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About Clearview
Clearview Garden Center, formerly Clearview Nursery Garden Center, has been supplying the Weston area with high quality plants for over 20 years. Wausau native and lifelong gardener Leigh Presley purchased Clearview in 2021. Leigh has degrees in Landscape Architecture and Agriculture and worked as a UW-Extension agent prior to buying Clearview. The Extension mission to connect residents of Wisconsin with helpful resources has stuck with Leigh who is always happy to answer a plant question!​
Leigh and her staff strive to carry on the legacy of this special place and ensure it's here to serve our community long into the future!
In the News
City Pages - April 18, 2025
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The secret of the emerald thumb
A gem hidden in plain sight
Kana Coonce, Associate Editor​
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According to owner Leigh Presley, Clearview Garden Center is such a hidden gem, most people don’t even realize it’s there.​“
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I always am surprised when people who have lived in Weston their entire lives go, ‘I didn’t know this was here!’” she told City Pages over the phone, tickled if not baffled.
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The center has been in Weston for over 20 years, tucked away on Schofield Avenue. Presley bought it in 2021. ​“I have a lifelong love of horticulture,” she said. “I grew up outside of Wausau and was active in 4H and all that good stuff. I’ve been a gardener my whole life and I wanted to start some sort of plant business, and then COVID happened and I got kind of crazy.”...​​
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A lifelong gardener, Leigh Presley bought Clearview Garden Center in 2021, when COVID-19 happened and she "got kind of crazy."