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Stan's Garden Center began back in 1954 by
Stan and Anna Marie Skarzenski.
The business began as 'Stan's Mum' and was the thing they supplied.
Mum cuttings were started and planted in a field, then sold in August
and September. In 1961, the business grew tobecome 'Stan's Floral
& Garden Shop'. They became a floral shop and spring garden center,
supplying all the spring flowers and vegetables to local gardeners.
They also carried Holiday potted flowers, such as tulips, hyacinths,
and poinsettias. In 1970, they discontinued the floral line of the
business and became 'Stan's Garden Center' and focused mainly on
spring flowers and vegetables.
On February 15, 1981, the business changed forever with the passing
of Stan Skarzenski. In March of 1981, Jim Skarzenski, Stan and Anna
Maries middle child, left his job at GE to become the full time
garden center proprietor with his wife Carol. Meanwhile Stan's was
outgrowing its confined location on Saltsman and Cumberland Rd in
Harborcreek.
In 1987, the garden center moved to its current location on Rte
20 in Harborcreek (about 1 1/2 miles from its original location)
and has been expanding at regular intervals to fill the 31 acre
lot ever since. In 2003, Stan's decided to expand to the west side
of Erie with the opening of our 2nd location on West Lake Road.
And now it's 2007 ... how quickly 53 years has flown by.
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