Longfellow's Garden Center

Centertown, MO

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Our Staff

Alice Longfellow
Owner, President

What She Does: Oversees all departments, shares gardening ideas with customers, and hosts a radio show on Saturday mornings.

Education: B.S. in Plant & Soil Sciences from the University of Maine. Her knowledge has come from 30+ years of experience.

Outside of Work: Enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, kayaking, and believe it or not. . . .gardening.

Opened the business in 1987

Favorite Plants: Pansies, Heptacodium

Bob Call
Operations Manager

What He Does: General maintenance around the garden center, weed control, and helping customers

Education: B.S. in Wildlife Management and Law Enforcement

Outside of Work: Loves spending time outdoors fishing, hunting, hiking, anything outside.

Opened the business in 1987

Favorite Plants: Butterfly Weed, ‘Wildfire’ Black Gum, Park’s Whopper Tomato

Janet Dueber
Retail Manager

What She Does: Meets with customers, diagnoses plant problems, and operates the checkout area.

Outside of Work: Loves to spend time with grandchildren.

At Longfellow’s since opening in 1987

Favorite Plants: Dragon Wing Begonia, Little Lime Hydrangea, Tree Peony, Bald Cypress

Goldie Spencer
Retail Merchandiser

What She Does: Purchases new products, operates the checkout area, and creates displays around the garden center.

Outside of Work: Enjoys hunting and cooking.

At Longfellow’s since 2007

Favorite Plants: Clematis, Iris, Hydrangea, Dogwood

Erin Markway
Production Manager

What She Does: Orders and grows the annuals and vegetables, creates custom container plantings, and works with customers on special orders.

Education: B.S. in Horticulture with an emphasis in Greenhouse Management from Kansas State University.

Outside of Work: Making memories and enjoying life with her husband and two children, spending time outdoors, being with family and friends, scrapbooking and card making, and snuggling with her two dogs.

At Longfellow’s since 2013

Favorite Plants: Daffodils and Peonies

Stacey Davis
Nursery Manager

What She Does: Orders new perennials, bulbs and nursery stock, keeps the herbaceous perennials and nursery stock looking good and helps customers.

Education: Received her B.S. in Agriculture and has 13 years experience in the field.

Outside of work: Loves to hobby garden.

At Longfellow’s since 2013

Favorite Plants: Poppies, Lilies

David Vance
Landscape Designer

What He Does:  Landscape Design.  Consult, design and solve landscape issues.  Works with landscape team to ensure complete customer satisfaction.

Education:  BS degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design from University of Missouri, Columbia.  Over 40 years of experience in the field.

Outside of Work:  Gardening and bonsai, camping and canoeing, hunting and fishing, traveling, and spending time with his grandson.

At Longfellow’s since 2019

Favorite Plants:  Big Leaf Hydrangea, Bald Cypress, Blue Shag White Pine, Moonbeam Coreopsis

 

Rick Goans
Landscape Foreman

What He Does: Leads the landscape crew on installations, meets with clients, and some maintenance.

Experience:  Grower for D&R Plants (now Bonnie Plants) in California, Missouri for 18 years. Rick then worked in his own landscape business for 7 years where he installed plants and mowed lawns. Rick worked with Longfellow’s on several jobs during that time.

Outside of Work: Enjoys fishing and spending time with family and friends.

At Longfellow’s since 2009

Favorite Plant: Ninebark ‘Little Devil’

Haley Weis
Landscape Maintenance

What She Does:  Annual planting, interior plant maintenance, small landscape jobs and weed control.

Experience:  4 years on a Community Supported Agriculture Farm

Outside of Work: Enjoys baking, reading, camping and babysitting

At Longfellow’s since 2016

Favorite Plants: Vinca, Hostas, Crape Myrtle

  • About
    • Visit Us
    • Our Staff
    • Loyalty Club
    • All N One
      • All N One
  • Services
    • Container Gardening Program
    • Landscape
      • Photo Gallery
  • Ask Alice
    • Ask a Question!
    • Blog
    • Articles
  • Plants
    • Plant List
  • Garden Calendar
  • Events
  • Apply Now

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