Lowland Gardens: Van Den Hoek

van den Hoek: When Lowland Gardens in Great Village closes for the season later this month, van den Hoek will shift his focus from growing, tending and selling this years crop to planning and preparing for next year, according to The Chronicle Herald. Like the garden centre industry in Nova Scotia, Lowland Gardens has had to adapt over the years to a variety of market forces. While gardening has grown in popularity, theres also been an influx of big box stores and grocery chains selling lower-cost plants and The summer gardening season may be winding down, but garden centre owner Tony van den Hoek still has lots of plant work to do. Its fix and repair, and clean up the property and make changes, said van den Hoek, who has been in the plant business with his wife Gerrie for almost three decades. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.