Independently Owned Garden Centers known to have closed permanently.
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2/5/2011 Earl May Seed & Nursery – Nebraska City, NE location ONLY – Click HERE for news report on closing.
2/5/2011 CitEScapes – Indianapolis, IN – Click HERE for real estate listing
1/24/2011 Evergreen Home & Garden – Clinton Twp. and Eastpoint MI – Click HERE for info on Online auction Jan 26, 2011
1/17-2011 Lexington Gardens, Farmington, CT – Click HERE for story on new owners remodeling to become a banquet hall and renaming Farmington Gardens
12/08/10 Jacob’s Garden – Ottawa Lake, MI (Toledo, Ohio area) – Click HERE for news report on closing
11/06/10 Pots & Plants Garden Center – Austin, TX – Click HERE for news report on closing
11/05/10 Peter’s Home & Garden – Brookfield, CT – Click HERE for news report on closing.
10/13/10 Arapahoe Acres Nursery – Littleton, CO – Click HERE for news report on closing.
10/09/10 – Village Gardens – Billings, MT
9/23/10 – The Bird House Garden Center – Boxborough, MA – Click HERE for news report on closing.
9/21/10 – Nature’s Nook – Milwaukee, WI
9/21/10 – Hamlen’s Garden Center – Swanton, VT – Click HERE for auction info.
9/12/10 Georgetti’s Garden Center – Scranton, PA – Click HERE for news report on closing.
8/20/10 TerraSalis Garden Center – Charleston, WV – Click HERE for news report on closing.
8/18/10 – Porter’s Home & Garden Center – Summerfield, FL – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Classic Yard – Mandan, ND – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Heifner Nursery – Topeka, KS – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Springvale Nurseries – Berwick NS, CA garden center location ONLY. Click HERE for radio station interview about closing.
David Hunter Garden Center – West Broadway, Vancouver, BC location ONLY.
Vaughan’s Garden Center – Western Springs, IL – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Stringer’s Garden Center – Memphis, TN – Chickasaw location ONLY, closing announced. Still open pending sale of property. – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Jim’s Garden Center – Sedalia, MO – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Obenchain’s Garden Center – Roanoke, VA – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Earl May Seed & Nursery – Council Bluffs, IA location ONLY – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Sloat Garden Center – Sanbruno, CA location ONLY
Target Garden Centers – Nationwide – locations remaining in FL, AZ, CA, and NV. Click HERE for news report on closing.
Myers Park Garden Center – Charlotte, NC – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Land Arts Nursery – Watkinsville, GA – Click HERE for news report on closing.
Green Village Garden Centers, Fredricton and Moncton NB Canada – Click HERE for news report on closing. – Click HERE for radio interview with owner, Andy Buyting.
Franklin Lawn & Garden Center – Franklin, VA – Click HERE for news report on closing
Leid’s Garden Center – Sussex, WI – Click HERE for news report on closing
Spring Hill Nursery – Tipp City, OH – Click HERE for news report on closing
Total Environments Garden Center – Columbia, MO – Click HERE for article on closing
Austin Garden Center – Chatanooga, TN – Click HERE for article on closing
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I am familiar with Leid’s. They had a large in ground nursery – B and B plants. They also had a large maintenance division of about 34 crews at one time. They also had landscape installation crews. One of the thing they were known for was large pieces of expensive outdoor art in the garden center.
They did not grow annuals or many perennials. They also were in a relatively affulent area but not overly populated withlarge tracts of farmland close by.
Perhaps I am wrong but they were on an ANLA tour when it was in Wisconsin many years ago.
I contacted Spring Hill nursery becaue i thought they had some Simpos computer equipment for sale. They were just closing the retail store and continuing with the huge mail order operation.
They were not interested in selling any equipment.
Spring Hill Nursery Garden Center has closed and in its place the Tipp City Catalog Outlet Center will be open seasonally offering closeouts from multiple Gardens Alive (Spring Hill Nursery parent company) catalog brands. Perhaps they will continue to use the garden center equipment? By the way, the Tipp City Catalog Outlet Center will include merchandise from Bits and Pieces, The Paragon, TouchStone, Spilsbury, Images of America, Room Service Home, Spring Hill Nurseries, Gurneys Seed & Nursery, Gardens Alive, Henry Field’s Seed & Nursery, Breck’s Bulbs, Michigan Bulb Company, Thompson & Morgan Seeds, and Audubon Workshop. Click HERE for an article about it.
Well, that didn’t make me feel too warm and fuzzy. Yikes.
No Tina, not warm and fuzzy but full of hope, and those who need help need hope the most as well as a little inspiration from knowing that they are not alone and that others have come through what they’re going through. Dealing with the fear associated to a deteriorating business situation is exhausting. A sense of hope that the situation isn’t hopeless makes it much better, though not entirely comfortable to think through problems, make decisions, gain confidence, and implement new plans. There is often a renewed sense of excitement about the business for clients that sometimes thought there was no way they’d make it. If there is a way to turn a business around, we’ll find it together.