Olive Drive Barber

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Olive Drive Barber Shop started up in 2011. “In the beginning, I only had three customers per day,” owner Lily Olson told The Enterprise. “This lasted six months. It slowly ramped up to nine per day. It grew from there to dozens per day until COVID hit.”

The shop focuses on providing excellent hair cuts for men, women and children. They only do clipper cuts, scissor cuts and beard trims. They don’t take appointments, but customers are free to walk in any time. Olson says they serve many regular clients and especially cater to college students.

“During the early COVID period, the state shut all barber shops down

1065 completely that times — that was a very rough period,” Olson said. “Things slowly recovered and now we are growing again. We have always been in the same, easy to access, location, across from In-NOut Burger on Olive Drive. Today we have four barbers and look forward to continuing to grow the business.”

Kids often get a surprise visitor. Tofu, a Pomeranian dog, is practically one of the staff. He is very friendly and loves people, especially the

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Family owned and operated for 42 years, Redwood Barn Nursery is a mainstay in the local nursery business, and the barn itself a Fifth Street landmark since 1981.

The core employees all do everything: watering, stocking, ordering, customer service at the garden center.

“When we built our barn on Fifth Street, it was on the edge of town!” owner Don Shor, a plant-science graduate from UC Davis, said. “People are often surprised to learn that we literally built the barn ourselves.”

“We’ve helped people plant trees and gardens for more than four decades,” Shor said, “doing our part to little ones.

“Our entire staff is state licensed and experienced,” Olson said. “I only hire the best. Every year prior to this year, we were voted No. 2 in Yolo County and are proud to have earned the No. 1 spot this year.”

Redwood Barn

1607 Fifth St., Davis

530-758-2276 http://redwoodbarn/com make a cooler, shadier, more beautiful community.”

Redwood Barn has begun growing more, nearly a majority now, of its own vegetables and many flowers for sale. Shor anticipates more diverse and interesting offerings, more gardens for wildlife, and greater consciousness of drought-appropriate landscapes.