My name is Gus Allen.
My wife and I know well Bartlett's Place.
in 2020.
It was previously owned by Kirk Wilcox.
He built it in 1986.
From the ground up, And I didn't ever think I was going to be a nursery owner.
But when this place came up for sale, I could see that there was a possibility
that it might turn into something
less appealing, like an apartment complex or something.
And I wanted to keep the history here, and it's really synergistic
to our landscape company and to a lot of what we do with that.
But it also provides jobs for a lot of people.
We have over 20 employees here who are kind of the heart and soul of this place.
I think the most unique thing
about The Greenhouse nursery is that it's an experience.
We try to think of it more as
a garden rather than a garden center.
We want it to feel like a special experience for everyone.
...More of a secret garden.
We also grow a lot more plants than most people realize.
We grow over 20,000 perennials a year.
We grow over 20,000 annuals per year.
We also grow some of our own trees and shrubs offsite.
We do aquatics and fish products.
We also have a gift shop where we have pottery
and a lot of other cards and gifts and that type of thing.
In the fall we do pumpkins And then in the winter we also do Christmas trees.
And we do have a lot of native and water wise plants.
We also have a staff to help you decide the best place to locate your plants.
A lot of plants that may not be considered native or water wise but
if they're planted in the right situation and they're watered
properly, can be water wise if you use drip irrigation and the right kind of
exposure.
we also pride ourselves in the ability to get almost anything that you'd need.
So we try to stock a lot, but we do source a lot.
Another thing we do for our clients is we have
an entire house devoted to custom planting.
So a lot of people bring in their pots over the winter and we plant them up
with annual flowers and get them ready.
So when they when it comes
time to pick them up around Memorial Day, they're colorful and ready to go.
something that's been really popular
for a lot of people lately is gardening themselves
with their fruits and vegetables and so we do grow and sell
a lot of our own berries, fruits,
vegetables, greens.
And that's been very popular the last couple of years, especially after
COVID.
We only have an acre and a half of ground to work with here.
But with that amount of space, we do a lot.
We've got it set up in a way that's very efficient and productive
for the water use and for the management of everything.
So we really pride ourselves on the health of our plants
and being in a small place helps us keep the health of our plants up.
because of that efficiency, we we can still offer
a lot of variety, even in a small footprint of the property.
And so we're located just
next to Logan High and by Crumb Brothers, which a lot of people know.
So a lot of people come in and go get a loaf of bread or go get their lunch
or breakfast and come across and shop for a gift or a flower.
We also we like being in this area of town.
It provides kind of a colorful spot
to a part of town that that could just be industrial.
We love being members of the Garden Club
and we love offering that 10% discount to those members
because we love people that love gardening.