He takes care of all of the plants from young
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He takes care of all of the plants from young plants to their adult stage, and a large part of his business is selling the seeds （种子）.He has traveled across eastern North America collecting different plants and seeds. From those, he grows seeds for the next generation of plants.
To give customers an idea of what their seed purchase（购买）will look like, Platteborze built an oversized flower box in the store. Different kinds of plants are there for visitors to examine and learn about, and to provide the kind of environment that will make people want to stay for a while.
“I want to offer a feeling of peace, and a place where they can just sit and think and share their interest in connecting to nature,“ Platteborze said. "And they can take part of that with them to their house. ”
Platteborze’s mother thinks that his love of plants is connected with his deafness. Deaf babies often have trouble with balance, and it took Platteborze three times the normal amount of time to learn to sit up. As a result, Haverington said, he spent quite a long time belly-side（腹部）down in the grass, nose-to-nose with plants and bugs.
