After five years of operating a landscaping business and years of self-taught gardening, Alex Drisaldi planted new roots with Potted Nursery in December 2024. Co-owned by Drisaldi and Charles Shockey, the indoor plant nursery specializes in rare plants imported globally.

“My mom was always an avid gardener, so I got a lot of that from her, and I do a ton of landscaping on my personal property,” Drisaldi said.

What's special about it?

Fully designed and decorated by Drisaldi and Shockey, Potted Nursery is located in a vibrant building in Pinehurst. The full-service indoor nursery offers a wide range of exotic plants with 400-500 plants carried at a time.

“Tropicals are really what we carry,” Drisaldi said. “I'll bring in a few oddballs when I see them on my inventory list. If it's wei

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