In June 2000, Ray and Stacy Greenstreet purchased a greenhouse operation in Southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland with the plan to “grow some plants” and raise their family on the 55-acre farm.
The roots of the greenhouse business began on the farm well before the Greenstreet family purchased it. In the mid-seventies, the previous owners established Windmere Nursery, a small-scale rooting station growing plants for Ball Seed Company’s wholesale customers. As Windmere grew, the farm’s neighbors - and those “in the know” - dropped by the farm to purchase the “extra” plants for their own gardens and landscaping businesses. That first retail center was actually the asphalt parking lot in front of the old greenhouses.
In the 17 years since purchasing the farm and greenhouses from Windmere, Ray and Stacy have grown Greenstreet Growers, Inc. from its humble beginnings into a dynamic and ever-expanding company. From the original retail sales in the parking lot has sprouted three Greenstreet Gardens retail garden centers – one still on the Lothian farm but a far-cry from its humble asphalt start, and two “urban” garden centers in Alexandria, VA.
In 2014, we expanded to include Greenstreet Greenwalls - architecturally designed, cutting-edge living bio-walls for both commercial and residential applications. Also included in the Greenstreet family is a professional landscaping division serving residential and commercial customers in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.
Despite our robust expansion, we are still a family farm where on any given day, you will find three generations of Greenstreets hard at work, growing towards the future