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GROWTH SPURT Everde Growers Combines Resources to Elevate the Industry
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new mega-nursery, Everde Growers has been establishing its roots for six years. After a series of acquisitions, TreeTown USA, Village Nurseries and Hines Growers came together and rebranded in 2020 to Everde Growers. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Everde Growers has a coast-to-coast footprint with 15 farms and 2,000 employees in Texas, Florida, California and Oregon. An inventory of 33 million plants includes trees, shrubs, perennials, palms, grasses, succulents, tropicals and fruit. “With the acquisitions, the goal was to
capitalize on the years of knowledge and growing experience that each company built,” says Leigh Schaffer, marketing manager at Everde Growers. More farms and more people mean additional resources and a stronger resilience to crises like ice storms in Texas, wildfires in California, hurricanes in Florida and a worldwide pandemic. “One of the best things about our company is that we’re so diversified,” says Leigh. “We’re one of the only growers to sell to landscape contractors, re-wholesalers, independent garden centers and national retailers.”
Everde most recently purchased La Verne Nursery in the summer of 2022. Located in Piru, California, La Verne has been a premier grower of stone fruit, citrus and tropical fruit for 50 years. “This was a strategic move and a win-win for everyone,” says Nicholas Staddon, Everde spokesman and plantsman. “Now our other farms are learning techniques to propagate and grow citrus and small fruit even better than before. Coming together as a group of companies means we’re better able to serve our customers and ship plants all over the country.” Collaboration and communication have always been important to the company, both
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