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Posted: June 25, 2021 A gallery of treasures to be found at Bountiful Home and Nursery in downtown Edmonds.
First, a little history of Bountiful Home and Nursery: As a 14-year-old, Todd Waddell sat on the back porch under a sprawling Cecil Brunner rose playing with crickets. His mother was inside selling her Nigella pods to Joan Searle, fondly known at that time in Edmonds as “The Weed Lady.” As the teenager waited, overlooking the herbs and flowers, little did he imagine that 30 years later he would return – this time as gardener and restorer of The Weed Lady.
For decades the Weed Lady, a small shop located at 122 4th Ave. S., was famed for growing and selling dried herbs and flowers in Edmonds. Waddell kept in touch with Searle as he finished school, worked at Nordstrom, and at Ravenna Gardens. In 2006, he asked his 77-year-old friend to keep her eyes open for an opportunity, as he hoped to start his own business in Edmonds. She invited him to lunch and they cha