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           <title>Shadycreek Nursery &amp; Garden</title>
           <description>OverviewShady Creek Nursery &amp; Garden Center is a family-owned nursery offering a wide range of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and gardening supplies. They serve residential gardeners and landscape professionals with retail plant sales and landscaping services.What makes Shady Creek Nursery &amp; Garden Center special?The nursery is known for its extensive inventory of healthy, mature plants and personalized customer service. They provide both retail sales and landscape installation, supporting customers from plant selection through project completion. Their knowledgeable staff assist with plant care and offer design guidance.Broad selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, and annualsLandscape design and installation servicesHelpful and knowledgeable staff providing personalized adviceWhat fellow gardeners are sayingCustomers frequently note the quality and size of plant materialStaff are praised for being friendly, patient, and knowledgeableVisitors appreciate the well-maintained grounds and organized displays</description>
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           <title>Sonnenberg Landscaping Materials</title>
           <description>Sonnenberg is a landscaping material &amp; supplies company with location in Belleville &amp; Columbia, IL. They also offer full landscaping design &amp; installation.</description>
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           <title>Stuckmeyer Farms</title>
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Stuckmeyer&#039;s Plants and Produce is a fifth-generation family vegetable farm in Monroe County, Illinois, operating a farm stand and growing all of its own nursery stock on-site. The farm closes January through March each year to focus on greenhouse production, and reopens for spring plant sales, summer produce, fall pumpkin season, and a full Christmas lot.
What makes Stuckmeyer&#039;s Plants and Produce special?

Every annual, perennial, hanging basket, bedding plant, and vegetable start sold under the Stuckmeyer name is grown at the farm itself, not sourced from outside growers.
A farm-direct produce stand offers fresh vegetables in season, with sweet corn, tomatoes, and watermelon among the signature summer crops; the family also maintains a stand at the Monroe County Farmers Market on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Fall brings a dedicated pumpkin season at the farm, and the holiday season features a large Christmas lot with trees sourced from Canada, North Carolina, and Illinois, plus fresh evergreen wreaths ranging from 12 to 66 inches, garland, swags, bunched greens, and cemetery blankets.

What fellow gardeners are saying

Visitors describe it as a Columbia institution, pointing to consistent quality and deep local roots as the reason people keep coming back.
Reviewers highlight the fresh produce, particularly summer sweet corn, as a standout, calling it a quick, well-priced stop for seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Customers note the farm-grown vegetables as genuine summer treasures, with tomatoes, watermelon, and corn mentioned by name across multiple visits.

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           <title>Stuckmeyer Plants &amp; Produce</title>
           <description>Family-owned plant nursery and produce stand located between Waterloo and Columbia, Illinois. Growing vegetables for five generations, they raise annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, planters, and bedding plants on-site. Also operates a stand at the Monroe County Farmers Market.</description>
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