Local Shop Owner Pays Tribute to Local Artist The spirit of home town hospitality and support lives on.
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Local Shop Owner Pays Tribute to Local Artist The spirit of home town hospitality and support lives on.
Fulfilling their dreams of owning their own plant nursery, now Glen & Nancy McComb, support local artist Jenny Newland( above). Linda displays Jenny’ s picture on the shelf in her gift shop( opposite).
In the quaint town of Star Valley, Arizona just off the Arizona State 260 HWY, there is a gem to be found. A locally owned business called Plant Fair Nursery, founded in 1983 by Glen and Linda McComb. When you enter this place, the first impression you get is that the owners and their staff take great care and pride in their work and the products they sell.
On a recent trip to her local Plant Fair Nursery, the local artist Jenny Newland noticed her products being sold in their gift shop. Jenny said,“ I introduced myself to a sales clerk and asked if I Could take a picture of my products for my fan site as a Product Find”. Linda
McComb, co-owner of Plant Fair Nursery, saw the picture of Jenny holding her product in her gift shop and was thrilled. She then printed out the picture and displayed it on a shelf surrounded by Jenny’ s products.
Linda mentioned that quite a few of her customers come into her gift shop and ask for products made by local artists. Now that Linda knows that Jenny is a local, she will be looking for more of Jenny Newland’ s products to carry in her gift shop.
“ I picked the Wild Cat Shirt because they all just seemed so happy”, expressed Linda. Although she didn’ t choose the
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