Our FIFTH holiday episode – and perhaps most footage-filled episode ever – features Greenstreet Gardens, a family-owned nursery and garden center based in Lothian.

We sat down with Ray Greenstreet, the sometimes Santa hat-wearing owner of the 23-year-old ag-based business, to discuss:

• Why, after spending many years as a Long Island-based sales rep for Ball Seed Company, he decided to return to Maryland and buy Windermere Gardens in 2000.
• How much the company has grown since – including opening a second garden center, in Alexandria, and providing residential AND commercial landscaping services throughout the entire Delmarva region.
• Some of the 70,000 SKUs of items that Greenstreet stocks, from the diverse plants grown in its six acres of greenhouses to its many products for pooches, and some of the many agricultural experiences that it offers.
• What makes the holiday season an especially great time to visit Lothian AND Greenstreet’s Annapolis Pop Up Shop, at Annapolis Town Center, for some fun and in-person shopping.
• And why he is such a huge proponent of shopping small and local, supporting his community, and providing jobs – and of course plants! – to all sorts of people throughout the year.

So tune in to hear a great conversation AND see plenty of footage that’s guaranteed to give you all the holiday feels!