Homestead Gardens

What Homestead Gardens does

Homestead Gardens is a family-owned garden center and outdoor living retailer founded in 1973 and headquartered in Davidsonville, Maryland, operating two retail locations (Davidsonville and Severna Park) under the Homestead Gardens, Inc. entity. Its core offering centers on plants — annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, houseplants, bulbs and seeds, vegetables and herbs, and native pollinators — supplemented by the Homestead Grown signature line grown at its own Davidsonville farm, the Homestead Gardens Maryland Select branded soils and mulches, and Ashley's Annuals. Supporting retail categories include lawn and garden supplies, outdoor patio furniture (authorized dealer for Hanamint, Telescope Casual, and Treasure Garden), gifts and home decor, the Homestead Pantry gourmet foods section, Evelyn's Boutique apparel, and farm and pet supplies.

The company monetizes through a multi-channel, multi-vertical model. Retail plant and merchandise sales are paired with a Landscape Services division (design, installation, hardscapes, maintenance, holiday and event lighting) operating since 1980. Ancillary revenue lines include The Gardens at Homestead event venue for weddings and corporate events, birthday party rentals with barnyard animal experiences, the Kids' Club and Garden Chores & Coffee educational workshops, and a wholesale platform — Homestead Horticultural Supply — serving landscape contractors, builders, and municipalities in the DC-Baltimore region. Pricing is transactional for retail (with senior discounts, weekly circulars, and a Garden Rewards loyalty program) and project-based for landscape services and event venue bookings. Distribution combines physical retail, an e-commerce storefront (shop.homesteadgardens.com), the wholesale division, and direct landscape services sales. The business remains privately held across three generations of family ownership, with no external investment, no public API, and no disclosed AI capabilities.

Name

Homestead Gardens

Legal name

Homestead Gardens, Inc.

Website

https://homesteadgardens.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Homestead Gardens is a family-owned Maryland garden center operating two retail locations (Davidsonville and Severna Park) since 1973, selling plants, outdoor furniture, gifts, and farm/pet supplies, and serving residential homeowners, landscape contractors, and event customers across the DC-Baltimore region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Garden Center and Nursery Retail

NAICS

Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (44424), Landscaping Services (561730), Landscaping Services (56173)

SIC

Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200)

akta.pro primary industry

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers) (CRAIAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Seasonal Color, Planting & Horticultural Services (BPABADAL), Garden Bed Installation & Planting (Annuals, Perennials, Shrubs) (HSAIAFAB)

Keywords

• Garden center retail
• Nursery plants landscaping
• Outdoor living products
• Landscape design services
• Wholesale horticultural supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Davidsonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Plant Sales: Sale of plants including annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, houseplants, vegetables, herbs, bulbs and seeds through retail garden centers
2. Landscape Services: Professional landscape design, installation, hardscaping, maintenance and holiday lighting services for residential and commercial properties
3. Event Venue Rental: Rental of The Gardens at Homestead event venue for weddings, celebrations, and corporate events with various packages
4. Birthday Party Rentals: Birthday party tent rentals with packages for up to 100 guests including amenities and add-ons
5. Wholesale Horticultural Supply: B2B wholesale landscape materials, plant stock, and contractor supplies through Homestead Horticultural Supply for DC-Baltimore region contractors, builders, and municipalities
6. Farm & Pet Supplies: Sale of pet food, supplies, poultry, horse and livestock supplies
7. Home & Patio Products: Sale of outdoor furniture, home decor, gifts, gourmet foods (Homestead Pantry), and boutique items

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Homestead Gardens is a family-owned garden center operating two retail locations in Maryland, selling plants (annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, houseplants, bulbs, vegetables, herbs), lawn and garden supplies, outdoor patio furniture, gifts and home decor, farm and pet supplies, and gourmet foods. The company also operates a landscape design and installation division, a wholesale horticultural supply subsidiary serving contractors and municipalities in the DC-Baltimore region, and an event venue for weddings and corporate gatherings.

Product overview

Homestead Gardens is a family-owned garden center and nursery established in 1973, operating two retail locations in Maryland (Davidsonville and Severna Park). The business operates as a traditional brick-and-mortar retailer with multiple distinct product lines and services rather than a unified software platform. The core product portfolio centers on plants, including the Homestead Grown signature line (locally grown shrubs), Proven Winners plants, annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, houseplants, bulbs and seeds, vegetables and herbs, and native pollinator plants. The wholesale operation (Homestead Horticultural Supply) serves landscape contractors separately. Supporting retail products include lawn and garden supplies (fertilizers, soil, mulch, tools), outdoor patio furniture (as authorized dealer for Hanamint, Telescope Casual, Treasure Garden), farm and pet supplies (canine/feline, flock, horse/livestock), Evelyn's Boutique (apparel and accessories), gifts and home decor, and the Homestead Pantry (gourmet foods). Services include landscape design and installation (since 1980), professional planting services (You Pick It, We'll Plant It), event venue rental (The Gardens at Homestead), birthday party rentals, Kids' Club workshops, Garden Chores & Coffee educational sessions, and an online e-commerce shop. Additional programs include Garden Rewards loyalty, senior discounts, exclusive plant pre-sales, and the Beer Farm collaboration. The company has no public API, AI/ML capabilities, or third-party software integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Homestead Grown: Signature line of shrubs grown at the company's farm in Davidsonville, MD using sustainable and environmentally responsible practices.
• Homestead Horticultural Supply
• The Gardens at Homestead
• Beer Farm at Homestead Gardens

Products and services

• Plants (Annuals, Perennials, Trees and Shrubs) One of the largest plant collections in the region, including annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, native pollinators, and vegetables and herbs for home gardeners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Most extensive Proven Winners collection in mid-Atlantic region
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Brookeville Beer FarmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnique collaboration creating the Beer Farm at Homestead Gardens, a community-focused haven where friends and neighbors can enjoy exceptional craft beer. Unites two farming families to create a destination experience.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Cherry Creek Garden Center: Independent garden center and landscape services provider with similar experiential and installation capabilities — comparable in offerings, though serving a different regional market.
• Lancaster Farm & Home Supply: Mid-Atlantic farm and garden retail chain with similar plant, pet, and outdoor living assortment — comparable product breadth but operates in a different sub-region of the Mid-Atlantic.

Direct peers

• Watson's Garden Center: Mid-Atlantic independent garden center and nursery offering plants, landscaping, and seasonal retail — comparable in scale and regional independent garden center positioning.
• Behnke Nurseries: Historic family-owned garden center serving the Maryland/DC region with plants, landscape services, and seasonal events — closely comparable in geography, product mix, and family-operated model.
• Sullivan Hardware & Garden: Independent garden center with strong destination retail, events, and landscape services — comparable experiential retail model with multi-generational family operation.
• Valley View Farms: Family-owned independent garden center and nursery in the Baltimore region offering plants, garden supplies, and landscape services — directly competitive in the same DC-Baltimore corridor.

Broad incumbents

• The Home Depot Garden Center: National big-box retailer with significant garden center footprint selling plants, mulch, and outdoor living products — competes directly on commodity garden retail at much larger scale.
• Meadows Farms Nurseries: Large multi-location Mid-Atlantic garden center and landscape services chain — broader scale and footprint, overlapping product and service mix but more chain-like positioning.

Others

• Proven Winners: Plant brand cooperative whose branded varieties Homestead Gardens stocks extensively — adjacent partner/supplier relationship that anchors Homestead's signature plant assortment.
• Star Roses and Plants: Wholesale nursery and plant brand supplying independent garden centers — comparable via the wholesale plant supply channel that Homestead Horticultural Supply participates in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCID4NFNKoLNlbKbZXbq_cPw
• Facebookfacebook.com/HGFarmandPet
• Xx.com/homesteadgrdns

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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