Photos: Desert Survivors continue work on Pit Stop during spring sale
Work continues on the Pit Stop in the back of Desert Survivors Nursery as customers browse various plants during the garden's spring sale.
Pit Stop will be the home of a small cafe for customers and those utilizing the nearby Loop trail which passes along the back of the nursery. Workers are currently sprucing up the landscape around the trail near Desert Survivors property.
All plant purchases at the nursery go directly to providing jobs for adults with disabilities in the horticultural therapy program. Group Supported Employment (GSE) for up to 40 adults with developmental disabilities.
The spring sale runs through Saturday, March 14. The nursery is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
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Nick Magda and Charlotte Moreno work on digging a hole for a barrel cactus at Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Paula Noel looks at plants displayed at Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Casey Laverdy, who has worked 8 years at the Desert Survivors Nursery, loads a wagon with bags of soil as he restocks the display at the nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Workers replant a barrel cactus at Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Ian Barefoot talks with Nick Magda (left) while working at Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Cactus on display at Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Charlotte Moreno and Nick Magda work on digging a hole for a barrel cactus near The Loop trail outside of the Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Plants displayed at Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Nick Magda levels out the top soil of a garden bed at Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Workers move a barrel cactus out behind Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard to plant along The Loop trail, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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Albert Clevenger and Aaron Reeves plant a barrel cactus behind the Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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A barrel cactus atop a wagon behind Desert Survivors Nursery at 1020 W. Starr Pass Boulevard, on March 11, 2020. The nursery is having a spring sale that goes through Saturday.
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