West Newsmagazine 5-1-24

May 1, 2024
40 I BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT I WEST NEWSMAGAZINE
Zick’s Great Outdoors – a one-of-a-kind nursery in a beautiful garden
Flower fanciers, tree huggers, weekend
farmers and garden gurus will all
get a warm welcome at Zick’s Great
Outdoors this spring along with all
the flowers, shrubs, trees and vegetables
they need to make their home or
garden into just a bit of paradise. And
they’ll get something more too, something
you can’t buy – the wisdom of
years with hands in the dirt growing
things.
Trained as a horticulturist and working
for a chemical company, Doug
Zick left the corporate world nearly
50 years ago to get back to the earth.
Beginning with a shovel and a
truck, Zick began working as a landscaper.
He first purchased four and a
half acres at the corner of Clayton and
Strecker roads as a place to store his
equipment, but he had a plan for the
future – a retail nursery.
Now, in its 42nd year, Zick’s Great
Outdoors is 12 acres filled with beautiful
maples, dogwoods, redbuds and
more, and Zick has realized his vision,
not only of a retail nursery but of one
that doubles as a botanical garden that
provides its visitors with a peaceful
scenic walk and the knowledge they
need to grow and care for the flora
Doug Zick, owner
(Zick’s Great Outdoors photo)
they’ve found.
“I wanted it to be interesting, not just a
parking lot with plants,” Zick said. “Other
than the six original trees, everything else
here, we planted.”
He said he hopes people will have
something of a Zen experience.
“I’m here seven days a week. I want it to
be calm, and it is a great office,” he said.
Zick’s Great Outdoors also makes an
inspiring place for customers to find ideas
and see how they will work for their own
home, Zick said.
“People can come and see the size of
things, see what they like and what works
well together,” he said. “From that standpoint,
hopefully, they will get an education
rather than just plants for sale.”
And if the plants and the garden itself
don’t answer their questions, Zick and his
experienced staff can. They have information
and suggestions that can make a
real difference when planning a space or
caring for flowers, shrubs and trees.
“We have about 200 years of employee
involvement here,” he said.
Knowing the area, what plants work
well here, where to put them, judging
growth and time and size are all important
parts of putting together a landscape or a
garden.
“You can’t google those answers. You’re
not going to find those answers from box
store employees. My employees and I talk
about those things,” Zick said.
One of his specialties is also knowing
and featuring plants that deer don’t like.
Zick has a “Pa-too-ee!” section with a
selection of flora the deer seldom touch.
The plants are true-tested for deer resistance
in his nursery, he said.
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“We are concentrating on deer-safe
plants, especially perennials. In general,
we know whether they will eat them or
not. I see it everyday. I used to carry 5,000
hostas. No more!
“‘Pa-too-ee’ is what a deer says when
they eat something they don’t like,” he
said. “I know what deer like and don’t
like.”
Other than the deer, there is something
for everyone in Zick’s Great Outdoors,
including those special maternal figures
in our lives.
“We will be loaded up for Mother’s Day
with a big beautiful batch of flowers and
annuals,” Zick said.
One thing Zick always enjoys is seeing
his customers experience his little paradise.
“I’m a farmer It’s been very gratifying.
It’s something I have wanted since I was
12 years old,” he said. “I smile everyday.
I enjoy being the purveyor of fine quality
God-made things.”
Zick’s Great Outdoors
Nursery and Landscaping Co.
16498 Clayton Road • Wildwood
(636) 458-1445 • zicksgreatoutdoors.com
Preliminary Anticipated Revenues:
Real Estate and Personal Property
Utilities Gross Receipts
Court Fines and Fees
Sales Tax, Use and Other Taxes
Investments
Licenses and Permits
Park Programs
Miscellaneous
Capital Improvement
CITY OF WINCHESTER
BUDGET HEARING NOTICE
The City of Winchester will hold a Budget Hearing at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at the City Hall,
109 Lindy Blvd., Winchester, Missouri.
The Budget Hearing will deal with the City Budget for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. All
citizens of Winchester, Missouri will have the right to give written and oral comments at this hearing.
The overall unenacted budget summary follows: It lists rounded off major sources of anticipated income
and preliminary recommendations as to how expenditures would be made. These figures are subject to
adjustments which may evolve due to adjustments at the City, County, or State levels. This summary and
the back-up information is on display upon request at City Hall, 109 Lindy Blvd., Winchester, Missouri
during normal business hours – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
$ 46,400.00
146,000.00
7,640.00
449,950.00
32,000.00
16,850.00
1,950.00
4,400.00
120,000.00
Total Revenues $825,190.00
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Preliminary Anticipated Expenditure Allocation:
Personnel
Administrative
Public Safety
Streets & Sewers
Park & Recreation
Maintenance
Total Expenditures
$212,224.25
180,171.00
195,195.00
171,974.75
24,250.00
41,375.00
$825,190.00
Board of Aldermen | City of Winchester
By: Barbara Beckett, City Administrator/Treasurer
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Winchester regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, familial status, national origin or political affiliation. If you
are a person requiring an accommodation, please call (636)391-0600 or 1-800-735-2466 (Relay Missouri) no later than
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