Family Tree plants roots
A new Family Tree Nursery is under construction along West Liberty Drive. The store is expected to open in mid_March.
Family Tree plants roots
This will be the entrance to the new Family Tree Nursery under construction along West Liberty Drive. The store is expected to open in mid_March.
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:00 pm
Liberty Tribune
If the weather continues to cooperate, Family Tree Nursery is hoping to be ready to start filling orders for its customers in its new 9,000-square-foot store by mid-March.
Construction workers have been on site even in the coldest of winter days, said owner Eric Nelson.
“At least we haven’t had any snow,” Nelson said. “When we’re ready to open will all depend on the weather. I hope it’s no later than April 1, but we’re hoping for mid-March.”
Nelson said the new store — in the same location at 830 W. Liberty Drive — will include a much larger garden center and almost twice as many parking spaces as the old store. The old store, built in 1940, was torn down last fall to make way for the new structure. The plan was to build through the winter months and be ready for spring, he said.
“I’m excited about it. Our customers will now have covered shopping,” he said. “The garden center is going to be fantastic, and we’ll carry a broader line of products. And our expanded parking lot will be a lot easier to get in and out of.”
In the Kansas City zone, the average frost-free date is April 15, Nelson said, but some flowers, plants and vegetables will withstand colder weather. Berry bushes, trees and other nursery stock will be arriving by April.
Family Tree also carries outdoor furniture, trellises, flower pots in all sizes, yard art, gardening tools, supplies and equipment, fish and aquatic plants for water gardens, and almost everything else needed for gardening and landscaping.
The Liberty store is one of three Family Tree nurseries. Nelson said they also have stores in Shawnee and Overland Park, Kan., and grow a lot of their stock on acreage in Kansas City, Kan.
Liberty Editor Angie Anaya Borgedalen can be reached at 389-6636 or aborgedalen@npgco.com
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