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Corky\u2019s Garden Path in Clarks Summit sprouted to life from a single greenhouse in 1948, where owner Leo Anderson grew annuals, vegetables, and holiday plants.<\/p>\n
Nearly 80 years later, Corky\u2019s has expanded to include 22 greenhouses and over 40,000 square feet of space.<\/p>\n
What hasn\u2019t changed is that personalized touch that can only come from a small, family-owned business.<\/p>\n
\u201cA ton of our very regular customers have been with us since before [my brother] Trevor and I were even born, which is super nice. To see them year after year still supporting us is just awesome,\u201d said Corey\u2019s co-owner, Corey Kashuba.<\/p>\n
Perhaps it\u2019s that loyalty that made Times Leader readers crown them Best Garden Center for the first time this year in the newspaper\u2019s annual Best of the Best competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think it\u2019s awesome that, like, because we have some pretty big competitors around here. So, the fact that we get it, I think, says a lot,\u201d Corey said. <\/p>\n
Corey and Trevor are fourth-generation, having taken over the business from their father, Edward \u201cCorky\u201d Kashuba, about 26 years ago.<\/p>\n
At Corky\u2019s Garden Path, you can find pretty much everything you\u2019d need year-round.<\/p>\n
Especially in the springtime, the business offers a full assortment of nursery plants, including trees, shrubs, perennials, and Easter flowers. After, Corky\u2019s will have annuals like geraniums, hanging baskets, tomato plants, and other vegetable starts.<\/p>\n
In the Fall, they have mums, and at Christmas time, they have poinsettias. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll the stuff in the greenhouse is grown right here at Corky\u2019s. My dad still sows the seeds in our growing area. It couldn\u2019t get more local than that,\u201d Corey said.<\/p>\n
Because they grow everything themselves, they can fully control the quality of their products.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a tomato virus several years ago, and it started from a plant supplier that was growing their plants in South America and then shipping them in. A lot of mass merchants were carrying those plants, but we didn\u2019t have any of those issues because they were grown right here, which is very nice,\u201d Corey explained.<\/p>\n
Corey\u2019s favorite part about being in the garden business is the variety that\u2019s in his day-to-day life.<\/p>\n
And, of course, nothing beats working with your family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all very fortunate that we get to see each other every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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