Calloway’s Nursery joins ECGC Distributors Ltd.

ECGC Distributors Ltd. announced the addition of Calloway’s Nursery as a new member of the LLC last week.

“Calloway’s Nursery brings ECGC's total store count to 110, with over $400 million in sales throughout the country. The member firms share best practices and make significant cooperative buying decisions. We are looking forward to Jim Estill and his team’s involvement in our group,” said Jens Molbak, ECGC chairman and CEO of Molbak’s in Washington state.

Calloway’s Nursery was founded in 1986 by Estill/Cosby Enterprises and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The leadership team of Jim Estill, John Cosby and John Peters opened their first four stores in spring 1987. By 1998 they had expanded to sixteen stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In 1999 Calloway’s acquired Cornelius Nurseries in Houston with three retail locations.

“Calloway’s Nursery is honored and proud to have been accepted into the ECGC family of garden centers. Each member has a well earned reputation of excellence throughout our industry. The vast experience shared among the member companies is going to be a significant contributor to the future profitable growth of our company,” said Jim Estill, CEO of Calloway’s Nursery

ECGC Distributors is a limited liability company of the largest independent garden specialty retailers in the United States. Under the LLC, member firms combine their resources for purchasing, marketing and professional development. Owners include: Al’s Garden Centers, Ore.; Armstrong Garden Centers, Calif.; English Gardens, Mich.; Green View Companies, Ill.; Homestead Gardens, Md.; Mahoney Garden Centers, Mass.; Martin Viette Nurseries, N.Y.; McDonald Garden Centers, Va.; Molbaks, Wa.; Pikes Nurseries, Ga., and Southern Homes & Gardens, Ala.