Family-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.
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Angelica Nurseries, IncSince moving its family name to Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1956, Angelica Nurseries has grown landscape-grade woody ornamental plants for the professional nursery trade. The family-owned and operated nursery propagates more than 80 percent of its seedlings, rooted cuttings and grafts from its own stock plants, and root-prunes more than 1,500 acres of nursery stock to help plants establish after relocation. Angelica sells wholesale only, supplying nursery sales yards and landscape projects.KENNEDYVILLE, MD
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
Maria GardensThree generations of the Stopper family have grown Maria Gardens from a backyard greenhouse begun around 1970 into a family-owned garden center and grower serving the greater Cleveland area. With locations in Strongsville and North Royalton, the company grows its own plants and also provides landscaping services and landscape materials, carrying its long-standing wholesale roots into today’s retail operation. The business is now run by brothers Tim Jr., Mitch, and Tom with guidance from their father, Tim Sr.SHEFFIELD VLG, OH
Decker’s Nursery, IncFounded 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.GROVEPORT, OH