Come visit booth 909 at #Cultivate24 by AmericanHort😍💚 We would love to talk to you about our programs/plants including 'Jack of Diamonds' Brunnera (from Proven Winners, LLC) which everyone can be seen wearing below! #waltersgardens #provenwinners #greenhouse #plants #perennials #gardening #gardendesign #tradeshow
Walters Gardens, Inc.
Horticulture
Zeeland, Michigan 3,649 followers
Wholesale grower specializing in field grown and potted greenhouse perennials. Home of Proven WinnersⓇ Perennials!
About us
Walters Gardens, Inc. didn’t set out to be the biggest and best in the industry. We simply wanted to provide our local growers with high quality perennials. To fulfill that dream, a small perennial farm was established by Dennis and Harriet Walters in Zeeland, Michigan in 1946, worked by just a few strong men including Dennis’ four brothers. Tall Garden Phlox, Creeping Phlox, Delphiniums, Leucanthemum, and Gaillardias were their specialties and these bare root plants were shipped out by rail, truck, and bus. Today, Walters Gardens, Inc. has grown to be one of the nation’s largest wholesale perennial growers with a reputation for superior quality, excellent service, and cutting edge new varieties. Our company continues to be run by the Walters family, aided by over 200 dedicated employees including skilled growers and hybridizers, plant health experts, inventory managers, marketing specialists, a dedicated team of inside sales and customer service staff, and national sales representatives and brokers. We offer over 1,000 varieties of perennials including a line of exclusive Proven Winners® Perennials, and over 100 new items are added each year. Bare root perennials are grown on 1,500 acres of land while over 500,000 square feet of modern greenhouses contain our plug growing operations. Over 18 million perennial liners are shipped to grower retailers, wholesale finish growers, landscapers, mail order companies, and more across the US and Canada.
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http://www.waltersgardens.com
External link for Walters Gardens, Inc.
- Industry
- Horticulture
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Zeeland, Michigan
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1946
- Specialties
- Perennials, Plant Breeding, and Customer Care
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
1992 96th Ave
Zeeland, Michigan 49464, US
Employees at Walters Gardens, Inc.
Updates
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Are you going to be at #Cultivate24 by AmericanHort? Aren Phillips, Karin Walters, and Laura Robles will be presenting or participating in a panel throughout the show. Make sure to stop by and learn more! #waltersgardens #provenwinners #perennials #plants #greenhouse #agriculture #internship #education
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Happy Fourth of July ❤️💙 We are celebrating with some of the new Proven Winners, LLC perennials coming to retail in 2025!
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This super-sized new Salvia is a must have for your garden! Andrew Jager, our Marketing Manager, is pictured with Salvia LIVING LARGE™ 'Big Sky' from the Proven Winners, LLC perennial program! This perennial will be new to wholesale in 2024 and new to retail in 2025. #waltersgardens #provenwinners #perennials #plants #flowers #gardening #gardendesign #landscape
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Walters Gardens, Inc. reposted this
This week, we're celebrating some of the amazing women who work at Proven Winners like Karin Walters, CEO of Walters Gardens, Inc. We asked her what advice she has for young women and girls who might be interested in a career in horticulture: "People might try to scare you off because it’s a tough industry to be in – which it can be – but it’s also a fun ride," she said. "It can have its hard times (spring season) but the reward of having a product on the market that you can actually be proud of is such a reward. Plus, you’ll be the plant expert among your non-plant friends and family, whether you feel like an expert or not." #womeninhort #womeninhorticulture
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We're thrilled to share Emily McKay, our Senior Lead Grower/IPM Manager, has selected for the GPN-Greenhouse Product News 2024 Forty Under 40! Thank you for the exceptional work you do for us and the great plants you grow for our customers. Congratulations!! Meet the Class of 2024 Forty under 40 honorees here: https://lnkd.in/e_u63RH #waltersgardens #greenhouse #perennials #plants #horticulture #gpn #horticulture
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Walters Gardens Perennial Expo JUNE 18, 2024 | NEW INTROS. NEW IDEAS. ALL ABOUT PERENNIALS. This is one of our favorite days of the year! When we get to take a step back, put our plant nerd hats on, and dig deep into perennials with some of our favorite people. Whether you are a first-time or life-long customer, consider stopping by our Perennial Expo for a day of talking plants! Learn more about us, our products, and new plants in this jam-packed day of education and customer appreciation. We know that your time is valuable so we try and fit as much into one day as possible in order to make it worth your time. View the complete schedule and plan your day below. This is a free event to attend. The only thing that we ask is you RSVP to let us know that you're coming! View the schedule & RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/g_UACqUq
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Many of you in the industry probably know Evan Elenbaas in our sales department, and in case you didn't hear, he is retiring from Walters Gardens today after almost 32 years at the company. We had a heartfelt farewell potluck yesterday where Evan shared that just like a college grad, he's right back to where he started - looking forward to figuring out what to do with the rest of his life🙂 Enjoy your retirement Evan, you deserve it!
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