Looking for greenhouse with exotic worldly plants? New Boardman business has you covered

Looking for greenhouse with exotic worldly plants? New Boardman business has you covered

By Ashley Luthern

aluthern@vindy.com

BOARDMAN

A new greenhouse is hoping to cultivate customers among Mahoning Valley gardeners looking for unusual plants.

Frank Augustine and Bob Neapolitan will sell heirloom varieties of plants at Nature’s Wonders Greenhouse at 1811 W. Western Reserve Road, which will open May 10.

Neapolitan, who worked as a professional photographer for 27 years, was inspired when he was traveling and saw an organic vegetable sale that specialized in rare varieties of plants from all over the world.

“The varieties reminded me of my Italian and Slovak heritage because they were from those areas. I haven’t seen anything like that since then,” he said. “We tracked down seeds of heirloom varieties, some as old as 100 to 150 years, online.”

He thought having plants from around the world would appeal to the many Mahoning Valley families with immigrant roots.

Neapolitan and Augustine began talking about the greenhouse idea while watching their daughters cheerleading at basketball and football games. They decided to make it a reality this year.

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