After 45 years working at and managing Layser's Flowers Garden Center and Gift Shop, Lu Layser is retiring June 1 – and, with her retirement, the business is shifting its focus.
The Garden Center and Retail shop at 501 Washington Ave., Myerstown, will close on June 1, but the company's wholesale operation will continue to operate.
A 73-year-old family business, Layser's Flowers has its roots in a flower stand at a farmer's market. From there it blossomed and has long operated out of two locations – the retail center and greenhouse space on Washington Avenue, and a site about a mile away on North Locust Street containing mostly greenhouses.
The Washington Avenue real estate will be auctioned June 19 by L&H Auctioneers. "It was always a challenge to shuttle plants back and forth," Lu said.
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