In 2004, I stopped working and began to fulfill a dream I have had since childhood.  I have always wanted to have my own greenhouse.  Through the help of my family and friends, I am able to have my dream.

I started in 1998 with a small greenhouse in my mother's backyard.  Most of the neighbors were very supportive.  All the neighbors would peek in to see what I was growing.  At first, I dabbled with flowers.  Red geraniums to be exact.  I was curious to see if I had inherited my father's green thumb or my mother's black thumb.  The joke is my mother watered the artificial flowers.  Well to everyones surprise, the flowers grew and grew.  Once the plants matured, I had no idea what I was going to with all of them.  Mr. Eger, a neighbor, knew exactly what should be done with the geraniums - donate them to his local church.  So all around St. Perpetual church were my red geraniums.

Next, I started to grow shrubs.  I took cuttings from all of the neighbors shrubs.  This is how Chelse's Greenhouse was started.

I am a 1993 graduate of Penn State University with degrees in environmental and architectual engineering.  I worked for the Army Corps of Engineers for nine years before starting Chelse's Greenhouse.

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Chelse's Greenhouse
1191 Rock Run Road
Buena Vista, Pa 15018
Phone: (412) 751-1660

Chelse’s Greenhouse specializes in hanging baskets, flats, annuals plants, perennials, geraniums, poinsettias, mums, chrysanthemums, Christmas trees, wreaths, cemetery pillows, wholesale flowers, plants, infield ball mix, landscaping, bagged mulch, and more in Allegheny County and Westmoreland County in Pittsburgh.