Deep rooted nursery offers more than just plants
Deep rooted nursery offers more than just plants
Written by Michelle Davis Tuesday, 07 March 2006
Round Rock Gardens opened in 2002, but the location has been a nursery since 1970 when it opened as Murphy’s Nursery. For a short time in 1999, Wolfe Nursery took over, but for the last four years it has been Round Rock Gardens.
“Because it has always been a nursery it helps people find us,” owner Stephanie Ramert said. “This is such a friendly community and we have been welcomed by new transplants as well as longtime residents.”
Stephanie and husband, Jeff moved to Round Rock from San Antonio in 1997 and both say they love gardening and this business.
“I’ve worked in a corporate environment for years and this is about as far away from sitting in a cubical as you can get,” Stephanie said. “It has been a welcomed change and I love gardening; I find it to be relaxing and it’s a good workout, too.”
Jeff has been in the gardening business for most of his life. His grandfather, George Wechsler owned Discount Nursery’s, a chain in San Antonio in the late ‘50s. As a young boy, he helped his grandfather around the store.
“I just helped loading and unloading trucks, literally learned from the ground up,” Jeff said. “Not only do I enjoy it, I also like the fact that I get to use my business degree, be the boss and interact with people.”
The nursery does not just provide gardening tools and plants, but also gives shoppers and visitors a unique look into model trains.
Round Rock Gardens is the home for the Heart of Texas G-Gaugers, an organization for people with a common interest in model G-gauge trains. Greg Small owns Chisholm Station, a store inside Round Rock Gardens that sells model trains, tracks and supplies.
“Greg supplied the track, Jeff supplied the space, as well as gardening supplies and we supplied the labor and enthusiasm,” Charles Schwartz, Heart of Texas G- Gaugers President said. “We were all interested in getting this running and each had something to supply.”
The garden railway is a hobby, but also an undiscovered local attraction.
“Every time we run, kids of all ages come by to see the trains,” Schwartz said. “If I am there just gardening, usually someone will come by and ask if I can make the trains run.”
Gardening Tips
- Apply a pre-emergent herbicide or corn gluten meal (organic) to established lawns to help control summer weeds
- Aerate the lawn in mid-March and apply a top dressing compost
- Prune and train vines
- Cut back butterfly bushes to 1/3 the size you want them to be this summer
- Plant perennials, ground covers, vegetables
- Divide perennials as needed before new growth advances too much
- Fertilize established lawns with organic nitrogen
Round Rock Gardens, 901 Sam Bass Rd., Round Rock, TX 78681, 512-255-3353
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