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	Al's Garden Center Located in Woodburn, Sherwood and Greshan, Oregon Founded by Al and Ann Bigej in 1948, AlÃs Garden Center was originally known as AlÃs Fruit Stand. In 1959 Jack Bigej joined his father and began to develop what is known today as AlÃs Garden Center. AlÃs Garden Center is a third-generation family owned and operated business. AlÃs has grown into three retail locations: Woodburn, Sherwood, and Gresham that are supplied and supported by five growing facilities in Oregon. AlÃs Greenhouses grow 95% of the soft-stemmed annuals and perennials sold at AlÃs Garden Centers, and 50% of all trees and shrubs. Currently, AlÃs Garden Center is the largest full-service garden center in the Willamette Valley, specializing in the production and sale of premium quality annual and perennial bedding plants as well as nursery stock.
	Armstrong Garden Centers 2200 E. Route 66, Suite 200, Glendora, CA 91740 Armstrong Garden Centers serves California gardeners and is the largest independent retail nursery company in the Western United States, specializing in the largest selection of roses (over 950 varieties), many developed and exclusive to our company. We also feature our exclusive Hotbiscus Hibiscus, Armstrong Gold Gazania ground cover and Wadda Tomato, just to name a few! With over 75 acres of growing grounds and green houses, we grow what we sell and with hundreds of nursery people to help answer those tough gardening questions, we guarantee our customers' success! We love what we do and we love to share our knowledge. Please join us in the adventure of creating beauty!
	Calloway's Nursery, Inc. 4200 Airport Freeway Suite 200 Fort Worth, TX 76117 Calloway's Nursery is an independent Texas-based garden center founded by local nurserymen, Jim Estill, John Cosby, and John Peters. Calloway's operates 17 stores in the Dallas and Fort Worth market and two stores in the Houston market. More than half of the company's employees are Texas Certified Nursery Professionals. Calloway's opened its first store in the spring of 1987 in Richardson, Texas and by the end of that spring had opened three more stores in the Dallas area. Calloway's continued to grow rapidly expanding into the Fort Worth market and entering the Houston market through an acquisition. In 1999, Calloway's acquired Houston-based Cornelius Nursery.
	English Gardens Six locations serving Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit, Michigan A family tradition since 1954, English Gardens was voted Best Nursery and Garden Center by readers of The Detroit News. Each store features a nursery, garden center, landscape department, florist and seasonal Christmas center. The family-owned business ranks among the top nursery business retailers in the nation.
	Homestead Gardens Davidsonville, Maryland Nestled amidst the beautiful rolling countryside of Davidsonville, Maryland, Homestead Gardens is the largest enclosed garden center in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. Our landmark nursery boasts the area's largest selection of annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, landscaping design and build service, outdoor lighting, garden accessories, casual furniture and more! We also have a Landscape Design Services division
	Mahoney's Paul Mahoney Sr. opened the first Mahoney's Garden Center in Winchester, Massachusetts in 1959. Today we remain a family-run home and garden center with 8 retail locations in Eastern, MA. As a full service garden center, we are dedicated to providing the highest quality, and largest selection of plants, products and services. Our knowledgeable and friendly staff is here to serve the needs of home gardeners and landscape professionals.
	Martin Viette Nurseries East Norwich, New York Martin Viette Nurseries is a full-service garden center featuring the highest quality and most unique plant material, exquisite garden accents, award-winning landscape services, and friendly, knowledgeable staff. Located on the North shore of Long Island in the 'Gold Coast' (just south of Oyster Bay), we are situated on 42-acres in a serene, park-like setting. We are open year-round, seven days a week, for spring, summer, fall, and winter, as well as a Christmas Shoppe from mid-September - December.
	McDonald Garden Center Serving Hampton, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Virginia McDonald Garden Center began as a partnership between two Canadian brothers in 1945 in Hampton, Virginia. In 1973, Eddie Anderson and his wife Sara purchased the garden center. With a commitment to improving the quality of life through the business of gardening, McDonald Garden Center grew rapidly in size and structure. Whatever your gardening need or pleasure in Virginia Beach, Hampton or Chesapeake, McDonald Garden Center is there for you as "the place where people and plants grow together."
	Molbak's Woodinville, Washington In 1956, Egon and Laina Molbak came to rural Woodinville, Washington from Denmark. They dreamed of building a business based on Egon's love of gardening and plants. The discovery of a small greenhouse operation on approximately 4 acres of land allowed the Molbaks' dream to take root and grow. Today, the Woodinville location encompasses 15 acres and has evolved into a tourist destination, attracting over one million visitors each year.
	Pike Nurseries 4020 Steve Reynolds Blvd Norcross GA 30093 In 1958, William "Pete" Pike had a vision. Today Pike Family Nurseries is a business with more than 700 employees. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Pike is the nation's largest independently owned and operated retail nursery. Pike Family Nurseries has earned over 200 Gardening Awards and continues to specialize in the highest quality lawn and garden products. That is because... we know what to do... when to do it... and how to do it better than anyone else when it comes to gardening.
	Southern Homes & Gardens Southern Homes & Gardens is a division of CCC Associates Co. based in Montgomery, AL. Founded in 1950 by Jimmy Thompson the company has greatly expanded over the year to include Caffco, a wholesale operation, Southern Growers, Rosemont Gardens a florist and gift shop and two excellent retail garden centers. They are one of the premiere operations in the deep South.