Re: Nursery deaths

**K*@aol.com**

How sad for you. I have the opposite here - 4 nurseries - all  independent, 
closer than any Walmart and only marginally further than the  nearest 
supermarket. One seems to be doing fine in the transition to 2nd  generation, the 
others are still first generation, but getting older. Marketing  is still a 
challenge though and rather dated. None have asked for my email, but  I do 
have a loyalty card with a number of hole punches in it from one.
The unique character of the nurseries are what drives people to them but  
alas, like independent book stores, they are a dying item.

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In a message dated 4/10/2012 8:57:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dcamp911@gmail.com writes:

I say  all this with some nostalgic sadness but not the despair I have 
heard 
from  others about big box stores. In range we have a KMart, a WalMart, and 
a  
Lowe's, all fine for fill-in annuals and an occasional great find  I  am 
particularly impressed with Lowe's which has a good selection,  
professional 
merchandising, and friendly and mostly quite knowledgeable  personnel. 
There 
is really only one thing I miss. I don't know their  names.

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