MONROE, MICHIGAN 
WA 

“Born 1850—Still Growing” 
A Creed te Which the Life Span of Four Generations iA Dedicated 
94 YEARS OF SPECIALIZED 
EXPERIENCE 
The growth of GreENING NuRSERIES is one 
of the great family-business romances that you 
rarely find in this country. Well over half the 
age of the country itself, GREENING NURSERIES 
is a fine illustration of the rewards that this 
nation can give in return for plain living, hard 
work, common-sense management and fair 
dealing. As America has grown, so has GREEN- 
ING NuRSERIES grown, until today GREENING 
Nurseries stand in the front rank, recognized 
as a world leader ! 
Nearly a century ago, John C. W. Greening 
came to the United States and settled on one 


















Peach Tree 
Blocks in 
Greening’s 
Big Nursery 
acre of rented ground in Monroe, Michigan. 
here he set out his first few trees. With him 
from the old world he brought something worth 
far more than worldly goods; he brought hard- 
learned secrets of growing things and the ambi- 
tion to work hard and establish himself in a 
new land. 
THE SONS SUCCEED 
THE FATHERS 
Gradually he developed and expanded his 
little nursery, it grew as his family grew. And 
in handing over his task to his son, Charles E. 
Greening, he also handed over a lifetime of ex- 
perience and thorough training in his responsi- 
bilities. And so, from generation to genera- 
tion this creed has been handed down: “Work 
hard, but work well and remember, 
your responsibility to those with whom 
you work and deal.” 
Today, the succeeding generations of the 
family, actively operate GREEN- 
inG Nurseries, clinging to the 
simple objectives of the founder. 
Under their management is a 
flourishing “green empire” growing 
plants in infinite variety — hun- 
dreds of fertile acres, breeding and 
producing nursery stock of un- 
surpassed quality. 

The Mammoth, Modern 
Greening Cellars and 
Packing House 
Born 1850 and Still Growing 

