{"id":53,"date":"2012-07-15T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T22:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T23:46:36","slug":"abou-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><a href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/seals8.2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-814\" src=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/seals8.2.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the logo for sally 's garden.\" width=\"723\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/seals8.2.jpg 723w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/seals8.2-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/seals8.2-500x63.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Who We Are<\/h1>\n<p>Billy&#8217;s Gardens was founded by Billy Allstot. Billy offers high-quality organic produce that is grown on his farms and in his greenhouses. Billy is a lifelong resident of beautiful Okanogan County in northeastern Washington, and a lifelong farmer. He was raised on a fruit ranch only a few miles from his current farm in Tonasket, Washington.<br \/>\nAt age 20, Billy bought his first fruit farm. He started growing vegetables in 1972, to fill in the rows between the young apple trees. Read about Billy&#8217;s early farming years in <a title=\"Wenatchee World Article\" href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/?page_id=633\">this article<\/a> that ran in the <strong>Wenatchee World<\/strong> on Sunday, June 24, 1973.<\/p>\n<p>In 1984, Billy met Stephanie &acirc;&euro;&brvbar; who began raising dried flowers, herbs and greenhouse plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Today, Billy and Stephanie operate outside of Tonasket, Washington, and also in California&#8217;s Imperial Valley.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_574\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newbillstefbluesky21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574\" title=\"newbillstefbluesky2\" src=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newbillstefbluesky21.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of the center for crop fertility and development.\" width=\"326\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newbillstefbluesky21.jpg 326w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newbillstefbluesky21-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billy and Stephanie on the farm<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBilly&#8217;s Gardens and Stephanie&#8217;s Floral offer the best organic products to the greater Seattle area. We have a large selection of plants, herbs, flowers and produce available. Our varieties are proven winners because of our fertile, time-tested soil&#8217;s certified organic mixture.Availability for plants is the first market day in mid-April through the 15th of June.Our organically grown tomato and herb plants are available in the Seattle\/Tacoma area, before the first market day, at <strong>Whole Foods,<\/strong> Bellevue, Redmond, Roosevelt, West Lake, and Interbay; and at <strong>Ravenna Gardens <\/strong>in University Village.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We Deliver Fresh Organic Produce!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_581\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newpainttruck20121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"size-full wp-image-581\" title=\"newpainttruck2012\" src=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newpainttruck20121.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of the center for crop fertility and development.\" width=\"365\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newpainttruck20121.jpg 365w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/newpainttruck20121-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of our delivery trucks<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We deliver many different varieties of our fresh, home-grown, organic tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplants, basil, other bunched herbs, summer squash, winter squash, 8 varieties of peaches, 4 varieties of cherries, apricots, rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and melons.We deliver 3 times a week to the Seattle\/Tacoma area. We deliver to some of the finest restaurants and grocers in the area.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">In August, 2010, Joel Gamoran, from <span class=\"style13\">Humbly Northwest<\/span> visited <span class=\"style13\">Billy&#8217;s Gardens<\/span> and created this video. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15572346?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/15572346\">Humbly Northwest: Allstot Tomatoes<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user4163746\">Joel Gamoran<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/rows4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-602\" title=\"rows4\" src=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/rows4.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of the center for crop fertility and development.\" width=\"348\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/rows4.jpg 348w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/rows4-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatomountain2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-301\" title=\"tomatomountain2012\" src=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatomountain2012.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of the center for crop fertility and development.\" width=\"357\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatomountain2012.jpg 357w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatomountain2012-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_281\" style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoplantsapril121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281\" class=\"size-full wp-image-281\" title=\"tomatoplantsapril12\" src=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoplantsapril121.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of the center for crop fertility and development.\" width=\"362\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoplantsapril121.jpg 362w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoplantsapril121-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plants ready for market<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoleaves12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282\" title=\"tomatoleaves12\" src=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoleaves12.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of the center for crop fertility and development.\" width=\"362\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoleaves12.jpg 362w, https:\/\/billysgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tomatoleaves12-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie has her own business, <span class=\"style13\">Stephanie&#8217;s Floral<\/span>, and her own section here at <span class=\"style13\">billysgardens.com<\/span>. Stephanie has been honing her craft in flower and herb cultivation and arrangements, for the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of StatCounter Code for Default Guide --><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar sc_project=5796370; \nvar sc_invisible=1; \nvar sc_security=\"5c4fd097\"; \nvar sc_https=1; \nvar scJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ?\n\"https:\/\/secure.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\");\ndocument.write(\"<sc\"+\"ript type='text\/javascript' src='\" + scJsHost + \"statcounter.com\/counter\/counter.js'><\/\"+\"script>\");\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"statcounter\"><a title=\"godaddy hit counter\" href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/godaddy_website_tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"statcounter\" src=\"https:\/\/c.statcounter.com\/5796370\/0\/5c4fd097\/1\/\" alt=\"godaddy hit counter\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><!-- End of StatCounter Code for Default Guide --><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are Billy&#8217;s Gardens was founded by Billy Allstot. 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