After purchasing Titus Nurseries around 1930, Mr. Quillen put
these words, and his hands, to some good use. Blessed with the
rich soils and moderate climates of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah
Valley, Mr. Quillen went to work. He changed the name to
Waynesboro Nurseries, and then created a thriving, multi-faceted
business based on this solid principle. We have continued to grow
and change in his footsteps, right along with the demands of a
growing and changing marketplace. We have increased our production
facilities from 15 acres of rented land in 1922, to having
over 1,200 acres devoted to raising nursery stock today. We have
expanded our product mix to include over 500 varieties of ornamentals.
We have also been through a
number of different enterprises on
our journey. As the scenic Skyline
Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway
became a major tourist thoroughfare,
Waynesboro Nurseries operated
two retail locations within minutes
of these highways, and did so right
into the 1960’s. Just after World War
II, when more Americans owned
homes than ever before, Waynesboro
Nurseries added a catalog division
and became one of the largest
and most recognized mail order
houses on the continent. The scope
of our undertaking is more focused
today. We grow, sell, and ship quality
nursery stock to landscape contractors,
re-wholesalers, and garden
centers throughout the Mid-Atlantic
States. But as always, E. M. Quillen
put it best: “It is not so much what
the customer pays, as what he gets
for what he pays, that determines
his degree of satisfaction.”