2010 Garden Center of the Year - Beaver Bark, Gift & Garden
2010 Garden Center of the Year
NNBA member Beaver Bark Gift & Garden Center was named 2010 Garden Center of the Year during the GCA Summer Tour’s opening reception in
Orlando, Florida. Owners Todd and Renae Bobbett received the award for Beaver Bark, which has become a destination spot in the southeastern part of the state, despite having to overcome major adversity earlier in the decade. As noted in a spotlight article in the August 2009 issue of Garden Center magazine, the business had to relocate in 2004 after the state purchased the land where the original site was located to build a four-lane highway. Undaunted, the Bobbetts created a new state-of-the art retail and growing operation and in fact expanded this year, despite the tough economy. In February, Beaver Bark Gift & Garden Center opened a 10,000-square-feet greenhouse on site, which allows the company to grow its own nursery plants and starts, rather than having to ship them in from Portland or Seattle.
