Village Nurseries acquires Miramar Wholesale Nurseries

Village Nurseries Wholesale LLC, a specialty grower for landscape professionals, announced it has purchased Miramar Wholesale Nurseries Inc. in San Diego, Calif. for an undisclosed amount. The deal represents one of the largest nursery acquisitions in California in many years and is expected to add $11 million to $12 million to Village Nurseries’ sales in 2014.

Established in 1993, Miramar Wholesale Nurseries provides landscape plant materials for commercial property managers and landscape contractors in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Imperial and Riverside counties. Its 200-acre site houses a 170-acre wholesale operation and a commercial landscape center. The landscape center will serve as Village Nurseries’ first super landscape center at twice the size of its other four California centers. The acquisition will also expand Village Nurseries’ growing acreage approximately 20 percent, from 700 acres to 870 acres.

“This acquisition is important for two reasons,” said David House, Village Nurseries CEO. “First, it allows us to bolster our presence in San Diego by annexing an excellent wholesale nursery in a great climate for growing plants. Second, it positions Village Nurseries to enlarge and increase our offerings to meet the needs of a resurgent real estate market in which landscape architects and designers will be demanding more plantings, and the retail segment will be demanding greater variety for home gardens.”