer in the western suburbs focused only on being a place to buy
quality
organic and
quality
local produce.
Fruits and vegetables are our most nutritious and most important foods in today's world of nutrient deficient diets and epidemic of food related illnesses. Our emails explain some of these issues. Every box of fruit and vegetable we sell is sampled so we know what we are buying and selling. This isn't new, it is what small retailers used to do, and probably not coincidentally, before our epidemic of chain store food related illnesses began. Small, independent retailers buy most of their produce from smaller, responsible farmers. You can support small farmers who aren't big enough to sell to chain stores by supporting small retailers.
We knew we had an uphill battle selling produce at a time when consumers were shopping increasingly at chain stores, but we felt it was vitally important to provide people with an alternative to what Michael Pollan calls 'Corporate Food' -- the food he explains is responsible for our epidemic of food related illnesses.
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This custom solar retrofit of one of our greenhouses will not be found anywhere else. It helps us to grow your seedlings -- and heat our building -- in a more environmentally friendly way and reduce use of fossil fuels.
Green Starts here.
No business in Greater Cleveland has done more to protect our environment than Canterbury Creek Gardens. We only sell organic lawn and garden products. We compost and recycle our organic waste. We were the first business in the area to offer biological methods of cleaning retention ponds. We use energy efficient produce coolers, like the coolers
required
in European countries. We heat with an energy efficient wood stove fueled largely by waste firewood -- wood not quite good enough for sale here. Our stove burns wood so efficiently, it qualified for an energy saving tax credit. On sunny days, our solar heated greenhouse heats our entire building.
We maintain a natural, wooded area on our property that is a safe home for many creatures. A few years ago, a young man who identified himself as an eagle scout, said he heard songs from more frog species coming from our woods than the state park he visited the previous weekend. The flowers we grow in the summer are chosen for their ability to produce the nectar that feeds our food chain.
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We prove the quality of our products every year.
Anyone can come here and visually see the health and yields of our crops, and taste their quality. We encourage people to come and see how effective our methods and products can be and we teach them how we do it. A few examples are -- a single tomato plant reaching 28 ft wide x 7 ft tall x 8 ft deep -- a paste tomato plant that produced over 1200 tomatoes -- a sweet pepper plant that produced 142 peppers -- and green beans that produce continuously for months until first frost. They were all extremely healthy and pest free, and the produce is top quality -- using only natural fertilizers and natural pest control practices like providing food (nectar) for beneficial insects.
We offer high quality, innovative, and durable products you cannot buy elsewhere.
First and foremost, we are plant growers. Our journey to grow better plants led to the creation of products like living soil and high quality plant food. The bigger and more productive plants these products produced created the necessity to provide them with a better support system (Garden Arches). Our concerns about soil contaminants and the importance of soil biology led us to our breathable fiber pots.
Our interest in superior food quality created our Salad Bowl Planters, our Immunity Builder Salad mix, and our home made canned goods. These products help provide you with more nutritionally rich food and more productive and healthier plants.
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We have made successful gardening simple.
To attract people to gardening, we knew we had to make it simple and rewarding to even novice gardeners. Now people can buy healthy soil, put it a pot that encourages biological activity, grow healthy plants fed with
all
the nutrients they need, and supported by a practical and effective support system. With healthy soil, we only dig a small hole every year and plant -- no tilling, no soil replacement, no worrying about wet soil in the spring -- just dig a hole and plant. For over 10 years now, we have been growing very productive tomato plants in the same pots with the same soil. You can buy cheaper soil and replace it every year, or buy ours which is self sustaining.
It is very rewarding to hear that many of our customers, including beginners, have also found the same success that takes most gardeners years to achieve.
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If you would like to support our business and get in on some better food -- here are a few ideas for Holiday Gifts.
These make great gifts for family, friends, or yourself.
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Canterbury Creek Gardens -- 2020 Summer CSA Program
We are now opening membership for our Summer 2020 CSA Program.
Looking for a great gift that will put healthy food on the table all summer? Our Summer CSA program is designed to provide members with better food -- make shopping and meal planning easier -- and save members money.
In 2020, we will be starting our CSA program 2 weeks later to allow for the availability of more of our produce and local produce. Total benefits will remain the same, just dispersed differently.
2019 was another bountiful year for us and our CSA members shared the bounty. Some even asked how we could afford to have such big weekly packages for the cost. This is what a CSA program is supposed to be all about. By sharing in the costs of production, members get to share in the harvest. Some weeks, after we have our package set, we end up harvesting more than we think we can sell or more than we thought we would harvest. The extra is split up between CSA members.
2020 Summer Program
You Pay
$475.00 -- cash or check only
Guaranteed Value
$522.50
Healthy recipes using the weekly ingredients will be included every week
If you were in our Summer 2019 CSA Program, for your $475 invested, you received $662.64 worth of clean, healthy and nutritious produce with a savings of $187.64. The 2019 CSA program also had the highest percentage of produce produced here at Canterbury Creek Gardens.
But the best part was getting clean, nutrient-rich foods -- supporting quality farmers -- and trying a few new foods and a few new recipes.
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Winter CSA -- Organic Produce Buying Club
Making organics affordable
There are still a few spots left in our winter CSA program.
Our winter CSA program is designed to bring you the best winter produce possible, from growers using responsible growing practices.
This year's winter CSA program will run for 12 weeks starting Jan. 19, 2020 through April 5, 2020. This will get you back on a healthier diet quickly after the holiday season ends.
After talking to suppliers and sampling food every week, we decide what will go into our CSA packages. We include the best, most cost effective produce items available each week and then we then find recipes to showcase these items. The number of people we supply gives us some leverage on discounts -- but only because what we are selecting each week is flexible.
We pass these savings along to our members.
2020 Winter Program
You Pay
$300.00 -- cash or check only
Guaranteed Value
$330.00
The winter 2019 CSA members received $423.11 worth of produce for their $300 spent -- almost a 30% overall savings.
The winter 2018 CSA members received $400.33 worth of produce for their $300 spent -- but the most important reason to join is receiving better quality food, and supporting a sustainable food system.
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For the first 10 member to sign up for our summer 2020 CSA program, we are offering a choice of these 3 gifts
- A tabletop Fraser or Douglas fir - value up to $50
- A miniature boxwood tree - value $34.99
- A $50 gift certificate towards the purchase of our organically grown houseplants
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Sauce Sampler Gift Boxes
A sampler gift box of our homemade sauces using all organic ingredients is a great gift for anyone.
$53.94 valued on sale for $49.99 in a free gift box.
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Gardens Arches modular whole garden support system
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Our Garden Arches support system can be used to support your entire garden. Above is a 4x8 bed with vertical support for a tomato and horizontal supports for peppers, an eggplant, and cut flowers.
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Even first time gardeners report harvesting hundreds of tomatoes from our obelisk kit.
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We also use the same structures and netting placed horizontally for supporting peppers, eggplants, and more.
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Gift Certificate Special
Our gift certificates can be used on great food items, gardening items, firewood, houseplants, or seminars
Buy a $50.00 certificate -- get a $10.00 certificate for yourself
Buy a $100.00 certificate -- get a $20.00 certificate for yourself
Offer good for increments of $50.00 and $100.00
December 15th thru December 20th only
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Canterbury Creek Gardens
26273 Detroit Road
Westlake, Ohio
440-899-2740
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