PORTSMOUTH TWP, MI – Country Garden Flowers will close its doors after more than four decades of serving customers, with owners announcing their retirement on the same date they opened the business 42 years ago.

Owner Renee Zuchnik announced the closure in a social media post, marking the end of an era that began on Sept. 30, 1983.

“So as many of you know my husband and I have owned and operated a floral shop and greenhouse,” Zuchnik wrote. “It is with mixed emotions today on the same date 42 years later we are announcing we are closing our business and retiring.”

The floral shop and greenhouse has been a family operation throughout its history.

Country Garden Flowers built its reputation on locally grown products, specializing in what they called “Garden Fresh” flowers. The business b

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