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HONORING
SMALL BUSINESSES
The Original
Christmas Place by Darryl Holland
Holland Gardens’ Story Rooted
in Family Tradition
or many, Holland Gardens is Quaker Avenue joined dirt roads.
known as the leading garden Seven years later, Wayne’s younger
Fcenter and seasonal “Christmas sister, Gayle, joined the operation
Land of Oohs and Aahs” on the and that era ushered in a full-fledged
South Plains – offering customers the gift and patio division with deeper
widest selection of timely, innovative expansion into the specialized field
products and services for five and a of Christmas. During the interim,
half decades. the public has been fascinated with
the transformation between the two
It all started in April 1965 – when different worlds and how it comes
Wayne and Ann Holland began about each year.
their lifelong journey – first in
horticulture and later expanding “In January, we spend three weeks Indeed, the breadth and depth
into seasonal – after graduating in Atlanta and Dallas placing orders of product selection is the store’s
from Texas Tech the previous year. with vendors for the next Christmas trademark. It has long been known
Seeing the need and opportunity season. We listen to our customers for offering items that big box
to bring a wider range of plant for special requests – whether it is retailers and smaller specialty stores
material and specialized products bringing back bubble lights or laser- don’t dedicate shelf space to, or,
to the growing Lubbock market, the cut, wooden Texas ornaments – we most importantly, customers support
young couple planted stakes on the try to make each buying trip fun and – in order to achieve this level of
southwest edge of town – where exciting,” Wayne Holland says. merchandising. In the case of one
the intersection of 50th Street and well-known product, the “shingle
tab” – Holland Gardens was the first
store in the nation to offer the local
invention which simplified installing
holiday lights around the eaves of
homes in 1987. That introduction
led to an entire line of specialty
hardware solutions for the holiday
industry – for both homeowners and
the commercial decorating trade. By
leveraging tried-and-true solutions
while evolving with the latest
introductions, Holland Gardens is
known by generations as the place
where you’re most likely to find the
innovative, unusual or obscure.
“We offer the widest selection
of energy-saving LED as well as
traditional incandescent lights and
over 20 different styles of clips to
make installation fast and easy. We
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