Shopping in Orange

Since 1972, three generations of the Black family have built upon their patriarch’s passion for interior and exterior handiwork by expanding EJ's Home Improvements, Inc. Today, the business’s licensed, bonded, and insured staff makes a point of keeping homeowners in the loop from the beginning of a job to its end, be it remodeling a kitchen or installing plantation shutters. For the past 10 years, they also have outfitted homes with retractable screen doors, which slide open for a more upscale look than traditional swing-open doors and let air in so that homeowners can minimize both their air-conditioning bills and carbon footprints.

Long strings of jewelry hang from a twisting tree-branch display as sunlight streams in to land on L.A. + JO's wealth of eye-catching cocktail dresses and fashion-minded casual wear. The boutique's lofty ceilings and concrete floors showcase gleaming white mannequins who don looks inspired by Hollywood starlets, and shopping Hollywood starlets wear ankle hardware to match their favorite mannequin. Flaunted by celebrities such as Amanda Seyfried and Taylor Armstrong, the shop stands as the median point on “a fashion continuum that [has] Forever 21 on one end and Barneys on the other,” according to Racked LA.

Rated the top nursery for the last 10 years by AZ Business magazine, Moon Valley Nurseries complements its extensive inventory of plants and trees with services such as delivery, installation, and tips for care. The knowledgeable staff can help customers navigate the green aisles of trees and plants, which encompass such Plant Kingdom constituents as Palm Trees, Flowering Trees, Shrubs, and, during the holiday season, Christmas Trees. They also grow their own inventory so they can maintain direct control over the health and well being of their plants, whether treating them with the correct combination of fertilizers or pressuring admittance boards to make sure each seed gets into the best of nursery schools.

Every tree on the Christmas Tree Village lot is fresh-cut in Oregon, flown by chopper to a fleet truck, and delivered, tinsel-ready, to the Village lot. Staff members are always on hand to share their expertise on tree varieties such as Douglas fir, grand fir, or the popular noble fir, whose branches are often used to make Christmas wreaths.

One of the first nurseries in Arizona to offer package pricing for tree growing, delivering, and planting, Moon Valley Nursery has flourished and spread into California and Nevada. At every location, the staff continues the tradition of delivering palm, desert, and evergreen trees day and night while cutting out the middleman. To further beautify homes, they help clients select shrubs and ground cover in the form of flowering morning glories, little johns, and lantana in three colors.