The Southwest Florida Store
  • Home
  • Store
  • Blog
  • About Us
    • A Little About Us
    • About Our Team
  • Our Trees & Nursery
    • About Our Trees & Nursery
    • Trees We Grow
  • Videos
  • Charity of the Month
  • Contact Us

About Our Trees & Nursery

We really do take a ton of pride in growing our fruit trees using only using all-natural, organic, and environmentally friendly/sustainable products. Chemical pesticides and other synthetic chemicals are just downright dangerous for humans, wildlife, and our environment and are not used on our plants. Take comfort in knowing that we care deeply about how we grow our trees and would never have our fruit be produced at the expense of our environment, like many large scale conventional farms do currently.
See the TREES We Grow

Our Nursery

We are an official registered nursery in the state of Florida (registration number 48020404) specializing in tropical fruit and tropical plants. Currently, we stock a small variety and small quantities of tropical fruit trees and tropical plants. With the exception of dragon fruit cuttings (which are available to buy from our store), the best way to find out what we have available for purchase is to Contact Us. We continually add new inventory in small quantities and hope to have some more plants available in our store on a more consistent basis, like the dragon fruit we sell. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to us to see what we have available for purchase, or reach out to us if you need some plant advice, we are always glad to help!

How to Buy Fruit

Since most of our trees are not yet mature, we are only able to offer our fruit in extremely limited quantities at this time. Fruit can be bought from us occasionally at the farmers markets we attend, or by appointment. If you would like to see if we will have fruit at a farmers markets, or would like to potentially buy fruit via appointment, please use our Contact Us page.

How We Function – From Our Trees to You

First off, our fruit is picked by hand and gathered in small quantities. After our fruit is picked, it is then unloaded and prepared for cleaning. Our fruit is washed down in a natural soap and water solution, and that’s it. Our fruit is never treated with waxes, color enhancing chemical gases, or fungicides in order to superficially improve the appearance, like supermarket fruit. As a result of our methods, the final product is a naturally fresh product that is healthy and sure to satisfy.

A Small Growing Advantage

Timing is extremely important, especially when producing tropical fruit. Because we are a small operation and keep an eye on our trees every day, it allows us to harvest only when the fruit is ready, not a day too soon or late. On the contrary, large growers and packinghouses just can’t afford to do business this way. They tend to harvest only a few times a year, and if the fruit isn't ready, it is often picked anyways, or left on the tree only to never be picked and wasted. At the Southwest Florida Store, we are able to manage our trees with more care and attention to detail, which allows us to bring you the highest quality fruit consistently throughout the year.

We Appreciate Our Customers!

What better way to try something new than to try some unique, healthy, and delicious tropical fruit. If you live in, frequently visit, or vacation in the southwest Florida area, stop by one of our booths at a local farmers market! Besides our tropical fruit, we also have a lot of other cool things and tropical themed merchandise, so be sure to check out our store too!

Your satisfaction is our main concern. Feel free to use our Contact Us page with your comments and suggestions as we would love to hear from you. At the Southwest Florida Store we look forward serving you and really appreciate your business. Please remember that buying locally grown food is important for our local economy, environment, and wildlife.
Copyright 2022 © The Southwest Florida Store, LLC
Nursery registration number 48020404
  • Home
  • Store
  • Blog
  • About Us
    • A Little About Us
    • About Our Team
  • Our Trees & Nursery
    • About Our Trees & Nursery
    • Trees We Grow
  • Videos
  • Charity of the Month
  • Contact Us