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 …

Harris Seeds Vegetable & Flower Seeds Garden Catalog Founded in 1879, Harris Seeds is one of the oldest continuously operating seed companies in the United States. The Harris Seeds catalog has supplied generations of home gardeners and commercial growers with high-quality vegetable seeds, flower seeds, plants, bulbs, …