LEON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - It's a big birthday for one Leon County business.
Today, Tallahassee Nurseries celebrates 80 years of serving the community.
When Ruth and Eugene Ellis, Sr., started the business in 1938, the present site was still in the country on the northern edge of town.
They sold fresh produce and bred an extensive collection of azaleas and camellias, which were grown in the ground and transplanted when they were sold.
In 2002, Paul Brock and Nate Prosser bought the business and have continued to develop it into the city's premier gardening center.
