Never Done Growing: 97-year-old Raleigh garden center employee says his job keeps him young

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After decades on the job, many of us look forward to retirement as a chance to kick back and relax, but retirement isn’t for everyone; Hal Houdek is proof of that.

At Homewood Nursery and Garden Center in Raleigh, fall flowers are in bloom and the trees are starting to turn.

“You’ve got to have a sequence of wet and cold and then dry to get great color in the fall,” Houdek explained…

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