Monrovia Names New Headquarters Location
Monrovia’s Dayton, OR, nursery and new headquarters location. | Monrovia.com by Doreen Wynja
Monrovia is naming its Dayton, OR location as company headquarters. Originally founded in Southern California in 1926, the company has three large-scale nursery locations as it celebrates its 100th anniversary next year. The 750 production-acre Oregon facility, located southwest of Portland, has become the center of Monrovia’s growing innovations, plant trials, and technology advancement. This location is ideal for growing plants that provide outstanding performance in various conditions including cold-hardy selections.
“As we plan the celebration of our 100th year in business, we wanted to shine a light on the great work happening at our Oregon nursery and acknowledge that our center of operations has moved north,” says Jonathan Pedersen, President and CEO of Monrovia. “Our expansion in shrubs, conifers, and perennials is being driven by this location. Our forward-thinking team is developing industry-leading processes that will translate across all of our nurseries, helping Monrovia provide the highest-quality plant material for retailers across the country.”
The Willamette Valley area provides optimal growing conditions for woody shrubs, including hydrangeas and rhododendrons, as well as roses. The Dayton nursery is also well known for its high-quality deciduous trees, conifers, and Japanese Maples.
Monrovia also has large-scale nursery locations in California and Georgia. Its Visalia, CA, nursery includes 750 production acres in the San Joaquin Valley, the ideal location for growing heat and drought-tolerant selections. Visalia is known for its production of bougainvillea, mandevilla, junipers, boxwood, grasses, and succulents. The Visalia nursery also includes 40 acres dedicated to camellias, where craftsmen grow more than 70 varieties.
The Cairo, GA, nursery includes 600 production acres just north of Tallahassee, FL, and is known for growing tropicals, hollies, and evergreen magnolias. Recent expansion in Georgia has allowed for increased production of early spring color. This location also provides excellent conditions for trialing and testing roses, perennials, and shrubs in humid locations.
Each of the three nursery locations includes trialing facilities with an extensive data collection and reporting program. Monrovia partners with breeders around the world to trial new plants, provide information on growth in the various North American climates, and ultimately select plants to make retailers and home gardeners more successful.
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