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| | Dennis' Seven Dees Landscaping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | Their daughter, Merle, who grew up on the nursery and her husband Robert Snodgrass, purchased Esch Nursery from Merle's parents in 1955. |
 | | In 1956, Robert and Merle started the first Seven Dees retail nursery at SE 62nd and Powell Boulevard in Portland. |
 | | At the time Robert and Merle had seven children: Daryle, Dennis, Drake, Dan, David, Drew and Dean - hence the name "Seven Dees". |
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