Its hard for the little guy to succeed in todays current economic climate. Private businesses just cant compete against giants like Wallmart, Lowes, and home depot.
Tioga Gardens has been valiantly serving the community for decades. From garden supplies, to plants, fruit, flowers and shrubbery, they had every floral base in the southern tier covered. TG expanded to include landscaping, and weddings (both in decorations and a beautiful place to hold a wedding reception complete with covered eating hall, gazeebo and lily pond).
In order to change with the times, they have been offering a kick ass Haunted hayride and scare fest. There is no better place to get your seasonal items, christmas trees, pointsettias, lillies, pumpkins, etc.
Like any private business, Tg has had to do battle with the above mentioned super stores , which constantly undercut the prices with poor quality and unskilled labor and help. Tioga Gardens has always provided the public with the top quality products, maintained properly by professionals, use qualified associates in positions which help the customer. This practice is dying however. We need to support these private businesses and let them thrive to keep the conglomerates from turning this into McEconomy.
Tioga Gardens is a great place to just wander and hang out. Large places like Longwood Gardens in PA have steep admition to get in and while Tioga is a much smaller set up, its free and very cool at the same time. Stroll by the lily pond, see the sights in the famous rainforest dome. smell the flowers and breathe the air. Take the kids to kill a few hours for free (a good idea in this economy). Dont forget though, to buy a little something , to support the little guy against the big bullies. read more