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What's the deal with plant nursuries in Forrest Hill?
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:21 pm
There seems to be >50 different ones. How is this sustainable for such a small town? Do they supply across the whole U.S.? Why do they all choose Forrest Hill?
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:23 pm to LSUsuperfresh
Plants grow in a Forrest
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:24 pm to LSUsuperfresh
What is Forrest Hill?
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:24 pm to LSUsuperfresh
They ship all across the United States. The reason there are so many is because of consolidation of resources and pretty much the entire workforce in the area knows the business. The nurseries all work with one another and lots of time consolidate shipping if they can’t fill an entire truck. Lots and lots of ‘undocumented immigrants’ living 15 to a trailer there too.
This post was edited on 5/28/18 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:33 pm to TDcline
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Lots and lots of ‘undocumented immigrants’ living 15 to a trailer there too.
This much is correct.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:47 pm to LSUsuperfresh
There are clusters of tree farms/ nurseries all over the country. There are a bunch around McMinniville, Tn I used to have to go to. It makes it convenient for contractors/ landscape architects who have to go tag trees and shrubs for specific projects and makes shipping more efficient.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:47 pm to TDcline
I’ve seen places like that in other states too. Nurseries all group together like that in the middle of nowhere.
Appears that way. Place wouldn’t function without em. Americans are above that kind of work.
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Lots and lots of ‘undocumented immigrants’ living 15 to a trailer there too.
Appears that way. Place wouldn’t function without em. Americans are above that kind of work.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:50 pm to LSUsuperfresh
You can save a ton of $ if you go. Just a few plants...not really worth it IMO but its a little drive for me. For instance...boxwoods were 5$ there and $15 in lafayette for the exact same thing.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 1:13 pm to LSUsuperfresh
People come from all over to buy plants there. My cousins owns a large nursery there and I actually got to meet Chad Ogea at their place. He was/is a landscaper in Lafayette and would come up and buy plants from them. But as another poster said, they ship all over the US. My best friend when we were growing up, family owned a nursery. His dad would send 18 wheeler loads of plants to Florida all the time. He would throw a few sacks of crawfish on there, too. Also, some of the nurseries in Forest Hill supply places like Lowe’s and Home Depot. And most nurseries specialize in certain types of plants. And all of them know what each other grows so there is a lot of referencing and “I have this and that but you need to go see this place for the last two things on your list” type of business going on.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 1:20 pm to TheOfficial
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I actually got to meet Chad Ogea at their place
I don’t believe you.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 1:46 pm to LSUsuperfresh
I accidentally passed through that place last week. I had heard there were a lot but didn’t expect that many
Posted on 5/28/18 at 1:56 pm to Celery
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Americans are above that kind of work.
Because we allow them to be.
Get rid of welfare for healthy people and get rid of the illegals and you can bet people would take those jobs if their choice is to work or starve.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:30 pm to Cosmo
Nurseries = Mexicans= Forest Hill having tGOAT Mexican joint in La “Mi Tierra.”
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:31 pm to S
Ive been on the way to Toledo Bend, it is damn good.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:40 pm to LSUsuperfresh
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There seems to be >50 different ones. How is this sustainable for such a small town? Do they supply across the whole U.S.? Why do they all choose Forrest Hill?
Actually, there are a good bit more than what you see...there are a hell of a lot of nurseries scattered through those hills. Many of them are totally wholesale and send truckloads all over the region. The nursery festival also happens in the spring...at that time, the place is just overrun with people buying truckloads of plants for their yards. You can save some serious cash there, if you are into such a thing.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:41 pm to Cosmo
Yea place is always slammed.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:44 pm to LSUsuperfresh
I've driven through the area and always wondered how many of those nurseries sell retail.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:44 pm to LSUsuperfresh
I went to forest hill for plants a month or so ago. It was absolutely amazing. Will be going back every spring moving forward. It’s worth the drive.
But yea they send plants all over.
But yea they send plants all over.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:45 pm to yellowfin
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accidentally passed through that place last week
The main thing to know about that town is the speed trap where it drops from 45 to 35 going around the corner toward the towns sole bank
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:46 pm to Eightballjacket
Some of them I believe you have to have a landscapers license but a lot are open for public... we like Doug Young’s
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