Founded in Columbus in 1921 by Dutch horticulturist Paul Offenberg, Decker’s Nursery is a family nursery now led by his grandson, Brian Decker. From its Groveport farm, the company serves retail and commercial growers nationwide, pairing old-world horticultural practices with automated, environmentally conscious production. Decker’s also has five Ohio Certified Nursery Technicians on staff, reflecting the expertise carried through its long history.
Ohio Certified Nursery Technician (OCNT)
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
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
William Tricker, Inc. dba Tricker'sFounded in 1892, William Tricker, Inc. grows aquatic plants and supplies water-garden goods from its historic Independence, Ohio nursery, carrying on William Tricker’s early work hybridizing water lilies. Known as America’s oldest water garden store, the company propagates water lilies, lotuses and other aquatics in greenhouses on a property listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Today, Cindy Lee owns and manages the business, which also offers aquarium supplies and Gardecor outdoor décor.INDEPENDENCE, 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