CHINESE AND JAPANESE HOLLY provide the
background for a border of pink and *hite petunias at the j
PondeUa Drive home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cooper. Mrs.
Howard Pettice, left. Mr. Cooper, center, and Mr. Gus Black
mon discuss the results of the beautification project. Photo by
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More Blacks Should
Enter Landscaping
By JAMES PEELER
POST STAFF WRITE R
Veteran landscape gardener
Glis R. Blackmon says hi*3
like to encourage more young
black men to enter his chosen
profession.
After working for
Mecklenburg Nursery for 23
years Mr. Blackmon decided
to go in business for himself
and he says^ “business has
exceeded my expectations.”
During the five years he has
been in business he has
amassed a long and im
pressive list of clients; partly
because of his good work,
partly because of he says,
“black people are taking -
more pride in their homes,”
and because there has
“always been a demand for
these services among whites.”
“There is a high demand for
this type of knowledge, skill
and ability,” continued Mr.
Blackmon as he cited the need
for more young blacks to
enter the field. “A good land
scaping job could run in cost
anywhere from $350.00 to
(1,500.00 depending on number
i of plants and size'Tinot.”
added Gus, who says the cost
of an average job runs around
(500.00.
Mr. Blackmon is proud of
his work and when asked to
name some of the homes he
has landscaped he quickly
named some practically every
residential section in
Charlotte. Among those
names were: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McClure and Attorney
and Mrs. Calvin Brown in
North wood Estates; Dr. C.W.
Williams in Hyde Park, Mr.
Morris Cooper and Dr.
Raleigh Bynum in Hidden
Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Booton, Mrs. Gladys
Moreland, and Jack Motley in
McCrorey Heights; Dr.
Gordon Wilkins, Dr. Eugene
Alexander, Elder and Mrs.
Asbury, Mr. John McDonald;
and Mr. and Mrs. Hughes of
Hoskins Road; and Mr. Erwin 1
Reid of Shannon Park. I
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