Kerby's Nursery & Landscaping in Seffner

We found a beautiful spot in Sefner to tell you about Kirby's Nursery. This is a family-owned business and has been dating back to 1980. Joey married a Kirby. I married a Kirby, yes. Because Mr. Kirby, I should call him Well, tell me how all this started in 1980. Yeah, sure. So I think it was kind of a hobby for my father-in-law, but it was a hobby that ended up outgrowing the backyard. The story I've been told is that it was a family dinner. He used to sell plants through the classifieds in the newspaper when that existed. Oh my gosh, that's so funny. I remember that. People would sell plants in the paper. And so someone knocked on the door to buy plants during dinner, and that was it. It had outgrown the house, and so the property that we're on now came up for sale. That was 1980. And Kirby's nursery was born. Let me guess, Mrs. Kirby at dinner said, no, no more of this. That is, I think, the way I've heard it, yes. Yeah, I could imagine. So you and your wife have been running the place for a while now. I think we're up to 21 years. Wow, good for you, congratulations. We're family-owned businesses, family-owned and operated. Tell me about what you have to offer here. Yeah, so we have lots of different things for your garden. Everything from flowers, annuals and perennials, things for butterflies, things for pollinators. We've got landscape shrubs flowering green if you want to hide yourself from the neighbors, fruit trees, shade trees, flowering trees, lots of stuff for your landscapes. If you do have a smaller home, we've got lots of houseplants as well. Things that you can ways that you can bring nature indoors. And then we've got lots of tropicals as well. So a little bit of everything for your garden. And during the pandemic, houseplants, it really was a crazy hobby all of a sudden. It really was, yes. Are we still seeing that, or is that tapered off a little bit? There are still people that are really hardcore. They want to find really rare plants. But I would say, at the very least, some of the craziness of how much things cost during that time has settled a little bit. So now you can get great deals on really fun plants. But it's still a very popular trend. People love to be with nature. And again, sometimes when you just don't have a large yard, it can be a little bit of a problem. We can come indoors with you, whether that's office or home. And your staff is here to help navigate, help guide people, because we all come in going, all right, I got this space, this kind of sun, help. Absolutely. Our mission at Kirby's is success, so we want everyone to be successful with their plants, whether they're house plants or gardening plants. So yeah, we've got staff here all the time to help make choices and make the right choices for your particular areas. Obviously, retail is first and foremost, but you also host lots of events here. There's things to do for the kids here. Tell me about that aspect of the business. Yeah, so we've been here since 1980, so we feel like we've got a great presence in the community, and we love being a place that can bring the community together. So we offer lots of educational seminars and workshops throughout. the year. I'll teach about veggie gardening, butterfly gardening, all sorts of different topics that are popular. We do yoga in the garden once a month. We have pop-ups, a coffee truck and Heather from Spellbound Sourdough comes once a month as a little pop-up. And then we've got our big treasure tower as well. So a great way for kids to come in and have fun, just spend a little time here, just unwinding in nature a little bit. When are you open? We are open from Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 11 to 4. kirbysnursery.com? kirbysnursery.com. That's where you can find us. In Seffner, Charlie Belcher, Fox 13 News.