Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the HILA Class of 2025 print edition of Greenhouse Management under the headline “Bill Dewar.”
Read the full profile on Bill here.
Watch a video of Bill from the Horticultural Industries Leadership Awards at Cultivate'25 here.
Bill on leadership:
“I might be the glue, but I’m not the wheel that makes it happen. It’s everyone else here: the crew we’ve built, the people who’ve bought into the program that makes us succeed.”
Bill on customer service lessons learned from his father, Alexander:
“He taught me that I’m there to serve the customer, not vice versa. We need to have a servant’s heart. In the end, that’s what’s going to make you different from your competitors.”
What others are saying:
“He’s known from a very early age that this is where his destiny was. His whole life’s purpose has been to build (the nursery) and to bring his team members along and up as the business succeeds.” — Patricia Dewar, Dewar Nurseries
Meet the rest of the HILA Class of 2025:
Belal El-Hassan, Hendriks Greenhouses
Heather Gronek, Plant Development Services, Inc.
Tom Knezick, Pinelands Nursery
Gary Neels, Qualitree
Susie Raker, Raker-Roberta’s Young Plants
John Gaydos, Proven Winners, Lifetime Achievement Award
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