Get your fresh flowers and veggies, too!

With eight large greenhouses, plenty of flower varieties and their unique fresh-roasted coffee bean offerings, Hulse’s Potting Shed in Center Moriches is also adding a fresh flowers and veggies farm stand this season.
This year, the Potting Shed is celebrating 25 years in business, established in April of 1998. Owners Dave and Debbie Hulse have lived in the Moriches area their entire lives. Dave’s uncle, Frank Savage, was the original owner back in 1940, when it was called Savage Nursery. Dave started working there when he was 14 and met Debbie while working at the nursery; later, they were married and had two children.

Though Dave loved horticulture, he pursued a career in New York City as a firefighter until Debbie noticed the nursery was for sale. They couldn’t resist buying it. Now, as of this year, the couple runs the nursery along with their son Christopher, who grew up in East Moriches and now lives in Eastport with his wife and two daughters.

“It gives us joy to be able to grow quality vegetable plants and flowers for the community,” said Debbie Hulse of the reason they have been able to maintain their business for over two decades. “We are so thankful that they strongly support local businesses.”

According to the Hulses, visiting the potting shed is like taking a step back in time, with the promise of the highest-quality flowers. They are known for their seasonal flowers and native plants including annuals, perennials and herbs in hanging baskets, planters, barrels and decorative pots. They also have sunflowers and impatiens as well as flats, deer-resistant and hummingbird, butterfly and pollinator garden options.

As for veggies, the Hulses provide a large variety of organic produce including artichokes, beans, broccoli, broccolini, cabbage, cantaloupe, chard, kale, lettuce, okra, onions, peas, peppers, squash, strawberry, sweet potato, tomatillo, collards, cucumber, eggplant, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, watermelon, herbs and horseradish.

In addition to flowers and vegetables, the shed also offers different options for fresh-roasted coffee beans. Also new this year, their son Christopher will be featuring his new company’s beans from Deep Roots Roasting. His goal, he said, is to find the most interesting coffee from around the world and to expertly roast each bag. hulsepottingshed.com