Brownswood Nursery & Landscape

Name

Brownswood Nursery & Landscape

Legal name

Brownswood Nursery, Inc.

Website

https://brownswoodnursery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Design & Nursery Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Nursery and Floriculture Production (11142), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200), Agricultural Services (700), Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Nursery, Sod & Landscape Supply (Installation Support) (IMAIAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers) (CRAIAIAB), Garden Bed Design, Layout & Planting Plans (HSAIAFAA), Garden Bed Installation & Planting (Annuals, Perennials, Shrubs) (HSAIAFAB), Seasonal Color, Planting & Horticultural Services (BPABADAL), Landscape Plant & Nursery Stock Wholesalers (Grower-Wholesalers) (AFAGAHAM), Nursery Production (Woody Ornamentals: Trees, Shrubs, Roses) (AFAGAHAF)

Keywords

• Landscape design services
• Plant nursery retail
• Garden center supplies
• Landscape installation services
• Landscape maintenance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Johns Island

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Garden Center Retail Sales: Retail sales of plants, landscaping materials, and garden supplies through physical garden center and e-commerce shop. Hundreds of plant varieties rotate seasonally for retail and wholesale clientele.
2. Landscape Design Services: Professional landscape design consultations and planning services. Lead Design Consultants guide customers through design process from initial consultation to completed landscape plans.
3. Landscape Installation Services: Full-service landscape installation including plant installation, patios, walkways, driveways, pools, spas, and more. Award-winning residential and commercial installation.
4. Landscape Maintenance Services: Ongoing landscape maintenance services for existing landscapes.
5. Wholesale Plant Sales: Quality wholesale plant pricing to qualifying landscape trade professionals including designers, architects, contractors, builders, and government entities. Delivery available.
6. Garden Center Quick Sketch Service: Free planning service where Nursery Professional helps customers plan perfect planting layout. Drives future sales through consultation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brownswood Nursery & Landscape operates a full-service Garden Center and a design-build landscape firm serving the Charleston Lowcountry. It sells hundreds of seasonal plant varieties (including its Brownswood Grown brand) to retail and wholesale customers, and delivers professional Landscape Design, Landscape Installation, and recurring Landscape Maintenance services to residential and commercial clients.

Product overview

Brownswood Nursery & Landscape operates as a single integrated nursery and design-build firm offering both retail and wholesale plant sales alongside professional landscape services. The core portfolio centers on the Garden Center providing Brownswood Grown plants and other nursery stock, supported by three service pillars: Landscape Design (consultation-driven planning), Landscape Installation (full-service build including hardscapes), and Landscape Maintenance. Additional offerings include the free Garden Center Quick Sketch planning service, a Wholesale Program for trade professionals, The Gardener's Corner educational blog, and an e-commerce Online Shop for direct purchases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Brownswood Grown: Plants grown by the company that are acclimated to the local climate, including trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses.
• The Gardener's Corner
• Garden Center Quick Sketch

Quantifiable outcome

• 12-month plant warranty on qualified plants (50% discount on replacement)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• TruGreen: Largest U.S. residential lawn and landscape care company offering recurring maintenance, fertilization, and related services. Broad incumbent in recurring landscape maintenance that competes with Brownswood's subscription maintenance revenue.
• Bailey Nurseries: One of the largest wholesale nurseries in North America, producing trees, shrubs, and perennials for landscape professionals and retailers. Overlaps with Brownswood at the wholesale plant-procurement and nursery-production layer.
• Bartlett Tree Experts: National scientific tree and shrub care company with residential and commercial landscape services, including pruning, plant health care, and grounds management. Comparable as a broad landscape services incumbent with overlapping maintenance offerings.
• Davey Tree Expert Company: National tree-care and landscape services firm offering residential and commercial grounds management, design, and installation. Broad incumbent in the landscape-services space overlapping with Brownswood's installation and maintenance work.
• Monrovia Nursery Company: Nationally recognized wholesale grower of ornamental plants, shrubs, and trees sold through garden centers and landscape professionals. Comparable as a nursery production specialist; competes with Brownswood Grown at the wholesale plant-supply layer.

Direct peers

• Calloway's Nursery: Texas-based independent garden center chain combining retail garden centers, landscaping services, and horticultural expertise under one brand. Closely mirrors Brownswood's integrated nursery-and-landscape model at a larger regional scale.
• Armstrong Garden Centers: California-based independent garden center chain with retail locations, nursery stock, landscape design, and installation services. Comparable multi-service nursery and landscape business model operating in a different regional market.

Emerging players

• J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. Specialty wholesale grower of shade and flowering trees supplying landscape professionals across North America. Comparable to Brownswood's tree-production and wholesale trade business, focused narrowly on woody ornamental nursery stock.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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