What a Summer!

Well, no one who owns property in the Southeast can say that it hasn't been an action packed summer! Just as we were trying to wrap up our work in the mountains, the Hurricanes arrived...As our section of Florida was hammered by Frances and Jeanne, western North Carolina was devastated by the fall out from Frances and Ivan.

Even though the major news media refused to recognize that there's anything between West Palm Beach and Vero Beach, we all know that Martin County is where both Frances and Jeanne made landfall. We were all impacted by these hurricanes, and there is no doubt that our cleanup and repairs will be going on for months. We hope that all of you are safe and making headway in your cleanup efforts. As devastated as we all have been, we only need look at our neighbors to the south in undeveloped nations to be reminded how truly fortunate we are.

Circumstances of the last two months have prompted us to review what we need to do. Obvious to some of you by now, we will not be opening up in mid-October. At this writing, we are still in North Carolina working on repairs here. The plan we have devised is one that we hope will allow us to best serve our clients and give us the opportunity to make repairs at the Farm.

The Details...

Growers in the state of Florida have taken a huge hit from these storms. Many crops have been destroyed, others compromised. For example, the grower who does most of our Annuals (Impatiens, Geraniums, etc.) lost their entire first crop and will have no plants ready until 11/8.

We all need time and the graces of Mother Nature to allow us to reclaim our plants. Rather than have regular Retail hours at this time, we have scheduled two sets of dates for “Plant Sales” that will take place on Fridays, Saturdays ,and Sundays.

Our first Sale Dates will be: November 12, 13, 14

Our second Sale Dates will be: December 10, 11, 12

During these dates, we will be open to the public between 9AM and 4PM.

As of November 1, our office will reopen. We will gladly see customers by appointment.

CLICK HERE for more contact information...

^ Hurricane Charley: 08/14/2004
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^ Hurricane Frances: 09/03/2004
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^ Hurricane Ivan: 09/14/2004
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^ Hurricane Jeanne: 09/25/2004
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