More than three decades ago, Troy was less than the booming metropolis it is today. George and Mark were youngsters whose parents lived on the safe, two-laned road called John R. one half mile north of Big Beaver. Gust and Niki saw little harm in the boys setting up a roadside stand to sell plants they had started and grown themselves.

Their entrepreneurship proved productive and profitable. So much so, that it kept them busy until it was time for George to go off to study medicine at the University of Michigan. There, George pursued a career of nurturing people rather than plants for four full years. But each summer, he came home to tend the flower stand. By that time, the operation had grown into a full blown seasonal business. George soon found that as much as cultivating beautiful flowers for the family homesteads of many Troy residents and other passers-by, he also enjoyed the challenges of growing the business.

The major dilemma of George's life came in the summer of 88' when he had to make the decision to apply for entrance into medical school or to re-commit his life to developing           Telly's Greenhouse and Garden Center.

With a lot of support from his parents, Gust and Niki, along with encouragement from Kellie (a fellow student of U of M who is now his wife), George has parlayed a little table full of homegrown flowers into acres of healthy, burgeoning blooms that grace the flowerboxes of apartments, the yards of suburban homes, and the gardens of estates throughout the tri-county area.

While George developed the greenhouse and garden center, his brother Mark has been developing Telly's Nursery, selling trees and shrubs. Side by side the two boys have grown their businesses. Giving Telly's Greenhouse and Garden Center customers a wide selection of plants, great quality, and friendly, knowledgeable service at a reasonable price.