A Busy Greenhouse Plant Nursery

Rain streaks the glass wall of a greenhouse nursery while inside, shoppers bundle up against the chill. Along the potting table at center, workers heap soil into stacked terracotta pots and fill burlap sacks, spilling grit across a patchwork of rugs. To the left, palms, monstera, and ferns crowd a raised planting bed, and a child in a spotted onesie peers between the leaves. On the right, tiered shelves hold rows of cacti and succulents beneath a pegboard of trowels and gloves, and a rolling rack of red, yellow, and blue watering cans stands ready. Colored lines painted on the floor guide a queue of coat-wrapped customers carrying baskets and potted plants toward a wooden checkout counter, while someone mops up a puddle near the hose reel. Each zone of the nursery keeps to its own task, tidy enough to sort itself out at a glance.