General Discussion & Chat: Our Nursery Was Wiped Out, 1 by georgiehopper

georgiehopper wrote:
I have not posted in a long time, but thought I'd share what disaster has happened at our nursery. I think the weather has affected everyone from time to time, and last Saturday was our turn as our entire nursery with greenhouses was almost obliterated by a flash flood.

We operate a perennial plant nursery with 2 greenhouses . A nearby stream overflowed it's banks last Saturday and put us under about 3' of water.
Most of our plants were in 1 gallon containers and plug trays and were swept up to a quarter mile away. We have been searching all week for lost plants and pots. They are scattered across fields and buried under debris.
The trays that were not swept away and emptied are instead filled with up to 1/2" of sticky silt,sand, and mud. All of our plants have to be washed and repotted.

Our insurance company is not covering any of the loss so I'm posting to see if anyone here has had such a thing happen to them and what they did about it.