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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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