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NOVEMBER 2020 • WESTMAN BUSINESS • THE BRANDON SUN 37

Alternative Landscaping offers green products and services

With the Christmas and holiday shop- She said she hopes Brandonites make it
ping season right around the corner, a family tradition to shop at the local busi-
Brandon’s Alternative Landscaping and ness for their fresh cut Christmas tree.
its newly expanded Garden Centre and re- “We’re fully decked out for Christmas,
tail space is the perfect place to find gifts we transform the entire place,” she said.
for all the special people in your life. The past few months have brought big
Karin Griffin, who owns the business changes for everyone, including at Alter-
with her husband, Chris, said the new native.
12,000 sq. ft. building and eight green- The south-end landscaping and green-
houses are stocked with everything from house business added the newly reno-
Napoleon barbecues to soils, plants or a vated retail space with five cash registers,
gift card for any product or service — any- along with several new greenhouses to
thing a gardener could wish for. stock anything and everything people
“We do actually bring in more spring need to tackle gardening projects of any
things for Christmas for those people size.
looking for something for their gardening Griffin said many people picked up gar-
gifts. You can’t find that anywhere at this dening hobbies over the last few months
time of year, so we do bring in new stock during the COVID-19 pandemic, which
for gardening gifts, we have a whole gar- Alternative has the supplies and expertise
dening gift section,” she said. to help anybody succeed in.
“If you’re going out to buy a gift for your “This year has been a little bit nutty —
mom and she’s a gardener you’ll nev- everybody wants a houseplant.”
er find a gift for her at Christmas, so we While the business has “landscaping,”
decided ‘You know what, we’re a green- Alternative offers much more. Griffin said
house, we should have those things year- their currently eight greenhouses are ful-
round.’” ly stocked with plants of all types and for
One of the greenhouses will also be any occasion. The greenhouses stock a
used to show off a wide selection of full range of plants year-round, including
Christmas trees. Griffin said the trees will tropical and hard-to-find plants, along
be hung, rather than wrapped in a pile, to with all types of soils.
make sure no one accidentally picks out a Karin and Chris Griffin stand in the greenhouse of Alternative Landscaping Ltd.
“Charlie Brown” Christmas tree. » Continued on Page 38 Friday. (File/The Brandon Sun)

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