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 Julie
Store Owner
A Mankato native, Julie graduated from Mankato East High School in 1983 and MSU in 1988 with a Business Administrative Degree. She married Mike Drummer in 1989 and the next year they started the Garden Center at the corner of the old Menards site. During the 1990's Julie and Mike worked to establish Drummers Garden Center and Landscape. They opened Drummers Garden Center and Floral in October of 2000 and have been very pleased with the new location. Along with raising two sons, Julie splits her time at Drummers between paperwork, growing and supervising the crew.
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 Sarah
Assistant Manager, Le Sueur County Master Gardener
Along with serving customers especially in the areas of perennials, trees, shrubs, water gardens and the retail store, I also handle marketing and various administrative duties. I hold a bachelor's degree in journalism from Colorado State University.
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Kari
Floral Manager
In the floral business for more than 12 years, Kari studied horticulture in college. As the Manager of Drummers Floral Department she takes care of ordering fresh flowers and supplies as well as designing arrangements and working with customers and staff. Kari enjoys working on weddings, different seasonal designs and every day deliveries. She and her husband are enjoying raising their baby daughter.
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Dan
Assistant Manager of Outdoor Sales
Dan provides advice on finding and caring for the best shrubs and trees for your landscape. A graduate of South Central Technical College Dan is also Drummers water garden expert. He runs a pondless waterfall, a pond and a stream system outside along with the popular indoor pond stocked with colorful fish.
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Bryden
Bryden oversees all aspects of growing spring, summer and fall annuals at Drummers Garden Center and Floral. With a degree in horticulture and an option in greenhouse management from Iowa State University he has been with Drummers for over three years and has over six years experience in the industry. Customers can also get advice from Bryden on growing tips for both indoor and outdoor plants, varietal information and in just about any aspect of gardeneing including ponds. At home he helps grow fruit, woody ornamentals, trees, vegetable and water gardens, not to mention annuals.
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Jesse
Find Jesse managing the retail greenhouse at Drummers during the growing season or concentrating on indoor plants during the winter. Jesse has special expertise in annuals, tropicals and houseplants. During the growing season he focuses on custom potting and the care and feeding of our annuals and tropicals. He also purchases Drummers houseplants and flowering gift selectons. Having spent over 10 years in the industry, Jesse has managed garden stores and grown annuals and succulents commercially. He has extensive home gardens incorporating fruit, woody ornamentals, trees, perennials vegetables and flowers plus a pond.
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Brenda
Brenda keeps the business-end of Drummers running smoothly as our business manager. Still, are you thinking she's helped you in the store? That's right, she's also on hand doing customer service when we need her. 
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