The hillside at Prides Corner Farms - Photo credit: Prides Corner Farms
Prides Corner Farms, a family owned nursery in Lebanon Connecticut, has spent the past several decades establishing itself as a premier grower in the Northeastern United States. Their incredible product diversity and their exceptional customer service has positioned them as an industry leader. With a company goal of not only providing exceptional products, but being a business partner to their customers, they help their customers grow and become more profitable.
Mark Sellew circa 1990 - Photo credit: Prides Corner Farms
From humble beginnings in 1979, Peter Sellew began Prides Corner Farms on 50 acres of land with a handful of greenhouses. His son Mark Sellew joined the business shortly after in 1980, fresh from his graduation from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Mark brought back with him big dreams of becoming a major grower in the Northeast. Over the next decade they worked towards this goal, creating a team with the experience and knowledge to take them over the million-dollar mark.
Peter and Mark envisioned a company that did not just sell plants but positioned themselves as a business partner for their customers, working together to find solutions to the problems they faced. Mark assumed complete ownership in the late 1980s and continued to pursue that goal. Through the 1990s and 2000s, Prides Corner became an industry leader, providing diverse product selection, innovative marketing and branding, and state of the art logistics to deliver these outstanding products to their customers.
Today the Prides Corner team continues to pursue innovation and success in their goal to be the best partner for their customers.
American Beauties in the Native Plants garden in the Arboretum - Photo credit: Prides Corner Farms
Plants on display at Pride’s Arboretum - Photo credit: Prides Corner Farms
Prides Corner Farms has been an essential partner, working with Saunders Genetics to trial and evaluate NewGen Freedom® and NewGen Independence® at their nursery and in their trial gardens. They have been a crucial part of establishing this program and introducing these problem-solving plants to the industry. To learn more about NewGen™ growers or if you have interest in becoming one, check out the Partners page. For more information about Prides Corner or to find out their availability of NewGen™, check out their website.