San Jose’s Almaden Valley Nursery is a beehive full of activity. Although small in size, this retailer buzzes with a busy parking lot, daily incoming delivery trucks and knowledgeable worker bees, all of which keep inventory moving at an impressive rate.

In the slideshow below, allow owner Matt Lepow to show you what makes his garden center so busy.

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This is the "Collectors Corner" for native plants. Owner Matt Lepow says one of his employees started it with just a couple of plants and customers really got into it, so Almaden valley keeps expanding it.