99-year-old Georgetown flower business prepares for end
By Pam G. Dempsey
Thursday January 8, 2009
Rick Danzl
Kristopher George arranges floral baskets Wednesday at Burgoyne's Floral and Greenhouses in Georgetown. The business, a fixture in Georgetown since 1909, will be closing its doors. Once family-owned, the flower shop was bought by International Greenhouse Company in 2004. Since then, sales have declined, and the company decided to focus on its greenhouse supply business.
DANVILLE – All it took was a handshake and Roy Lake Burgoyne had himself a flower shop.
No contract, no bill of sale, just a verbal agreement and a handshake.
That was Oct. 25, 1909.
Now, less than a year shy of its centennial birthday, the closure of Burgoyne's Floral and Greenhouses, located at 804 N. Main St., Georgetown, is imminent.
All it took was an economic downturn.
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