New Garden Landscaping & Nursery announces a change in ownership
Dear Friends,
We would like to let you know that as of December 17, 2020, ownership of New Garden Landscaping & Nursery, Inc. has been transferred to Matt Hunter as majority owner and Conrad Hayter as minority owner by J. Morris Newlin. Morris had owned New Garden Landscaping & Nursery since he founded it in 1977.
Matt Hunter served as Director of Business Development for New Garden beginning in 2015 and has been New Garden’s President since 2017. Matt has been in the green industry for 30 years and currently serves on the North Carolina Green Industry Council Board. Conrad Hayter served as President of New Garden for 10 years and is currently a Leadership Coach and a managing partner of Nature’s Select. Morris will remain as an employee of New Garden Landscaping and Nursery over the next 3 years to ensure a smooth transition.
We want to assure you that there will be no change in the management and policies of New Garden Landscaping & Nursery, Inc. Our passion for people and plants and building strong relationships will continue to be our guiding values as they have for over 43 years. We will continue to offer our customers exceptional landscape design/build, landscape maintenance, garden enhancement, and irrigation services. New Garden Gazebo will continue to provide the best horticultural knowledge and plant selection in the Triad.
We appreciate your business and continuing trust in New Garden and look forward to an exciting future with our new ownership.
Thank You,
New Garden Landscaping & Nursery
Our Roots
New Garden Landscaping and Nursery, Inc. has been providing comprehensive services and outdoor living products to customers in the Piedmont Triad for over a quarter-century:
Late 1960s: Founder Jim Newlin starts a nursery in his backyard.
1977: Son Morris Newlin starts a landscape and maintenance business.
1979: Jim, wife Pat, and Morris open a retail nursery on Highway 220 in Summerfield.
1984: A seasonal retail location opens in a gazebo on Battleground Ave. Two years later it is operating year-‘round.
1992: The Summerfield location relocates to Old Oak Ridge Rd. and merges the retail nursery with a headquarters for the landscape & maintenance operation.
2001: The Gazebo moves to the present, more spacious Lawndale Avenue location.
2002: A new services office opens in Winston-Salem to better serve clients in that area.
2003: The Old Oak Ridge location moves just down the road to the current, larger location in New Garden Village. (*New Garden Village closed in July 2016, now all retail services can be found at New Garden Gazebo.)
2011: With two retail locations and landscape service teams located in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, New Garden proudly employs 127 people and serves the entire Piedmont Triad.
2012: New Garden adds a Lawn & Plant Healthcare service, New Garden Select (now renamed Nature’s Select).
There has been a lot of growth and change since the early years, but our core principles have remained the same: New Garden’s continuing commitment to be a responsible corporate citizen, hiring and retaining inspired employees and, most importantly, delivering positive results to our customers. Inspired by Jim’s passion for plants, people and a belief in personal integrity, we have been pleased and honored to see our family business grow in new and exciting directions. New Garden Landscaping & Nursery looks forward to continuing to serve the Triad area into the future.
