Park Hill Plants joins HGTV HOME Plant Collection for 2014

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –The HGTV HOME Plant Collection has announced its new partnership with grower Park Hill Plants of Oklahoma for 2014, according to Randy Hunter, Managing Partner of Agricola Management Group, exclusive licensee for the Plant Collection. Located in Tahlequah, Okla., Park Hill Plants will provide annuals, perennials and shrubs for the 2014 Expressions Annuals Collection, the new Essential Perennials Collection and the Smart and Stylish Shrubs line. A leading home and lifestyle brand, HGTV worked in conjunction with Agricola Management Group to develop its various Plant Collections.

“We are partnering with Park Hill Plants based on their ability to deliver high quality products and provide excellent service to their markets,” says Hunter. “Park Hill joins our exceptional team of more than 30 U.S. regional growers for 2014.  Agricola continues to seek high-quality growers to partner with us in this exciting growth opportunity.”

Park Hill joins other established HGTV HOME Plant Collection professionals as a strategic growing partner. “Park Hill Plants is proud to become an important growing partner for annuals, perennials and shrubs for this superior quality and successful Plant Collection,” says Brett Jones, COO of Park Hill Plants. “The Collection’s continued growth represents important opportunities for growers like us as well as retailers and consumers in 2014.”

Park Hill Plants is a minority-owned and Tero-certified company founded in 2010. Its senior leadership team has more than 100 years combined experience in the nursery business. Park Hill supplies cutting edge new plants as well as tried and true classics and landscape staples, including annuals, perennials and shrubs.

The combination of an expanding growers network, the exclusive genetics for the Plant Collection varieties and the HGTV HOME brand name in addition to the success of the Plant Collection launch in 2013 all bode well for a successful retail experience in independent garden centers and retailers in Spring 2014. The HGTV HOME Plant Collection has been available in more than 950 retailers in the U.S. and Canada this spring and summer, with continued expansion of growers, retailers and plant varieties anticipated for the coming months.

In anticipation of 2014, Agricola Management and the HGTV HOME Plant Collection have expanded the Expressions Annual Collection from six to ten collections, now including the new Autumn Expressions Annuals for fall 2013. All Expressions Annuals are offered in pre-selected color mixes available in true one gallon containers, hanging baskets or decorative containers. Individual components are sold in a single quart size. 

Through pre-selection, Agricola and HGTV have taken the guesswork out of container gardening, allowing consumers to ‘color coordinate and go’ to create a polished look at home within minutes. Consumers also have the benefit of HGTV Know How!™ – referring to the plant care tips, landscaping inspiration and gardening ideas featured on the products, online and in retail stores.

Agricola and the HGTV HOME Plant Collection also launched their new Essential Perennials Collection this summer, including a spectrum of popular perennials with more than 70 varieties ranging from coreopsis and sedum to salvia and dianthus, satisfying increasing demand for plant varieties that offer sustainability year after year.

The Smart & Stylish Shrub line features distinctive shrub collections, designed to thrive in a range of sun exposures while delivering landscape impact and instant curb appeal. Many of the hardy shrub varieties offer unique characteristics not found in other shrubs on the market today. The varieties including azaleas, barberrys, fine vines, gardenias, hypericums, lantanas, monkey flowers, potentillas, hydrangeas, roses, mock-oranges, nectar bushes and additional shrubs.

For additional information on the various lines in the HGTV HOME Plant Collection or to become a growing partner, please visit www.hgtvhomeplants.com or www.agricolamanagement.com.