Featured Business - Christie's Potting Shed

Christie’s Potting Shed was established in 1998 when Christie Prielipp conceived the idea to create a garden center in the empty building near the grocery store. In fact, the building was once a garden center for Kibby grocery store back in the day. Christie bought the building in 1998 and built the greenhouse in 1999. The business has continued to evolve and Christie has continued to expand her business interests.
 
In addition to Christie’s Potting Shed, Christie and her husband Fred provide the Marion community with places to store their stuff, and a place where people can gather for any kind of celebration or event. The Vintage Stone Venue, originally built as the Seventh Day Adventist Church, spent about twenty years housing dental practices before Christie and Fred scooped it up, saving it from an uncertain future. A Marion native, Christie has loved that old stone church throughout her entire life. Now, the church has been repurposed once more to a variation on its original use, a place for people to meet and greet one another.
 
It is apparent to this observer that Christie Prielipp celebrates life in everything she does. A walk through the garden center is good for the soul, not to mention our own gardens at home. The renovated stone church is a place where one can enjoy the reverence for family, community, and the celebrations that bring people together.