For 48 years, Dave and Leslie Dannaher have made Dannaher Nursery in Galena, Ohio, a destination for gardeners seeking rare and unusual plants. The nursery is known for patiently evaluating and propagating distinctive trees, including its own ‘DannaSpire’ lace bark elm, and helping customers find plants suited to their landscapes. Dannaher Nursery plans to close at the end of 2026.
Graceful GardensFor decades, Graceful Gardens was Amanda and Mark Shenstone’s nursery, cultivating delphiniums, perennials, and annual flowers for gardeners across the nation before retiring after the 2022 season. Amanda now carries that hands-on growing experience into practical advice for home gardeners, with a particular fondness for delphiniums and cottage-garden blooms.TRUMANSBURG, NY
Natorp’s NurseryWith more than 100 years of growing and design expertise, family-owned Natorp’s Nursery grows and sells plants while creating and installing landscapes for Greater Cincinnati. Its Mason nursery spans 333 acres and includes an online plant store featuring about one million plants, backed by local horticultural advice and a one-year guarantee on properly cared-for plants.CINCINNATI, OH
Rusty Oak NurseryFamily-owned and operated in Valley City, Ohio, Rusty Oak Nursery grows wholesale nursery stock on a 300-acre campus for landscape professionals and other trade customers. Founded by Karen and Mario Cekada more than 50 years ago, the business has grown from a weekend tree-selling venture into a year-round operation with 25 hoop houses, a 15-acre holding yard, and a team of about 40 employees. Its own delivery fleet and custom-growing capacity support large, coordinated plant orders from one nursery.VALLEY CITY, OH
Donald A. Schuster GreenhouseSince Donald Schuster opened his Elyria greenhouse in 1964, Donald A. Schuster Greenhouse has grown bedding plants and other garden plants for local customers and wholesale buyers. Now run by the founder’s sons Ed, Steve, and Chuck, the third-generation family-owned greenhouse grows most of its retail plants on site and turns to pumpkins and seasonal farm activities in the fall. Its wholesale plants reach garden centers and gardens throughout Northeast Ohio, continuing a family growing tradition that began on the Murray Ridge Road property in 1927.ELYRIA, OH