GREENSBORO, N.C. — New Garden Landscaping & Nursery will be closing its Lawndale Drive location, The Gazebo, at the end of the year, the store announced Wednesday.
The store will be ending its 47-year run on Dec. 31.
"New Garden has maintained a retail nursery since our beginning in 1977, so The Gazebo has served Greensboro's gardeners for 47 years. It's an institution," President Matt Hunter said. "Naturally, there is sadness with this announcement."
Hunter acknowledged that retail sales never fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
"This action will allow us to focus our resources and attention where New Garden truly stands apart in the marketplace," he added.
This means new growth in the other part of the business.
"New Garden Landscaping will continue to stay open. And we see a lot of growth in the services side. In 2024 we acquired Nature Select, which is a biologically enhanced lawn care program. And we also acquired landscape irrigation systems, which is an irrigation service company," Hunter said.
Hunter said they aren't first local independent garden center affected by the giants and they won't be the last.
All full-time employees have been offered a position on the landscaping side of the business.
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