About Gertens Garden Center & Greenhouses
Minnesota’s Destination Garden Center
Gertens is one of North America’s largest garden centers and home to Minnesota’s largest selection of annuals, perennials, natives, houseplants, trees, shrubs, and evergreens. We’ve been “Growing in the Grove” in Inver Grove Heights since 1921 and our campus now covers over 100 acres of shopping and growing facilities.
Gerten Grown
Gertens was founded by Frank Gerten over 100 years ago with a simple motto “Buy Direct from the Grower.” Today, Gertens is still a family-owned business with the same focus on giving our customers the ability to buy high-quality plants and trees directly from a local grower. The fourth generation of family now work throughout our business and growing operations.
Generational Shopping
Minnesotans often say they’ve never forgotten their first trip to Gertens. Many first visited Gertens as a child with their parents and then continue the family shopping tradition when they become parents themselves. It isn’t unusual to see families of three generations shopping for plants together at our store!
Something for Every Season
No two visits to the greenhouses at Gertens are the same, and each visit brings something new and exciting for the season. In November, our greenhouse transforms into a Christmas village and becomes one of Minnesota’s most beautiful holiday shopping destinations. In the winter, our Tropical House feels like an escape from both the cold and your everyday life.
Landscapers Paradise
Gertens is also Minnesota’s premier source for professional landscapers to load up on plants, trees, landscape & turf supplies, hardscapes, bagged and bulk goods, seed, salt, and more! If you are a landscaping professional, please visit Gertens Wholesale division to learn more or apply for an account.
Join the Team
Gertens is always looking for talented people to join our growing team. We offer a variety of unique careers in retail, corporate, greenhouse production, logistics, and more. Click here to explore full-time and part-time career opportunities.
Gertens Family of Businesses
Gertens is more than just a garden center. We are a part of the Gerten’s Family of Businesses, which includes all of our growing ranges, our Spikes & Houles feed stores, our Landscape Supply & Yard Waste Recycling Centers, and our collection of e-commerce websites.
History
Frank Gerten’s vision of quality garden goods in the early 1900’s began with a simple motto: “Buy from the Grower.” Frank began Gertens as a small truck farm, selling the produce he grew on his beloved land primarily to the local residents. Frank eventually handed his quickly growing company over to his two sons, Bob & Jerry.
In 1989, the third generation of Gertens became primary owners: Bob Gertens' two sons, Lewis and Glen, and Bob’s son-in-law, Gino Pitera. This new generation exuded the same passion for local growth, keeping their grandfather’s vision close to heart.
Glen, Lew & son-in-law Gino in 1989
During the summer of 1996, Gertens began an expansion project to increase our retail store to more than 40,000 square feet. With the widest selection of annuals, perennials and nursery stock in the Twin Cities, Gertens is one of only a handful of garden centers that grows the majority of the goods we sell, making your entire experience unlike any other. After all, it is only natural to buy from the grower!
In 2013 Gertens finished construction on a 2.5-acre high tech state-of-the-art Greenhouse. This addition will insure that our customers continue to receive the expected value and quality well into the future.
2014-2016 saw expansions of our growing areas in Lake Elmo and right here in Inver Grove Heights to increase capacity. It's only natural to buy from the grower. In
2017 the fourth generation is growing the tradition, working to continue that it will always be natural to buy from the grower.
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