Kim’s Fond Farewell

This is my final article and I want to take the opportunity to say goodbye. At the end of this season, I will retire. I wanted to make sure everyone knows - it has been 33 seasons of enjoyment!

Kim at Work

There is a lot I will miss. I will miss our customers and vendors, many of which I have a personal relationship with. I will miss being at the nursery early in the morning when all is quiet and beautiful. I will miss the egrets, herons and even the ducks and geese nesting in nursery pots filled with plants. I will not miss the blackbird parents!!

I must admit that it is my fellow staff I will miss the most. They are all a big part of my life, and it is hard to let that go. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with all of you. Many of you have nearly as many years here as I do. There were graduations, birthdays and Quinceañera celebrations. I have seen fellow employees get married and have kids and then I got the opportunity to work beside their children! My own son grew up, worked at the nursery, got married and now I am a grandma! How do you say goodbye to all of that?! 

2017

I do want to give a special shoutout to Timothy Joy. THANKS!! I appreciate the great offer you made to me 32+ years ago. I appreciate all the knowledge you shared and your help growing into this job!  I will miss pruning bare-root roses with you! I will miss Penny’s cake and the fall apple bounty! We don’t get to see you often anymore and I already miss your good morning knocks on my wall.

I have worked many jobs here at the nursery. When I first started, I was assigned to the newly founded perennial department. Believe it or not, we would pot perennials in the spring and when they sold out, we were out! Lately I have been a shrub buyer. Learning the shrubs was like a whole new job to me and a tough one! I look at retirement as a new job! Hopefully it will be easier than this one!

Thank you for a great 33 seasons! I will miss you all and think about you often. Will you ever see me at the nursery? Absolutely! This job taught me to like plants so I will be back to pick up some new ones! I hope they will still sell to me!