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Best Buy to open its 3rd Texas outdoor furniture store Yardbird in Frisco

Hopefully Frisco will welcome this eco-friendly concept.

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A new outdoor furniture brand from Best Buy is coming to Dallas: Called Yardbird, it's a chain founded in Minnesota that's opening a retail showroom in Frisco, at the Center at Preston Ridge, a center that is also home to a Best Buy store. Aww, that's sweet.

According to a release, the store will open in August.

The release did not give an address and a PR person said she could not provide the address until "later in the day," but fortunately the address can be found other places online: It'll be at 3231 Preston Rd. #3, which was previously a clothing store called Avenue.

Yardbird positions itself as selling high quality outdoor furniture "at a fraction of the industry standard." They're also known for making furniture using recycled plastic collected from beaches, waterways, and highly susceptible locations in the Philippines.

Not to be confused with Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, the Miami-based Southern restaurant chain, Yardbird's merchandise includes patio sets, outdoor furniture, pillows, umbrellas, fire tables, and all-weather covers.

They opened their first store in Minneapolis in 2018 and were subsequently acquired by Best Buy in 2021 as a way for Best Buy to expand its outdoor living collection. They've opened showrooms in Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Kansas City.

"Showrooms" because you can't actually buy anything that's at the store. You can look and touch, and place your order which is then delivered.

They made their Texas debut May 2022, with locations in Austin and Houston.

Jay Dillon, who co-founded Yardbird in 2017 with his father Bob Dillon, expresses confidence in Texans' interest in their sustainable mission, and that may be the case in Austin and Houston.

But Dallas-Fort Worth is not the most eco-friendly-minded metroplex. Hopefully DFW will welcome Yardbird more enthusiastically than it did TreeHouse, the last eco-forward showroom concept which in 2017 opened locations at The Hill on Walnut Hill Lane and in Plano, then closed in 2018.

"We chose to make a substantial investment in Texas with our latest showrooms because the community shares our passion for high design, sustainability, and the outdoors," says Jay in a statement. "They also face the same issues I did when looking for outdoor furniture: exorbitant prices, long wait times, and a lack of environmentally friendly product options."

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Texas blossoms as No. 1 best state for gardening and homesteading

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Texas is an ideal place to homestead, the study found.

If social media is any indicator, homesteading has been one of the hottest trends of 2024. And Texas is leading the charge as the No. 1 best state for homesteading and gardening, according to a new report by First Saturday Lime.

Analysts at First Saturday Lime, an insect repellant company featured on Shark Tank, evaluated the "suitability for sustainable living" across all 50 states based on six factors: Climate, community interest (a.k.a online search trends), gardening resources, farmland costs, and others.

The Lone Star State led the nation with the most farms and ranches on the market and the highest total acreage for sale. As of the study's publication, there were 7,520 total properties for sale, spanning more than 2.19 million acres of land.

Texas also ranked favorably for its farmland affordability. The state came in at No. 9 nationally with its average farmland price coming out to $2,800 per acre, the report said.

For comparison, New Mexico (which ranked No. 11 overall) had the most affordable average price per acre of farmland at just $700 per acre. Massachusetts (No. 48) and Connecticut (No. 42), however, tied for the most expensive price per acre, at $14,300.

Among the three remaining categories in the study, Texas performed the worst for its "gardens on Yelp per capita" rank. The study calculated Texas has 0.30 gardening and community garden establishments on Yelp per capita, placing Texas at No. 49.

Meanwhile, Texas' historically hot weather meant it ranked No. 43 out of all 50 states in the "favorable climate" rank, and the state earned a middle-of-the-road No. 35 rank in the "search interest per capita" category.

"Homesteading and gardening are growing in popularity, but some states provide better opportunities than others," the report's author wrote. "Whether you're after fresh produce or the freedom of self-sufficiency, choosing the right state can make all the difference."

Following behind Texas to complete the top three best states for homesteading and gardening are Oregon (No. 2) and Washington (No. 3), two notoriously rainy West Coast states.

Meanwhile, three East Coast states ranked at the bottom of the list as the worst states for homesteading and gardening: Rhode Island (No. 50), New Jersey (No. 49), and Massachusetts (No. 48).

The top 10 best states for homesteading and gardening are:

No. 1 – Texas
No. 2 – Oregon
No. 3 – Washington
No. 4 – Vermont
No. 5 – Delaware
No. 6 – Arizona
No. 7 – Wyoming
No. 8 – Montana
No. 9 – Hawaii
No. 10 – Colorado

The study sourced its data from Yelp, Google Trends, and the UDSA to determine each state's ranking.

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