Smith & Hawkin Closing

There is a particularly good selection of excellent gardening tools and furniture. The Minnesota store is located in Edina's Galleria Mall. Here is the founder's statement:

As the founder of Smith & Hawken, I want to back up people's observations about the quality. When we started in 1979, we were very picky and careful about what we purchased and sold. I left the company in 1991 and it has been through a series of owners. The company is a ghost of itself and many of the items that we originally sold are not being offered by S&H or any other company for that matter. That is a shame since I believe gardening will become more important in the near future as our need to localize our food becomes more acute. I am not sure S&H will ever come back from its shallow grave. It is owned by Scott's, a company that sells pesticides, the opposite of our intention and value system. It is corporate America doing what it does best, which is not very good for the land or people. –Paul Hawken