![]() ![]() “We had started to kind of change and transition the whole business with the COVID-19 and things were actually starting to be really creative and moving forward, and then with this happening, it just kind of stopped everything in its path,” she said.Ĭuppa Juice was continuing to provide takeout but had significantly decreased its hours, Seligman said. North County Olive Oil was still open on weekends doing drive-through pickup and had begun to create new pasta and olive specials for customers, Robers said. And so we actually saw a very good response … And then it all just got flushed away, literally.” “And all of a sudden people are deciding they want to grow their own vegetables. “I think we were a little sanctuary for people that could not go to anywhere else,” she said. Self said the nursery, which was considered an essential business, was doing particularly well before the flood. Sunshine Gardens, North County Olive Oil and Cuppa Juice had all been able to stay open in some form despite the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic thus far. The business, along with Sunshine Gardens on the same property, suffered damage in flooding after severe rain on Friday, April 10. A sign sits ready to announce the reopening of North County Olive Oil in Encinitas, pictured Tuesday, April 21. “I ended up having to take hours on Saturday morning, scraping, shoveling mud out of the store and cleaning the whole store and rescuing as much as I could,” Robers said. Sue Robers, owner of North County Olive Oil, said her store’s porch was damaged and its storefront was filled with about a foot and a half of water. GoFundMe pages were established to help Sunshine Gardens and Cuppa Juice raise money for recovery. Many of the nursery’s plants and custom-built fixtures floated away and were damaged in the flooding, Self said.Ĭuppa Juice Garden Café & Juicery lost close to $200,000 in equipment and $80,000 to $100,000 in improvements made to the building, said Adam Seligman, ones of the owners of Cuppa Juice in Encinitas. “My dad, he’s 76, and this has been his life, and to watch everything he’s built get flooded away, that’s pretty traumatic.” “We’re a little family-run business,” Self said. The water line from flooding can be seen in the Sunshine Gardens houseplant area on Saturday, April 11, in Encinitas. ![]() ![]() Other businesses on the property, including Cuppa Juice Garden Café & Juicery, North County Olive Oil and Atacama Surf Shop, were also flooded in the deluge.Īmber Self, office manager of Sunshine Gardens and daughter of owner Ron Martin, said the nursery suffered tens of thousands of dollars in damage but added it was hard to put a figure on the cost, especially the emotional cost. The warning proved fateful for Sunshine Gardens, which was covered in almost 5 feet of water after a flash flood hit the property on April 10. The city recorded almost 5 inches of rain on April 10 alone, and over 7 inches of rain over the five-day period that ended on April 10, leading to a flash flood warning. North County Olive Oil, located on the same property, was also able to reopen. Sunshine Gardens and other Encinitas businesses suffered severe damage the weekend of April 10 after the San Diego region experienced unusually high rainfall.ĭespite the losses, the nursery was able to reopen within about a week after repairs. ![]()
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