I am opening a new garden center this fall with my partners - Valerie Barton, Scott McMahan, and David Bennett McMullin. I am so excited. I will be showing our progress here on my blog... So here is the before... A very rundown, abandoned property which used to be a garden center called the Urban Gardener. It is located in the Grant Park Community of Atlanta...
The old Urban Gardener sign..
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Lamiastrum is one of many invasive plants that has taken over the site...
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A leftover display.. an old bathtub... and a statue of ...???
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Jody is taking it all in.... alot, alot, alot of work to do...
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The whole place has turned in to a wildflower/invasive plant meadow....
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