Green Acres Nursery & Supply is making a big leap from its home state of California into Texas with its first store in Irving. More stores are in the...
Calloway’s, which had sales last year of more than $100 million, has 22 locations in North Texas and five in the Houston market, is about to open its first store near Austin in Cedar Park.
Founded in Fort Worth 36 years ago, Calloway’s boasts of having more Texas-certified nursery professionals than any other nursery in the state. Big box retailers Home Depot, Lowe’s and Walmart — which mostly treat gardening as a seasonal business — are well represented in the market. Tractor Supply Co. has circled D-FW in rural areas, with it coming closer to suburbia with stores in Mesquite, Wylie and McKinney.
Steve Gill is a co-owner of the business, which was founded in 2003 by his brother, Mark Gill and his children Travis and Rossi, who live in California.Steve Gill, who is the former CEO of Talenti gelato, lives in Dallas as do two more owners, a silent investor, and Josh Hochschuler, founder of Talenti gelato. Hochschuler founded Talenti in Dallas in 2003 and shifted from a storefront to a wholesale brand sold to restaurants and in grocery stores.
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