Flash floods caused damage to Mays Greenhouse in February 2019, but not nearly as badly as the storms that hit the Monroe County area Friday night. Several greenhouses are flat, box trucks are tangled and missing and furniture is stuck in trees.
Co-owner Nate Pennington says six-foot-high water broke down greenhouse walls and carried almost everything away. The water even covered Old State Road 37.
Employees were searching for remaining plants Monday, but all edible plants had to be thrown away over concern of contamination.
Luckily, peak buying season is over. Pennington says there tends to be a short summer season, but all of the products for this summer are destroyed.
“We had greenhouses completely full of pots that we were going to put up for sale in about two weeks and every single pot is missing from the greenhouse,” he said. “Last time they were in a big pile, and we could salvage part of them, but there’s nothing to salvage this time.”
Pennington says it will take a few weeks to reopen but hopes to be functional this fall.
Mays is accepting volunteers to aid in the cleanup effort every day this week except Wednesday.
