Boutilier’s Garden Center has an array of products

    Boutilier’s Garden Center has undergone many changes since a devastating fire in May 2011, but Larry Scott, along with his family, Michelle and children Natalee and Sofia, are working hard to rebuild the nursery.
    Boutilier’s Garden Center has a full line of bedding plants, hanging baskets and vegetable seedlings. With a new boiler system installed, Scott can heat just a portion of the greenhouse, so Poinsettias, which need 70 degree heat from August through November, will be ready for seasonal sale, along with Asiatic lilies and a full range of holiday plants.
    Boutilier’s Garden Center is one of the few greenhouses that grow their own plants for residential and wholesale customers. Wholesale gives the business volume and helps the customer get a product less expensively.
    Recently, Boutilier’s Garden Center has also added a farm-related line of hardware and two new lines of feed, Agway and Poulin. Scott also offers pellets and hardwood by the pallet or truckload. Beside plants, flowers and livestock feed, Boutilier’s Garden Center has fresh farm eggs supplied by his customers, as well as local beef, which will be in mid-May to June.
    Despite the increasing competition, Boutilier’s Garden Center wants to be a hometown old-fashioned friendly neighbor.
    “We want a one-on-one personal relationship,” said Scott. “We have a small customer base, but it’s loyal.”
    Scott has delivered feed after hours because a customer’s animals were hungry. He has gone out a midnight to help a neighbor deliver a calf.
    “We take care of our customers,” he explained. “If they need something or if they need ideas and I can’t help them, I will send them to where they can be helped.”
    Visit Boutilier’s Garden Center at 49 Calais Rd. They are open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. To reach Boutilier’s Garden Center call 532-2997.