Welcome to Gilson Gardens

Gilson Gardens is a former wholesale nursery and retail garden center located in the heart of the historic Lake County nursery industry.

It has been several years since we closed down our wholesale nursery and retail garden center.  Do we miss it?  Yes!  Especially all the great workers…over 750 during the 35 years that my wife and I managed the place…and many more since our founding in 1947! We remain busy in our local community.  Kris works part-time at Ballantines Florist in Mentor…a great place with great owners!  Mark helps out with floral deliveries sometimes and continues to work in part-time accounting jobs.  Our home on Evergreen Road in North Perry Village remains our home base.  Continue reading for updates and new posts…

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Spring at Gilson Gardens

Spring at Gilson Gardens