Plants and outdoor supplies at Gomi's Garden during the 2023 season. (Photo courtesy Sabine Churchill/Gomi's Garden)
Plants and outdoor supplies at Gomi’s Garden during the 2023 season. (Photo courtesy Sabine Churchill/Gomi’s Garden)

When Gomi’s Garden owner Sabine Churchill heard Skagit Gardens was closing she had a lot of questions. 

“I had to read it twice,” she said. “Then I thought, ‘wait a second, wait, wait, wait,’” she said.  

Skagit Gardens, of Washington State, gave notice in February that it was going out of business and would be closed by the first…

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