Gardener's Supply Company
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Area served | Worldwide |
|---|---|
Key people | Will Raap, Co-Founder/Chairman. Alan Newman, Co-Founder. |
| Products | Gardening items |
Number of employees | 220 (2014) |
| Website | www |
Gardener's Supply Company is a privately owned company providing environmentally friendly gardening products and information through its website, catalogs, and retail stores.
The Gardener’s Supply Company headquarters in Burlington, Vermont, include administrative offices, a retail store and display gardens. Additional retail stores and display gardens are located in Williston, Vermont; Lebanon, New Hampshire; Greenland, New Hampshire; and Hadley, Massachusetts.
Gardener's Supply Company is no longer a B Corp-certified.[1]
On June 20, 2025, Gardener's Supply Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware, listing assets between $1 million and $10 million and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million. [2]
In December 2009, founder Will Raap sold the majority ownership of Gardener’s Supply Company to its employees, officially making the company 100% employee-owned through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).[3] The ESOP was adopted in 1987 to allow all employees to earn stock and share in company profits.[4] Current CEO Jim Feinson said the employee-owned company has also developed "a community culture of support" that offers benefits and flexibility to its employees, including encouraging them to make their own schedules.[5]
Founder, Will Raap
In 1983, his interest in food systems led gardener and businessman Will Raap to co-found Gardener's Supply with co-founder Alan Newman. He moved his company to five acres at the entrance to the Intervale, 350 acres of neglected land located in Burlington, Vermont,[6] in 1985. Raap also helped found the non-profit Intervale Center in 1988. As of 2014 it is home to several sustainable businesses in addition to Gardener's Supply Company, including food and flower farms, a café and a market.[7][8][9] Raap died in 2022.[10]
