Last fall, hundreds of customers signed a guest book at Little Red Farm Nursery in Springfield, sending their well-wishes to the retiring owners and expressing how sad they were that the 35-year-old plant nursery was closing its gates without plans to reopen in the spring.
For employee Natalie Reeves, it was the perfect time for a new challenge.
“We had to keep it going, because it is so loved by customers, by the employees, by the community,” Reeves told Lookout Eugene-Springfield. She purchased the business and reopened for the season Feb. 14…