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These standout home and garden businesses offer everything from antiques and flowers to garden supplies and home furnishings.
Home & Garden
Antique Store
Downstate, Readers: Antique Alley of Bridgeville
18208 Sussex Highway, Bridgeville; 337-3137; antiquealleyde.com
Upstate, Readers: The Zeppelin and The Unicorn Antique Shop
400 Silverside Road, Wilmington; 792-0555; zeppelinandunicornantiques.com
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Flowers and Garden Supplies
Editors: Gateway Garden Center
With its wide selection of organic and non-GMO seeds and plants, this family-owned garden center is a great place to plan and complete your spring and summer outdoor living space. The friendly staff—eager to explain all there is to know about plants and where they’ll thrive—make this our favorite destination for all our garden needs.
7277 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin; 239-2727; gatewaygardens.com
Garden Center
Downstate, Readers: Lakeside Greenhouses
31494 Greenhouse Lane, Laurel; 875-2457; lakeside-greenhouses.com
Upstate, Readers: Old Country Gardens
414 Wilson Road, Wilmington; 652-3317; oldcountrygardens.com
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Garden Design (Over the Line)
Editors: Binkley Horticulture
Owner and professional gardener Erica Boston graduated from the Longwood Gardens Professional Gardener Program, completing 42 courses over two years before launching her own landscape and garden design business serving northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. She is passionate about “turning yards into gardens.”
1215 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington; 257 Kennett Pike, Chadds Ford; 484-459-2391; binkleyhorticulture.com
Hardware Store
Downstate, Readers: Laurel Community Hardware
1001 S. Central Ave., Laurel; 280-6822; yourcommunityhardware.com
Upstate, Readers: Fairfax Hardware
2305 Concord Pike, Unit A, Wilmington; 656-2139; fairfaxhardwarede.com
Home Furnishings
Downstate, Readers: C & E Furniture & Design
1300 Coastal Highway, Fenwick Island; 581-0132; cefurniture.com
Upstate, Readers: Pala Brothers Furniture
1800 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington; 994-0141; palabrothers.com
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Homebuilder
Downstate, Readers: Bay to Beach Builders
414 Market St., Greenwood; 485-7190; baytobeachbuilders.com
Interior Design Service
Downstate, Readers: Prestige Home Design & Cabinetry
19621 Blue Bird Lane, Unit One, Rehoboth Beach; 278-7369; prestigehdc.com
Editors: Kurtz Collection
Start with a beautiful rug from sister store New Moon Rugs and work from there, advises interior designer Josephine Kurtz of Wilmington’s Kurtz Collection (now also in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania). Offering design savvy and an upscale collection of furnishings, fabrics and décor, KC is a one-stop location for everything you need to curate a home—save for art and trinkets from your world travels, which make it uniquely yours.
101 N. Union St., Wilmington; 654-0442; kurtzcollection.com
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Landscaping Company
Downstate, Readers: Lord’s Landscaping
35577 Atlantic Ave., Millville; 539-6119
Tie: Upstate, Readers: Bailey’s Lawn and Landscape
5101 Summit Bridge Road, Middletown; 376-9113; baileyslandscape.com
Tie: Upstate, Readers: Borsello Landscaping
9175 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin; 472-2600; borsellolandscaping.com
Paint Store
Downstate, Readers: Sherwin-Williams
300 Jimmy Drive, Ste. 120–130, Smyrna; 653-6036; sherwin-williams.com
Upstate, Readers: Ricciardi Brothers
Multiple locations; 738-9881; 652-3521; ricciardibrothers.com
Pool Design
Downstate, Readers: Clark’s Pools
22855 Sussex Highway, Seaford; 629-8835; clarksswimmingpools.com
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Retirement Community
Downstate, Readers: Heritage Shores
One Heritage Shores Circle, Bridgeville; 337-9926; heritageshores.com
Upstate, Readers: Cokesbury Village
726 Loveville Road, Hockessin; 235-6000; actsretirement.com
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