38 maconmagazine.com | February/March 2025
ABOVE Author Sierra
interviews Tim in the
garden center.
BELOW Tim has worked
at Johnson's for over 30
years.
RIGHT Roosevelt, a
fondly missed employee
at Johnson's.
FAR RIGHT A 40-year-
old wild erythrina that
has survived many a
hard freeze. They are not
supposed to survive in
Zone 8. The story goes
that Roosevelt partied a
little too hard in Florida
and came home with
it, planting it in the
greenhouse.
BELOW RIGHT Co-
founder Florrie Johnson
in her younger years.
BELOW FAR RIGHT A
youthful Rees Johnson,
serving in World War II.
BOTTOM RIGHT In the
small offi ce, Florrie (left),
long-time employee Kent
Hall, and Rees (right).
