History

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Evergreen Nursery was founded in 1864 by George Pinney. The first shipments of plants consisted of evergreen seedlings he harvested from Door Counties forests and swamps. In those days, the only means of shipping from Sturgeon Bay was by boat. The product first had to travel to Chicago on Goodrich steamers and then was distributed cross country by rail. At the turn of the century, Evergreen became the "Township of Evergreen", complete with a post office.  The nursery, which originated on less than an acre of land, has since expanded to 446 acres.

Controlling interest in the nursery remained in the Pinney family until September of 2001. At that time, Tom Pinney Jr. the great-grandson of George Pinney retired. Ron Amos, who has been with the nursery since 1982 and served as the greenhouse manager, took over ownership in 2001 and now serves as president.

Yearly production for planting and sales now includes 750 thousand Gro-Plugs®, 400 thousand 1 quart liners, 255 thousand bare root evergreens and 120 thousand bare root birch. We now offer a complete line of #3 and #5 deciduous containers and #3 and #7 evergreen containers as well as 1 gallon perennials.

Currently Evergreen Nursery is home to nearly 30 full time employees.

Last year we delivered nursery stock to 24 states  and Canada.

At Evergreen Nursery we are committed to our partnership with you, continuing the tradition that began back in 1864 and are working hard to provide you with liners of the highest quality coupled with friendly attentive customer service.