Meet Ken Lain of Watters Garden Center in Prescott

Today we’d like to introduce you to Ken Lain.

Ken, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
Voted best garden center in Arizona many times and the ‘Most Revolutionary’ in the nation Watters keeps up with garden trends. Watters Family Garden Center dates back to the 1950s when Harold & Lorna Watters moved to Prescott with plans for a landscape business. With the family station wagon, a borrowed trailer and a few tools, the family was in business. Prescott’s first garden center opened just a few years later on Miller Valley Road. Watters’ began a second location across from the Prescott Bowling Alley and finally opened our current location in 1983. Since that time, we have been constantly changing, upgrading, remodeling, and building to keep Watters an exciting and enjoyable destination for gardeners.

As Harold and Lorna Watters retired, the second generation owners stepped in. Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain have run the family business since the turn of this century with their children following closely in their footsteps.

“Our family owes much to the Prescott area and all the people who have worked so hard for us over the years”, Lisa.

Has it been a smooth road?
Watters has seen a lot of change in the 50 years since our beginnings. Keeping up with current home trends, ever changer customer garden habits and economic cycles are ever discussed within our management team.

We’d love to hear more about your business.
“We load the garden center with botanical beauty for this annual event; gardeners will simply fall in love with this year’s colors,” says Lisa Watters-Lain.

Watters Garden Center is a locally owned garden center that specializes in providing avid gardeners and novices alike with the expertise and products to get things growing in the mountains of Arizona.

What do you love about our city and what do you dislike?
A definite highlight is the friendly small town feel, where neighbors look after neighbors. The problem is that Prescott has become such a popular place to visit and live in the forest are starting to feel crowded sometimes.

Contact Info:

• Address: Watters Garden Center
  1815 Iron Springs Road
  Prescott, AZ 86305
• Website: www.wattersgardencenter.com
• Phone: 928-445-4159
• Email: constact@wattersgardencenter.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com
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• Twitter: WattersGardenCn

Image Credit:
Ken Lain, owner/photographer

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