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More than a Flower Shop: Mary’s Flowers and Gifts Offers Landscaping, Bridal Boutique
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Ask Kim Reed at Mary’s Flowers Gifts and Greenhouses if there’s anything she doesn’t do, and she has to think about it. “Change oil?”she says.
Since Kim and husband Chuck bought the business in 2002, they’ve added a landscape service that includes installation of koi fishponds and other water features. They opened a bridal boutique in 2007 to offer wedding, bridesmaid, mother-of-the bride, prom dresses and tuxedo rental. Mary’s is also a full-service florist, providing arrangements for weddings, funerals and cut flowers for all occasions. The shop sells gifts and plants, maintaining two large climate-controlled greenhouses and two shade houses for ferns and hanging baskets when the hot weather sets in.
“We do anything with flowers,” says Reed, a former accounting manager. “I’ve been surprised just how much fun I’ve had doing it.”
The original business opened in 1942 and remains at 702 Adams Dr., Shelbyville. For more information, call (931) 684-3151 or visit their Web sites: www.shelbyvillelandscaping.com, www.shelbyvilleflorist.com and www.bridalboutiqueatmarys.com.
Story by Pamela Coyle
