Western Garden Centers will be closing within the next few seasons. “We’re old men now,” says co-owner, so the Salt Lake City outlet near Trolley Square is expected to sprout an apartment complex.
“We’re old men now,” says co-owner, so the Salt Lake City outlet near Trolley Square is expected to sprout an apartment complex.
Western Garden Centers on 600 East in Salt Lake City, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. The owners of the 70-year nursery have applied to rezone the site with plans to replace it with a new apartment complex. It’s a rare midblock parcel that size, one developers envision as an apartment project. Clayton and partners are seeking a change to so-called form-based zoning, which would allow, among other things, adding residential density and office uses to replace the 72-year-old gardening hub and spacious parking lot.
The infill development in Central City is one of scores of similar projects taking shape in already established residential neighborhoods across Utah’s capital as open fields for new housing grow increasingly rare. Their products come from local growers and suppliers, making it a kind repository for Utah’s native plant species and earthen knowledge.
“People did turn to gardening because it helped soothe some of the challenges that COVID created,” he said. “And we tried to be there for them.” The Western Garden outlet also managed to survive ferocious competition through decades marked by rising dominance from national chain stores, which pushed countless other smaller gardening and nursery businesses in Utah into oblivion. Western Gardens on 600 East in Salt Lake City, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. The owners of the 70-year nursery have applied to rezone the site with plans to replace it with a new apartment complex.
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