At Willodell Nursery landscape design is what we do best. We should; we’ve done it continually since 1924 from Ohio to Florida. In the 1940’s and 50’s, when the weather was too cold to work in Ohio, we moved the company to Florida. During that period we did a lot of estate work. Moving large camellias was Mr. Quinn’s passion. We even did a lot of the original work at Cypress Gardens as well as extravagant exterior scapes in notable restaurants in the Tampa area.

Dan and Maxcine Quinn, the founders of the company, had a colorful background and developed close ties with Author Louis Bromfield, developer of Malabar Farm. They even attended the wedding of Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall at “The Farm”. All of Mr. Bromfield’s designs and plantings were done by Willodell. We are even mentioned in some of his books. The original work was done mainly by hand. We had employees, a pickup truck, a tree mover, and two Mules (Pat and George). Today we depend heavily on the latest equipment to improve productivity and professionalism of installation.

In 1969 Mr. Quinn’s son, Dan, was called on to take over the reins of the company. In 1977, a second garden center was opened in Wooster so we could better serve our many customers in that area. In 1991 we started our recycling facility which lead to the production of medias which have made it possible to produce the majority of our own plant material. The recycling center also serves Ashland and Richland Counties as a collection point to recycle commercial and residential yard waste. We’ve done our part to save our environment.

In 1997 a century old barn that had been moved from across the road in the 1940’s was remodeled into our magnificent gift barn. In 1999 we added a greenhouse to the barn. That year we also purchased the farm on 603 where we now produce nearly all of our trees. In 2000 we added a conference center where we provide educational speakers for interested groups.

All this growth has been due to our dedicated and talented employees, many of whom have been with the company for over 15 years.

Our landscape construction crews service an area with a radius of about 100 miles from our Ashland location. We strive for excellence in both commercial as well as residential installations. We look forward to being your exterior decorator soon.