Welcome to Country Boys Garden Center

As a testament to faith in the hard times, a friend and owner of the World of Clothing offered us a place to open a small outdoor sales area for our apples, peaches, fresh cider, and other small produce. It was a very long, cold, hard first year, with the distance and as a mother, I had never worked out of the home. The days and hours were long, but with the help of my mother, my kids, and the good folks who traveled to the World of Clothing and supported our venture, we were able to save every penny and start our small, basic, mostly open-air produce market in Taylors, SC. We had just enough money for the little block building. A friend gave us two cash registers that they no longer needed. We were able to build 4 square wooden tables used for tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and a few African violets. I guess you could say this was the beginning of plant sales too. Each week, with the minuscule income, we were able to make a few more tables and add more produce. After a year or so we added a small, screened porch, which is now our bird room. In that room, we offered houseplants. From there we added a small shade area and began to sell a few outdoor plants. After years, it became apparent that our living was to be made in the retail plant business, at which time we changed our name to Country Boy’s.