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Karin and Chris Griffin stand in the greenhouse of Alternative Landscaping Ltd.
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“People wanted to bring the outdoors inside, really … it’s a bit of a new trend I
would say.
“There’s a lot of younger people interested in that, which I think is awesome be-
cause we didn’t really see that a whole lot before. They are researchers and we’ve
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really seen that — researching the plant, knowing the plant, coming in, getting in-
formation from us, it’s really exciting.” -Full auto service and repair
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Alternative makes sure to keep up stock of plants and brings in new ones each
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and every week, Griffin said. The plants are also well cared for “because that’s what
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“I have a full team, we use all organic and all chemical-free for pest control… we
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make sure that plant is disease-free, watered properly, we are professionals, and
everyone is,” she said. thank you to our customers
“My own daughter is 21 and she decided to plant a vegetable garden this year.
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It was just the fulfillment for her to see she grew beans and cucumbers at such a
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young age. You know a lot of older people that do gardens, they’ve done them for-
ever, but in this day and age that’s new.”
The satisfaction of growing something and watching it bloom into something
beautiful is one of the main attractions of gardening and why it took off so much
over the past year.
“I think it’s that fulfillment of having something and growing it and seeing some-
thing at the end of it. You’re going to plant this little tiny thing and all of a sudden
it’s going to have cucumbers on it.
“A cabbage is this little tiny fluff you have in a pot and you plant it and it becomes
this giant thing … I think that’s what they were looking for this year — it was a pretty
sad and gloomy spring.”
The expertise offered by Alternative in all departments is a huge part of what the
company does, Griffin said. The business has experts in all areas of gardening and
landscaping to help customers with anything they need and to answer questions,
something many big chains can’t match.
“We have a lot of people who come in and say ‘ok, here’s my leaf’ and they bring
the plant in and say ‘what’s going on with it?’ And we’ll look at it and direct it and tell
them ‘OK, this is what you need to do.”
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worth the trip for any gardening enthusiast, no matter the time of year.