Plant Place Inc.

What Plant Place Inc. does

Plant Place Inc. is a fourth-generation, family-owned retail nursery operating from a single location at 6611 14th St W (HWY 41) in Bradenton, Florida, founded in 1970. The company sells a wide assortment of plants — flowering annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, tropicals, and specialty varieties suited to the Florida climate — directly to walk-in consumers, and offers professional installation and landscape services as an end-to-end solution. Its proprietary product lines include Green Chick, an OMRI-listed organic chicken manure fertilizer with 9% calcium content (registered brand, sold nearly 40 years), and worm-casting soil amendments, both available exclusively at the Bradenton storefront.

The company has extended its addressable market through the Better Than Great sub-brand, which markets Moringa oleifera wellness products (teas, organic leaf powders, capsules, and pure Moringa oil) via a Shopify e-commerce storefront with nationwide U.S. shipping. Plant Place also generates customer acquisition and community engagement through recurring hands-on educational workshops on organic gardening, soil biology, composting, and Florida-specific horticultural techniques, supported by an email newsletter, blog content, and a Facebook presence (facebook.com/plantplace1962). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the business operates on one-time product transactions plus project-based landscape services. No institutional investors, no funding rounds, no management team disclosure, and no revenue figures are publicly available. The operating model is fundamentally a single-site retail nursery with a small adjacent e-commerce vertical, owned and operated by the founding family.

Name

Plant Place Inc.

Legal name

Plant Place Inc.

Website

https://plantplace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Plant Place Inc. is a fourth-generation family-owned retail nursery in Bradenton, Florida, selling Florida-suitable plants, organic Green Chick fertilizer, landscape installation services, and nationwide Moringa wellness products under the Better Than Great brand to home gardeners and health-conscious consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Nursery & Garden Center

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAIAIAB

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers)

Consumer Products & Retail/Home & Furniture Retail/Gardening & Outdoor Living Retail (Patio, Grills, Lawn & Garden)

SECONDARYAFAGAHAF

Nursery Production (Woody Ornamentals: Trees, Shrubs, Roses)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Greenhouse, Nursery & Floriculture Production (Protected Crops, Ornamentals, Seedlings)

SECONDARYBPABADAL

Seasonal Color, Planting & Horticultural Services

Business & Public Services/Facilities Management & Building Services/Landscaping & Grounds Maintenance

Keywords

• Retail nursery plants
• Organic fertilizer products
• Landscape installation services
• Garden education workshops
• Moringa wellness products

Headquarters

HQ city

Bradenton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail Plant and Nursery Sales: Direct sales of plants including flowering annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, tropicals, and specialty varieties at the physical nursery location in Bradenton, FL.
2. Landscape Installation Services: Professional installation and landscape services offered to customers, providing end-to-end solutions for outdoor spaces.
3. Moringa Product Sales: Online sales of Moringa products (powders, capsules, teas, oils) through their Shopify store with nationwide shipping. Products include live trees, organic leaf powder in bags or capsules, and pure organic Moringa oil.
4. Green Chick Organic Fertilizer Sales: Sales of Green Chick organic chicken manure fertilizer, available exclusively at the Plant Place nursery location.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Plant Place is a family-owned retail nursery that sells healthy live plants (annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, tropicals, milkweed) along with proprietary organic soil amendments (Green Chick composted chicken manure fertilizer and worm castings) and Moringa oleifera wellness products under the Better Than Great brand. The company also provides professional landscape installation services and hosts hands-on educational workshops on organic gardening, soil biology, and Florida-specific horticultural techniques. Moringa products are sold nationwide via a Shopify storefront, while plants and fertilizers are sold exclusively at the Bradenton, FL nursery.

Product overview

Plant Place Inc. is a fourth-generation family-owned nursery offering a diverse portfolio of products and services centered on plants, organic gardening, and healthy living. Their core offerings include a wide variety of live plants (annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, tropicals, and specialty varieties), complemented by their proprietary organic product sub-brands: GreenChick Organic Chicken Manure fertilizer and Worm Casting soil amendments. They also sell Moringa wellness products (powders, teas, capsules, and oils) through their separate Shopify store. Additional revenue streams include professional installation and landscape services, and educational workshops on organic gardening and sustainable practices. The Moringa products are distributed nationally via their Shopify platform, while plants, GreenChick, and worm casting are available exclusively at their Bradenton, FL nursery location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Green Chick: Green Chick Organic Chicken Manure - a nutrient-rich soil amendment and organic fertilizer product made from composted chicken manure from hens fed high calcium diets. Available exclusively at Plant Place.
• Better Than Great

Products and services

• Live Plants Wide selection of healthy, organically nurtured live plants including flowering annuals and perennials, shrubs, trees, tropicals, specialty varieties, and milkweed for butterfly gardens, all selected to thrive in the Florida climate and sold at the Bradenton, FL nursery.
• Green Chick Organic Chicken Manure Fertilizer Proprietary OMRI-listed organic fertilizer made from composted chicken manure from hens fed high-calcium diets, with 9% calcium content that improves plant nutrient absorption and is approved for year-round use even during Florida county fertilizer bans.
• Worm Casting Soil Amendment

Quantifiable outcome

• 9% calcium content in Green Chick fertilizer enables better nitrogen absorption by plants
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dr. Earth: Organic fertilizer and soil amendment producer with retail garden-center distribution and OMRI-listed products. Comparable to Green Chick as a specialty organic fertilizer competing for the same environmentally-conscious gardener segment.
• Armstrong Garden Centers: California-based family-owned garden center chain operating multiple retail locations selling plants, gardening supplies, and offering landscape services. Comparable in family-owned heritage, plant-centric product mix, and installation service offering.
• Roger's Gardens: Single-location high-end independent garden center in Corona del Mar, California, offering plants, garden supplies, and educational events. Comparable as a destination independent nursery emphasizing expertise and curated selection over scale.
• Kuli Kuli Foods: Moringa-focused wellness brand selling powders, capsules, and energy bars through e-commerce and retail. Directly comparable to Plant Place's Better Than Great Moringa line as a competing Moringa supplement brand targeting health-conscious consumers.
• Pike Nurseries: Gardening retailer serving the Southeast U.S. (Georgia, North Carolina) with locations selling plants, garden supplies, and offering landscaping services. Comparable in geography, product range, and customer base to Plant Place's Bradenton, FL market.
• Calloway's Nursery: Texas-based chain of independently-operated garden centers selling plants, landscape services, and gardening supplies. Most directly comparable as a regional multi-store garden retailer with similar product mix and installation services.
• Espoma Organic Fertilizer: Leading organic fertilizer brand producing OMRI-listed products for retail garden centers. Directly comparable to Green Chick as a competing organic fertilizer line sold through garden retail channels.

Emerging players

• Gardener's Supply Company: Employee-owned direct-to-consumer garden retailer selling plants, tools, and supplies online plus in Vermont and Massachusetts stores. Comparable as a multi-channel garden retailer combining e-commerce, content, and brick-and-mortar with an organic/sustainable brand orientation.
• The Sill: Direct-to-consumer online plant retailer focused on houseplants with subscription and e-commerce delivery. Comparable as a digitally-native plant retailer targeting consumer gardeners, but without Plant Place's brick-and-mortar footprint or outdoor landscape focus.

Broad incumbents

• Monrovia Nursery Company: Nationwide wholesale nursery producing branded ornamental plants for garden retailers across the U.S. Comparable as a supplier of nursery stock that competes at the wholesale/production tier of the same plant retail supply chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/plantplace1962
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plant-place-inc.

Compliance1 record

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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