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A Sparkling Revitalization – from Preservation Magazine

Posted on Friday, January 13th, 2012 at 10:08 am and is filed under Featured, People, Places. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


Birmingham’s one-time Dr. Pepper plant now anchors one of the city’s most popular design and entertainment districts.

“Never in a million years did I think I would open a garden shop in downtown Birmingham, Ala.,” remembers Charlie Thigpen.

Two years ago, the landscape designer and former garden editor at Southern Living magazine thought the best place for his new Garden Gallery was also the most predictable: He would locate the shop in one of the suburban neighborhoods outside the city center, where new construction—and newly planted landscapes—flourish.

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One Response to “A Sparkling Revitalization – from Preservation Magazine”

  1. Charlie & Cindy Thigpen says:
    January 17, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    This is great PR for Pepper Place and we are so happy to have a mention! We feel the momentum building for downtown businesses and look forward to many happy, prosperous years to come!

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