Telling Your Story with the Right Plant Marker

Every garden tells a story. They retain a history; rose bushes or irises planted by a family member long ago, species of plants that thrived here when the Native Americans dominated this region and varieties of vegetables that combine to make famous family recipes. Plant markers can be the chapter headings of those stories, helping families remember or museum visitors to never forget our country’s past.

Telling Family Stories is Easier with the Right Plant Label System

“Grandma’s columbine” or “Dad’s apple tree” have a special place on a family’s farm or backyard. Pie or preservative recipes from the fruits harvested from a family’s property get passed on. The plants that first delivered those fruits can be passed on, too, when they are kept in memory with a plant marker. Without labeling Grandma’s gooseberry bush, some other plants may invade and the old bush may become forgotten.

A plant marker can pay tribute to those special plantings and label them so that they’re not lost among the plants tucked in by younger generations. A walk through the garden can become a mix of stories about generations of family cultivators, recalling memories and making memories.

Are You Telling Regional and National Stories with Your Community’s Garden?

National historic sites like Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and regional sites like Powell Gardens in Kansas City have acres of plants – so choosing the right plant markers is no small detail. Millions of visitors will read these each year, and they must be sturdy, easy to use and not distract from the plants themselves. Powell Gardens (a.k.a. Kansas City’s botanical garden) helps share the botanical stories of our region of Missouri with Kincaid Plant Markers stainless steel plant markers. Everything from edible garden varieties to showy perennials and grasses have to be labeled for visitors to share in the cultural enjoyment of the region’s variety of plants, and this label and plate stands the test of time.

For children who grow up thinking that lettuce and tomatoes just come from the grocery store, living history farms share the process of cultivation. When live interpreters can’t always be there to explain or identify plants to visitors, durable plant markers take over and point out the first feathery leaves of a carrot top.

Great Plant Markers Can Create Their Own Stories

Jan Riggenbach, from the Globe Gazette, declared Kincaid’s stainless steel plant marker with the Brother Garden Labeler as the #1 most durable and reliable way to label your plants whether they are at home or at a nature center or historic site. In an experimental trial, she tested the performance of a variety of markers and labels. The Kincaid markers took a beating from the sun and other elements, were rated as the best against other competitors and, most importantly, were highly satisfactory for the customer. (Now that’s a plant marker worth telling stories about).

At Kincaid Plant Markers, our sturdy plant markers age well and are made to last a lifetime. Our stainless steel markers won’t corrode or rust and will weather through the seasons of each year. We hope we can help your share the stories of your family, our American heritage or our proud agricultural traditions that bring the food from our gardens to our kitchens.

Every garden tells a story – you can share yours year after year with Kincaid Plant Markers.