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Moon Nurseries Inc. 
Type Private Industry wholesale nursery, Horticulture and gardening Founded Bucks County, PA in 1767 Headquarters Chesapeake City, Maryland Products Plants, Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Lawn Care, and Gardening Supplies Website www.moonnurseries.com Moon Nurseries is a wholesale nursery located in Chesapeake City, Maryland, USA. Moon grows different varieties of B&B (balled and burlapped) trees, shrubs, and container plants including grasses, roses and perennials.
Over 50,000 trees and 400,000 container plants of new and old plant varieties are being sold and grown every year. The nursery has 365 greenhouses, all of which are 450 feet long. The lining out stock or field stock is purchased from nurseries like J. Frank Schmidt & Son in Boring, Oregon, and other similar growers.
Moon's stock is sold to wholesale customers only and not to mass merchandisers or chain stores. Moon Banks on Quality, Reputation.[1]
Moon Nurseries is the member of AMERICAN NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION (ANLA)[2] and Mark A. Brinsky of Moon is among the board of directors under Landscape Distribution Division of ANLA.[3]
The nursery company is also a member of Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association (PLNA),[4] Delaware Nursery & Landscape Association (DNLA),[5] Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA)[6] and American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)[7]
The tree selected for the President Inaugural ceremony 2009 for President Elect Barack Obama was a White Oak, Quercus alba, purchased from Moon Nurseries of Maryland’s Eastern shore.[8] The tree planting ceremony took place at the Mt Zion Cemetery in Washington DC, on January 19, 2009 to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
The nursery provided hundreds of trees and shrubs to Delaware Valley College. John Pursell, the president of Moon Nurseries is an alumnus from Class of 1981.[9] Moon is listed among the career day companies of 2009 in Delaware Valley College.[10]
The company participated as an exhibitor in MANTS 2009.[11] Pennsylvania College of Technology has approved Moon Nurseries as an internship employer[12]
Moon Nurseries is a registered supplier and certified vendor with the state of Delaware for bioretention soil mixture.[13] Moon Nurseries also carries a full line of local vegetation for bioretention plantings, including moisture and flood-resistant grasses, shrubs and canopy trees.
In early 2008, Moon Nurseries submitted samples of its bioretention soil mixture (BSM) to a DNREC approved laboratory (Duffield Associates, Consultants in the Geosciences) to obtain certification of its biosoil medium. Laboratory testing was performed on a representative sample of biofiltration soil to evaluate general conformance of the sample provided with DNREC – Soil and Water Conservation Division’s requirements for biofiltration soil. The laboratory concluded that all Mix Components, Sand Gradation, and Infiltration Rate met or exceeded the DNREC required standards. Moon Nurseries has been a reliable, certified supplier of bioretention soil to the Delaware area ever since. Customers can contact them for low-impact development or stormwater management needs.
These are some of the recommended plants for Bio Retention Planting: Acer rubrum Red Maple, Clethra alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush, Betula nigra River Birch, Cornus sericea Red Osier dogwood.
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History
The company can trace its roots to William H. Moon, who founded the nursery in Bucks County, Pa. In 1767, founder William H. Moon sold the company’s first tree for 8 shillings as the dollars did not even existed at that time. An old advertisement for ornamental and fruiting trees, written by William H. MOON can be found at theoldentimes.[14]
The company has gone through location and ownership changes in 240 years. Today, Moon Nurseries is an employee owned and operated company producing over 40,000 trees and 350,000 container plants a year from Moon’s Maryland nurseries.
Location
Moon Nurseries is located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore between the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware Bay.
Products
Some of the products (B&B Trees)include
1. Acer[15]
2. AMELANCHIER[16]
3. BETULA[17]
4. CARPINUS[18]
5. CERCIS[19]
Footnotes and references
- ^ "Moon banks on Quality, reputation: From NMPRO Magazine"
- ^ "Moon Nurseries is a member of ANLA"
- ^ "ANLA Board of Directors"
- ^ "Member of PLNA"
- ^ "Member of DNLA"
- ^ "Member of MNLA"
- ^ "Member of ASLA"
- ^ "Tree for the President Inaugural Ceremony"
- ^ "Moon trees and shrubs at Delaware valley College"
- ^ "Career day companies of 2009"
- ^ "Exhibitors in MANTS 2009"
- ^ "Approved internship employers"
- ^ "Moon Nurseries is a registered supplier and certified vendor for bioretention soil mixture"
- ^ "Advertisement written by William H. Moon"
- ^ "Hedge Maple Acer campestre"
- ^ "Multi-Stem Shadblow Serviceberry"
- ^ "Multi-Stem Whitebarked Himalayan Birch"
- ^ "Pyramidal European Hornbeam Fastigiata"
- ^ "Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis"
External links
Categories:- Companies established in 1767
- Horticultural companies of the United States
- Privately held companies based in Maryland
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