Company is a 46 year old full-service retail & wholesale nursery/garden center on ~6+ acres, serving retail individuals, landscaping & Irrigation professionals, & commercial/institutional accounts across a regional Texoma market in NTX & SOK. Business offers plant material, garden products, & advisory services with everything needed for landscaping needs. A robust inventory includes thousands of annuals, perennials, shrubs, shade & ornamental trees, succulents, seasonal displays, plus hardscape features like fountains, birdbaths, & glazed pottery. Additional products include soil amendments, mulches, irrigation supplies, hardscape supplies, synthetic & organic fertilizers (including their own branded lawn fertilizer tailored to local conditions), weed & pest controls, & landscape tools & edging supplies.
Business has been completely modernized including new website with full e-commerce ability, leading edge Point Of Sale, & inventory system, which are synchronized, so that retail or commercial customers looking for particular plants can find the nursery & search inventory. The modernization has capitalized on strategic strengths including robust inventory size/selection, Garden Coach guidance & design assistance. Both retail & landscapers use the garden center to design their landscape. Irrigation & watering all plants are now also automated with programmed watering & fertilizer injection. This has created a full service destination for customers who love plants & a new digital resources for a broader exposure, especially to younger “digital-native” consumers. The modernization means that the business is relatively easy to learn, & manage for a new owner.
Retail customers benefit from a wide range of plant options—from increased indoor houseplant inventory & color rich annuals to large specimen trees—and expert support via “Garden Coaches,” who offer planting guidance to help each purchase succeed. Commercial landscaping customers use the Company as a design & shopping experience for their end users, where plants can be picked out or bought by the homeowners, & then held for landscapers to pick up the next day. THINK HOLISTIC DESIGN CENTER! Sales mix is typically ~29% plants, ~25% shrubs, ~18% hardgoods (incl soil/fertilizers/pesticides) ~11% trees, ~8% irrigation & drainage, ~9% all others.
They are a resource hub with community focused events & full array of educational classes (eg gardening, beekeeping, pollinator gardens, …), positioning themselves as both a supply resource & community hub for green space cultivation. A Garden Coach is ALWAYS onsite for questions & guidance.
Owner feels that a major advantage over competitors is experience, professionalism, & seniority of their loyal, dedicated employees. They are excellent & a major asset to the Company. Key management is in place with 50+ yrs landscaping experience 1) Nursery Manager, 2) Retail Manager, 3) Commercial/Irrigation Sales Manager. Owner has transitioned almost all day to day operating responsibilities to the well-trained, capable, dedicated employees, such that the owners spend MINIMAL time working in or at the business, other than owner oversight.
Company receives repeat business & referrals from ~2,400+ retail & ~110+ commercial, plus ~5,000+ installed base of customers. Owner estimates business is operating at 40-50% capacity & feels business could increase sales & profits by adding design/landscape services, planting/installation crew, stone & other landscape products, and grow/up-pot plants ahead of seasons by using existing greenhouses.
Purchase Price: Asking price for the assets of the business is NEGOTIABLE. Seller will consider financing up to 10% of the price to a purchaser qualified/approved by the Seller. SELLER PREFERS TO SELL FOR ALL CASH. Assets include $300k Inventory & $163k FFEV.
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