Complexe Horticole Bastien

What Complexe Horticole Bastien does

Complexe Horticole Bastien (operating as Centre Horticole Bastien) is a privately held, family-owned garden center and landscape services business headquartered at 4835 chemin Martin in Terrebonne, Quebec, on the North Shore of Montreal. Founded in April 2002 by horticulturists Jessie Bogemans and Normand Bastien on land previously used by the family for sod production, the company extends a landscaping practice the founders began in 1997. It operates a single physical garden center with indoor and outdoor displays, greenhouses, and nurseries, supplemented by a standard e-commerce storefront featuring material calculators for soil, sand, gravel, and sod estimation, and a third-party GoRendezvous online scheduling system for landscape consultations.

The company's product portfolio spans bagged and bulk landscaping materials (soils, composts, mulches, sands, gravels, decorative stones), live plants across tropical, perennial, annual, tree, conifer, shrub, and rose categories, and gardening tools. Services include complete landscape design and installation since 1997, custom planter creation by in-house staff, garden planning sketches led by the chief horticulturist, and bulk-material delivery via trucks capable of transporting up to 5 tonnes per load. In 2024, the business expanded into greenhouse-grown vegetables (12,000 square feet) and field crops (2 hectares) for tomatoes, melons, squash, and herbs, branded as Saveurs Bastien.

Commercially, the business serves a diversified base of individual homeowners (primary segment), municipalities, golf courses, commercial businesses, and professional landscapers, with a dedicated landscaper checkout and 7 AM weekday early access during peak season. Revenue is generated through one-time retail product sales (unit and bulk pricing with volume discounts), professional services for landscape design/installation and custom planter creation, transaction-based delivery fees, and sketch/planning consultations. The company is a member of the Passion Jardins independent garden center network and the Association des paysagistes professionnels du Québec (APPQ), and leverages community events (u-pick pumpkin, yoga, harvest festival) alongside Instagram and Pinterest to drive foot traffic and top-of-funnel demand.

Name

Complexe Horticole Bastien

Legal name

Centre Horticole Bastien

Website

https://horticolebastien.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Centre Horticole Bastien is a family-owned garden center and landscape services business in Terrebonne, Quebec, founded in 2002, selling plants, bagged and bulk materials, and tools, and offering landscape design, custom planters, delivery, and gardening sketches to residential, municipal, golf, and professional landscaper customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Garden Center & Nursery

NAICS

Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Landscaping Services (561730), Nursery and Floriculture Production (11142)

SIC

Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Seasonal Color, Planting & Horticultural Services (BPABADAL), Garden Bed Design, Layout & Planting Plans (HSAIAFAA), Soils, Mulch, Fertilizers & Lawn Care Chemicals Retail (CRAIAIAC), Vegetable & Herb Garden Installation and Maintenance (HSAIAFAM)

Keywords

• Retail garden center
• Landscape design services
• Horticultural products
• Nursery plants
• Landscaping materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Terrebonne

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail product sales: Sale of horticultural products including plants (annuals, perennials, tropicals, trees, shrubs, roses, conifers), bagged materials (soil, compost, mulch, stone, sand), bulk materials, and gardening tools. Products sold by unit, weight, or volume.
2. Landscape services: Complete landscape design and installation services including plantings, natural stones, ponds, pavers and retaining walls. Services provided since 1997.
3. Custom planter creation: Custom floral arrangement service where customers bring containers and staff creates personalized plant arrangements. Customers describe preferences and a detailed record is kept for future years.
4. Delivery service: Delivery of bulk materials and plants using small dump trucks with protective canvas. Trucks can transport up to 5 tonnes of material.
5. Sketch/planning service: Horticultural planning sketches created by experienced chief horticulturist Jessie Bogemans with 30 years of knowledge. Includes private consultation at garden center.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Complexe Horticole Bastien (operating as Centre Horticole Bastien) is a retail garden center and horticultural nursery in Terrebonne, Quebec selling live plants (tropicals, perennials, annuals, trees, conifers, shrubs, roses), bagged and bulk landscaping materials (soils, composts, mulches, sands, gravels), and gardening tools. It complements product sales with services including landscape design and installation, custom planter creation, horticultural planning sketches, and delivery of bulk materials. The company also operates a dedicated section and early-opening hours for professional landscapers, and runs on-site greenhouse and field production of vegetables and herbs.

Product overview

Centre Horticole Bastien operates as a traditional retail garden center and horticultural nursery offering a diverse portfolio of products and services. The core product offering consists of bagged and bulk landscaping materials (soils, composts, mulches, stones, sands), live plants across multiple categories (tropical plants, perennials, annuals, trees, conifers, shrubs, roses), and gardening tools. Services include professional landscaping design and installation, custom planter creation, garden planning sketches, and delivery. The business serves both retail customers and commercial clients (municipalities, golf courses, landscaping professionals) through their physical retail location on chemin Martin in Terrebonne, Quebec.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bagged Horticultural Products
• Bulk Landscaping Materials
• Nursery Plants (Tropicals, Perennials, Annuals, Trees, Conifers, Shrubs, Roses)
• Gardening Tools
• Landscape Design & Installation Service
• Custom Planter Design Service
• Garden Planning Sketch Service
• Delivery Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 20,000 annual customers served
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Passion JardinscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMember of the Passion Jardins network, a Quebec franchise/association of independent garden centers. This membership provides brand recognition, purchasing power, and quality standards for member nurseries.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• RONA: Quebec-founded home improvement retailer (under Lowe's Canada) with garden center departments selling plants, landscaping materials, and tools that overlap materially with Centre Horticole Bastien's product lines across Quebec.
• Costco Canada: Membership warehouse operating seasonal garden centers (live plants, bulk soils, outdoor furniture) that compete on price and one-stop convenience against independent garden centers in Quebec and elsewhere.
• Canadian Tire: National Canadian retailer with garden and outdoor living assortments (plants, soil, tools, patio) competing for the same DIY homeowner segment across the country, including Quebec.
• Home Depot Canada: National home improvement chain with major in-store garden center departments selling plants, bagged soils, mulches, tools, and outdoor living products to DIY homeowners — directly overlapping with Centre Horticole Bastien's core retail assortment.
• BMR (Groupe BMR): Quebec-based hardware and building materials cooperative whose stores carry garden, landscaping, and outdoor living assortments that overlap with Centre Horticole Bastien's material and tool categories within the same regional market.

Regional players

• Patrick Morin: Quebec-focused family-owned hardware and building materials chain carrying garden, landscaping, and outdoor product lines that compete with Centre Horticole Bastien for Quebec-based DIY and pro contractor customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/centrehorticolebastien
• Pinterestca.pinterest.com/centrehorticolebastien
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/complexe-horticole-bastien

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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