Pasquale's Nursery

05/12/2026

Six Days Until the SCS Farmers Market

If our Italian Heirloom Tomatoes don’t draw you to our booth this Sunday, maybe a free biscotti will. Stop by for some of Sarafina’s homemade biscotti, the matriarch of the Pasquale Nursery family.

March 17th in downtown SCS (on Mack at 9 Mile) from 9am - 2 pm.

Salute!

05/10/2026

St. Clair Shores Farmers Market - Next Sunday

Visit us next Sunday (May 17th) on Mack Ave at Nine Mile (downtown SCS) for the first of our Farmers Market Sales. The sale runs from 9 am to 2 pm. We specialize in Italian heirloom tomatoes, peppers, basil, gogootza and other Italian vegetable seedlings that you won't find anywhere else in Metro Detroit.

As always, all of our plants are grown using Better-Than-Organic methods.

Salute and see you Sunday.

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03/31/2026

Mark Your Calendars!

The dates for our Farmers Markets are locked in:

17 May 2026 - St. Clair Shores Farmers Market (along Mack Ave south of 9 Mile Rd)

23 May 2026 - Mt. Clemens Farmers Market (68 SB Gratiot - behind the Anton Art Center)

Last year we sold out in one day, so show up early for the best selection. Or, to ensure your order, use the Pre-Order form below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffYyGqpIzQyW6M3OWdKcvPX-xBR6ZTHmUBhJlfEg8WZGsXQw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=103854283352132595645

Salute,
Jim Selegean
Pasquale's Nursery
586.463.4653

We are a small, family-run nursery in Clinton Twp specializing in all types of heirloom Italian plants. As a seasonal nursery, we only sell in the spring at farmers markets. Last year, we sold out in one day, so we have started taking pre-orders to help better anticipate demand. All vegetables and h...

04/05/2025

What ORGANIC means to us...........

This is the second of several posts where we will introduce you to our organic practices at the Nursery.

When organic fertilizer is used, you are feeding the microbes (bacteria and fungi) in the soil rather than directly feeding the plant. As the microbe population grows large, you now have a biologically active soil. This allows the plants to have a steady and diverse supply of nutrients, even between fertilizer applications. These soils allow the plants to better resist pest pressure and stress from heat and drought. At Pasquale's Nursery, we use organic fertilizers from a diverse collection of natural sources. This allows not only the application of the usual N-P-K, but also a wide range of micronutrients (Calcium, Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Copper, et c.).

Visit our booth at the St. Clair Shores Farmers Market on May 18th or the Mt. Clemens Farmers Market on May 24th. We usually sell out after 2 markets, so to ensure your order, complete our pre-order form at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffYyGqpIzQyW6M3OWdKcvPX-xBR6ZTHmUBhJlfEg8WZGsXQw/viewform?usp=sharing

Salute,
Jim Selegean

04/04/2025

What ORGANIC means to us...........

This is the first of several posts where we will introduce you to our organic practices at the Nursery.

Visit our booth at the St. Clair Shores Farmers Market on May 18th or the Mt. Clemens Farmers Market on May 24th. We usually sell out after 2 markets, so to ensure your order, complete our pre-order form at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffYyGqpIzQyW6M3OWdKcvPX-xBR6ZTHmUBhJlfEg8WZGsXQw/viewform?usp=sharing

Salute,
Jim Selegean

03/20/2025

Pre-Order Form is Live:

All of our hard-to-find heirloom Italian seedlings are available for pre-order at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffYyGqpIzQyW6M3OWdKcvPX-xBR6ZTHmUBhJlfEg8WZGsXQw/viewform?usp=sharing

We are only selling in-person at the St. Clair Shores Farmers Market on May 18th and the Mt. Clemens Farmers Market on May 24th. We usually sell out after these two markets, so ensure your plant order by using the pre-order form.

If any questions, contact us at [email protected] or 586.463.4653.

Salute,
Jim Selegean

We are a small, family-run nursery in Clinton Twp specializing in all types of heirloom Italian plants. We only sell in the spring at farmers markets. For the last two years, we sold out quickly, so we are taking pre-orders to help ensure that everyone gets the plants they want. All vegetables and h...

03/09/2025

Announcing 2025 Plant Lineup!

If you are not familiar with our small, family-run nursery, we sell only Heirloom Italian plants grown organically. Many of these hard-to-find tomatoes, peppers, etc. came to us from Italian families right here in Macomb County and have an origin story of how they were brought from the old county to the US. Below is a list of our products for this year. By tomorrow, our pre-order form will be live, and I will post the link. If you would like to visit us in person, we will be at the St. Clair Shores Farmers Market on May 18th and the Mt. Clemens Farmers Market on May 24. We usually sell out after just 2 markets, so the pre-order form will ensure you get what you are looking for.

Salute!
Jim Selegean
Owner, Pasquale's Nursery

01/17/2025

12/31/2024

Garden Year In Review - Gagootza!

Gagootza (aka Cucuzza or the Serpent di Sicilia) is a large gourd that will grow to 5-6 feet in length and as fat around as a bocce ball. Once mature, it becomes woody and unpalatable, but when picked immature (about 3 ft in length), it is delicious in soups, stews and sauces. We repurposed the kids' swing set this spring to serve as a gogootza trellis. These aggressive vines will grow a foot a day and quickly took over the entire swing set. The flowers are not only gorgeous, they are also edible - in fact the entire plant is edible. A Sicilian soup called tenerumi is made from the tender, young shoots. These were a lot of fun growing this summer.
We will have gagootza seedlings at our booth next spring at the SCS farmers market and the Mt. Clemens farmers market, or look for our pre-order form starting in January.
Salute!