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Plants for All Seasons was established in 1973 by Victor Flaherty and his partner Gene LeRoy. Tom Pearce was hired in 1976 and became a part owner in the business. There were few homes in the area in those first few years. It was very much of a struggle but we persevered. Gene left the nursery to start his own landscaping company in 1980.
 

1980 was a year that almost put us out of business. It rained almost every spring weekend and then we had record drought and temperatures that summer. We lost 1 Porsche and 4 corvettes in terms of dollars that year. Ouch! This was a defining year for us. Victor sold his house and put all the equity that he had back into the business to keep it going.
 

Business was better until 1985. Our customers, who were in oil, were reeling from job losses because of the price of oil. Homes lost 30-40% of their value. Tough times to be in Houston unless you worked for Compaq which, luckily, was right across the street from the nursery. Tom Pearce left in 1987 to run his own landscaping company.
 

During the Christmas holiday in 1989 Houston had 8 degree temperatures. Much of the landscaping was damaged or destroyed. 1990 was an unbelievably great year for us. Everyone had to replace shrubs, tropicals and most palm trees.
 

Things were very good until 1994 when the state claimed 2 acres of our property for the freeway expansion. We had to move back on the remaining 4 acres and rebuild. We were closed for 4 months. During that time the State piled about 6 feet of soil between us and the street that was now about 200 feet away. You can imagine what that combination did to our business. We got by the best we could until Home Depot opened next door. Home Depot increased our traffic dramatically and sales were good again.
 

Victor’s four children began working in the business starting in the mid-nineties and have chosen to make the green industry their career.

We are still here today because of our dedication to quality and service.  We believe the future to be bright if we continue to do the same things that kept us in business all these years. We are looking ahead to the next challenge that will face us in the future.