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SECTION B REAL ESTATE OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS Local Living Sunday, May 14, 2017 TO WITH Home grown, locally owned greenhouses TRI-COUNTY TIMES in full bloom for TIM JAGIELO Employees Eldon Mother's Day Holden (left) and Brianna Walton pull calathea plants for By Sally Rummel a special order on Thursday [email protected]; 810-629-8282 for Mother’s Day.” afternoon at Carlson’s Shirley Carlson is a mother and grandmother, Mother’s Day is tradi- Greenhouse in Mundy but she’ll be working on a holiday when most tionally one of the busiest Township. (Below) Mary mothers are being taken out to dinner and given holidays for local green- Ashley of Fenton Township flowers to celebrate. houses, contributing to huge shops for snapdragons on Thursday. She’s got plenty of flowers. May volumes, thanks to warm- As the matriarch of Carlson’s Greenhouse er gardening weather and Memo- in Fenton Township, Shirley, and her husband, rial Day Weekend — the traditional Ron, started their business more than 35 years start of Michigan’s gardening season. ago and it has blossomed into one of the area’s At Zaiser Gardens in Gaines, Mark and Tra- largest floral family businesses. cy Zaiser are a staff of just two, with more than She and Ron, daughters Tammy and Michele 20 years of greenhouse ownership. They spe- and Tammy’s husband, Scott, plus other “fam- cialize in handcrafted planters made by Mark, ily” staff, will be carting out huge hanging and filled to the brim with bountiful blooms. baskets, bedding plants and planted containers Their main specialty is bedding and container for hundreds of customers throughout Mother’s plants, including geraniums, petunias, Lantana Day weekend. These blooms are all grown on- (in the verbena family) and SunPatiens. site in their huge greenhouse network, except Tracy’s gardening advice for this spring: for their tropical plants, including palm trees Make sure the frost danger is over before plant- and Mandevilla. ing. “It has been a challenging growing year so “It’s our biggest holiday for flowers and hang- far, with cold temperatures, rain, a recent hard ing baskets,” said Tammy Carlson-Gregory. “Our frost, etc.,” she said. latest thing is an air plant terrarium, very popular See GREENHOUSES on 4B YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL! LOVE YOUR HOME PERKS OF COUNTRY LIVING BUT NOT YOUR LOCATION? AND CITY LIVING! Move your home to beautiful Fenton Oaks will MATCH Fenton Oaks and LOWER your site rent! your down payment! RESERVE YOUR SITE NOW FOR BEST CHOICE All 3 bedroom, 2 bath spacious homes up to 2,000 sq. ft. Limited sites available Walk to shopping/dining• Acclaimed Fenton schools Great schools, shops, access to expressways. 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