Top 100 Independent Garden Centers List
The 2025 Top 100 Independent Garden Centers List, sponsored by Lightspeed, is here!
We changed the way we compiled the Top 100 list this year. We asked IGCs to submit the retail revenue at their single largest or flagship location, as opposed to retail revenue for their entire business, including all locations.
This change is meant to more fairly represent and compare IGCs of all sizes, including those with a single location, across the U.S. and Canada.
Hear from Editor Patrick Alan Coleman on why we changed the list.
The submission window for the 2026 Top 100 List will open in the first quarter of 2026. Stay tuned!
Check out who made the list in previous years and see how our list has grown:
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011
Learn more about some of the 2025 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 2: Hicks Nurseries
No. 49: Vandermeer Nursery
No. 87: Luis' Nursery
No. 90: Smith's Gardentown
Learn more about some of the 2024 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 31: Glover Nursery
No. 50: Sawyer Home & Garden Center
No. 68: Hyannis Country Garden
No 79: Colonial Gardens
No 95: Hunters Garden Centre
Learn more about some of the 2023 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 22: Hicks Nurseries
No. 23: Gardener's Supply Company
No. 29: Blue Grass Nursery, Sod and Garden Centre
No. 59: Greenland Garden Centre
Learn more about some of the 2022 Top 100 IGCs:
Nos. 6, 18, 85: E-commerce initiatives (Mahoney's Garden Centers, Hicks Nurseries, Van Putte Gardens)
No. 90: Shelmerdine Garden Centre
Nos. 46, 60 and 95: Tips from the top (The Farm at Green Village, Flamingo Road Nursery, Abide A While Garden Boutique)
Learn more about some of the 2021 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 11: Sloat Garden Center
No. 50: Greenland Garden Centre
No. 70: Cross Creek Nursery & Garden Center
No. 72: Jung Garden Center
No. 79: Dutch Growers Home & Garden
No. 85: The Great Outdoors
No. 96: East Coast Garden Center
Learn more about some of the 2020 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 7: Mahoney's Garden Centers
No. 17: Roger's Gardens
No. 49: Shelmerdine Garden Centre
No. 84: Rosedale Nurseries
Learn more about some of the 2019 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 29: DeWayne's
No. 51: Countryside Flower Shop Nursery and Garden Center
No. 57: Gullo's Garden Center
No. 58: Yard 'n Garden Land
No. 79: Smith's Gardentown
Learn more about some of the 2018 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 7: Stauffers of Kissel Hill
No. 10: English Gardens
No. 15: Homestead Gardens
No. 19: Molbak's Garden + Home
No. 23: American Plant
No. 26: Portland Nursery
Learn more about some of the 2017 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 54: Hillermann Nursery & Florist
No. 2: Stein's Garden & Home
No. 6: Sheridan Nurseries
No. 15: Roger's Gardens
No. 50: Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses
No. 58: Nunan Florist & Greenhouses
Learn more about some of the 2016 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 1: Armstrong Garden Centers & Pike Nurseries
No. 8: Oakland Nurseries
No. 15: Alsip Home & Nursery
No. 17: Ruibal's Plants of Texas
No. 19: Sloat Garden Center
No. 28: Esposito Garden Center
No. 30: Gethsemane Garden Center
Learn more about some of the 2015 Top 100 IGCs:
No. 2: Calloway’s Nursery
No. 4: Petitti Garden Centers
No. 17: Weston Nurseries
No. 25: Mulhall’s
No. 27: Wannemaker’s Home and Garden
No. 29: Condursos Garden Center
No. 32: Ray Wiegand’s Nursery
No. 40: Sawyer Home & Garden Center
No. 41: Lukas Nursery & Garden Shop
No. 45: Hillermann Nursery & Florist
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