We are committed to delivering locally-sourced plants, produce, and products to you. By supporting small businesses, community organizations, and family farms in our region, we strengthen our community while they enrich our lives. It’s all about thinking globally and acting locally to build a stronger, more connected world.
Lucas Greenhouses, established in 1979, is renowned for producing top-quality plants and delivering exceptional customer service. With nearly two million square feet of indoor growing space and over 35 acres dedicated to outdoor production, they offer an impressive range of popular annuals, mums, and poinsettias. Their commitment to excellence has earned them prestigious industry accolades, including Greenhouse Grower Magazine’s “Grower of the Year” awards in 2009 and 2012, as well as being named NJNLA Horticultural Professional of the Year in 2020.
Quality Greenhouses specializes in growing top-tier annuals and perennials for independent garden centers and nurseries. They pride themselves on offering a diverse selection, including innovative and unique plant varieties, all backed by exceptional service that goes above industry standards. Their mission is to lead the industry as a trusted provider of “quality grown” plants.
Specializing in geraniums, this family-run business also offers a variety of specialty annuals, herbs, and vegetables. We’ve been proud partners for 20 years and look forward to continuing this incredible relationship for many more to come.
A family business just like ours, George W. Radebaugh & Sons Inc. has been our trusted partner for the past three years. They provide us with high-quality, locally sourced flowers and plants that we’re proud to offer to our customers. Beyond business, we’ve built a wonderful friendship with their team, making each collaboration even more rewarding.
For over 25 years, Walnut Springs Nursery has been a partner we deeply admire. Their success as a thriving family business serves as a constant inspiration. We rely on them to provide healthy, disease-resistant plants that meet our high standards.
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Despite their large-scale operations, Greenleaf Nursery Company treasures its “family atmosphere.” They pride themselves on providing every customer with personalized service and attention, creating lasting relationships throughout the industry.
This family-run business, established in 1915, is now operated by third-generation brothers. We deeply appreciate how they honor their rich family legacy and have played a key role in helping us cultivate an exceptional shrubbery program.
In 1935, Les Demaline, owner and founder of Willoway Nurseries, Inc. was born in Cleveland, Ohio to parents, Evelyn and Leland Demaline. In 1944, the family moved to Westlake to a home on Bradley Rd. that had a nice yard and additional property on which the family grew a large garden, raised chickens and had a jersey cow and a pony.
The Plant Company was founded with a mission to bring garden centers high-quality, innovative houseplants that are easy to source and don’t require large-scale orders. That’s why they built a cutting-edge, five-acre greenhouse nestled in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Here, they grow and finish their houseplants to the highest quality standards in North America. Committed to creating the best houseplant experience, The Plant Company also collaborates with leading breeders worldwide to source unique, top-performing varieties. From the moment consumers see their plants in a garden center to the time they care for them at home, The Plant Company ensures a seamless and satisfying experience.
We find, vet and ship over 2000 premium tropical plants, trees and shrubs to garden centers, wholesalers and interiorscapers nationwide. Our plants are sourced exclusively from premier nurseries and growers, including Triad’s own nursery, located in Delray Beach, Florida.
We encourage cooperative self-reliance in agriculture. We promote and participate in seed saving and exchange, ecological agriculture, reducing energy use, providing locally adapted varieties, and regional food production. To further these aims, Southern Exposure offers: heirloom varieties to conserve and distribute rare and endangered varieties; open-pollinated varieties to encourage seed saving and exchange among gardeners; disease- and insect-tolerant varieties to reduce pesticide use; and varieties for local and small-scale growers to encourage regional food production.
We’re committed to giving back to nature and helping to rebuild the natural environment. For every product you buy from us, we plant a tree to rebuild some of the most fragile ecosystems in the world, like the Australian bush that was devastated by bushfire. This helps green thumbs like you make a real difference towards restoring natural disaster zones with one simple action.
