April Tyner grew a passion for plants after moving to California.
There, she discovered succulents, plants that retain water and thrive in dry environments. She started collecting the plants, propagating them, planting them in different pots and learning all she could.
Her friends started asking to buy the plants. She started selling them on the sidewalk by the beach.
Several years later, after returning home to North Carolina, Tyner turned her love for plants into a livelihood. Last year she opened Life Doesnât Succ in the Harris Arcade shops in downtown Hickory.
âWe opened with two shelves and like 20 plants and it was awesome,â Tyner said. âThe community really came together to support us. Itâs been smooth sailing ever since.â