Greenstreet Gardens Opens in Old Applehouse Location

Gardening has been in Ray Greenstreet’s blood for as long as he can remember.

At age 13, he began working at a garden center in Maryland. He was a “yard boy,” taking care of the flowers for a garden center owner with polio.

“I just never really got out of it,” he said.

Greenstreet and his wife, Stacy, are opening an Alexandria location of their popular business,Greenstreet Gardens, in the old Applehouse Garden Center location at 1721 W. Braddock Road. The Alexandria center is the company’s second location—headquarters are in Lothian, Md.—and first in Virginia, an area the Greenstreets have had their eyes on for some time. Read More