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For this pandemic couple, opening a plant shop together was the answer to burnout

by Sean McHenry

Jun 24, 2022

Larry Groves and Ricky Barosa met during the pandemic. Two years later, they're taking a chance on starting a business together.

Larry Groves, left, and Ricky Barosa in their Davis, California, plant shop, known as the Growing Groves. "I kind of just told him, how about we try to do it for ourselves?" Barosa recalled.

Ashley Villanueva/Lusting for Light Photography

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