31 May 2022 Man of the Moment 2022: Brett Battle

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My name is Brett Battle, and I was born in Perth, Australia. In 1988, I moved to the United States to coach college basketball in Oregon. I spent four years coaching in Oregon before I moved to the University of Arkansas at Monticello, where I coached for four years. Eventually, I moved north to Conway.

I am lucky because I have a wonderful, supportive family. My wife, Michelle, and I have three amazing children: Saphrin, Mason and Sydnee. We also have three gorgeous grandchildren: Charlie, Teddy and Sami. When not at work, we love to spend time with them and travel. During the spring and fall this business is very demanding. You will usually find us working seven days a week, up to 12 hours a day. My wife manages the Garden Center and Growing Facility, and I manage the Bulk Nursery and Landscape Division.

In 1997, I started building the initial Plant Outlet. One year later, we constructed the Plant Outlet in its current location on Hogan Lane. Over the last 24 years, we have expanded to now cover almost ten acres. Our Garden Center is on the west side of Hogan, and our large nursery is on the east side, along with our Fountain, Pots and Plants and More store that’s located by the post office. 

We grow many of our own annual and perennial products at our growing facility, which is on 53 acres a few miles away. We have been fortunate to build a business on customer service and great, quality products. We now have 45 amazing staff who are the backbone of our business.

Due to our great staff and customer service, our community has voted us Best of the Best for 16 straight years. We operate a picturesque garden center, a very large nursery, and four landscape crews, along with our growing facility.

We are the only full-service nursery in the Faulkner County area, and one of the very few in Arkansas. We have everything you could possibly want at our retail stores, and our landscape business is a full-service division that does everything from large construction to small planting projects.