Coming Spring 2008: Our 2nd Store

In just a few short months our new location will open at the corner of 14th and Church St. NW in the Lofts 14th building. It's official. I have the keys!

This has been a dream of mine for some time now. I looked around many DC neighborhoods, but ultimately, I chose to stay close to our existing store. I wanted to expand upon what we have with a goal of making it an easier and better shopping experience for our customers.

Our new store is only 3 blocks down 14th St. from our existing location. We will soon operate out of two locations, and our name and logo will remain the same.

Our current location at 14th and S St. NW will be devoted to exterior plants, pottery, tools, soil, mulch and plant care products..."the garden."

All interior plants and related interior plant care products will move to our second store. We'll also carry decorative pottery, accents for the home and garden, botanicals and sundries.... accessories for "the outside and inside garden room."

In addition to our knowledgeable sales staff, we have a super team in place to make this happen, including our retail designer Ernest Wertheim from Wertheim, Van de Ploeg and Klemeyer in San Francisco, who is highly regarded in the garden center industry. Zahn Design Architects are the architects of record along with Eichberg Construction, our builders and contractors.

The design is complete and we move in to a pre-construction phase soon. Demo work starts in about two weeks.

Today the signs will go up at the site. It's all very exciting.

Stay tuned for more on our new store coming soon. In the meantime, for more information feel free to contact me at joecarmack@gardendistrict-dc.com