Jackson & Perkins: The Rose Catalog That Defined American Gardens A nursery started in 1872 became the catalog operation that more than any other put named rose varieties within reach of American home gardeners. Jackson & Perkins built that standing over more than a century of rose breeding and direct-to-customer …

Park Seed: America's Mail-Order Garden Pioneer The seed catalog that Park Seed launched in 1868 stands as one of the longest-running mail-order garden businesses in American history. George W. Park founded the company in the nineteenth century, building it from a passion for plant collecting into a catalog operation …

Stark Bro's: Two Centuries of Backyard Orchards The Red Delicious apple traveled from an Iowa farmstead to backyard orchards across the country through the catalogs of Stark Bro's, a nursery that has been shipping trees directly to American growers since 1816. When Clarence Stark encountered a chance seedling grown by …