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On a beautiful October day, several Chilton County Master Gardeners toured Recreative Natives, a native plant nursery in Cropwell, Alabama. Jessica Thompson, the owner of this one woman nursery, has a background in landscape design and used many natives in her designs. When she moved to Alabama 15 years ago she discovered there were no nurseries in Alabama that grew only native plants. She began to propagate natives for her own landscape and this led to a full time nursery and a passion. In 2024, she grew over 15,000 native plants mostly from seeds. She focuses on native plants of Alabama and the Southeast.

For more information go to the nursery website https:\/\/recreativenatives.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

article by Trisha Williams; photos by Audrey Giles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica Thompson tells about how she got started with her nursery, Recreative Natives in Cropwell, AL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lanell Baker, Harriett Jackson, Harriett Jackso , Hugh Nichols, Skip Coulter, and Betsy Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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L-R Harriett Jackson, Hugh Nichols, Trisha Williams, Lanell Baker, Audrey Giles, hostess, Jessica Thompson, V.P. Betsy Smith and Pres. Skip Coulted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just browsing😊<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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learning from the best!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our Pres. Skip Coulter, loves to present each hostess with a small gift, this time, a $2.00 Bill?!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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L-Right Betsy Smith, Harriett Jackson, Trisha Williams, Lanell Bakes, Hugh Nichols, and Skip Counter. Not pictured, Audtey Giles Eating lunch at the old Rexall Drug store, which is now a Mexican Resturant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Enjoying lunch at El Cazador restaurant in downtown Pell City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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