<EX-31(b)>
                                                 Exhibit 31(b)
                        CERTIFICATIONS
I, James C. Estill, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
   Calloway's Nursery, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
   untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
   material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
   of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
   not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
   report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
   other financial information included in this report, fairly
   present in all material respects the financial condition,
   results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of,
   and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
   responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
   controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-
   15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

  a.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
       caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
       under our supervision, to ensure that material information
       relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
       subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
       entities, particularly during the period in which this report
       is being prepared;
  b.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
       disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
       report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
       disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
       period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
  c.   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
       internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
       the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
       fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
       has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect,
       the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
       and

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
     disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
     control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
     and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or
     persons performing the equivalent function):

  a.   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
       the design or operation of internal control over financial
       reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
       registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
       financial information; and
  b.   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
       management or other employees who have a significant role in
       the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:     February 13, 2004
/s/ James C. Estill
James C. Estill
President and Chief Executive Officer