Urban Outfitters Buys J. Franklin Styer Nurseries

 

J. Franklin Styer, founded his nursery business in 1890.

In mid-January, 2008, Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN), a retailer that operates 242 stores under its namesake Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People stores, bought J. Franklin Styer Nurseries for an undisclosed price, thus entering the garden center business.

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Since 1890, the name Styer has been part of the horticulture industry in the Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania. Company founder Jacob Styer pioneered a number of plant production methods. He began with a few greenhouses but grew the company into a full-service landscape design and installation company with a highly-regarded retail garden center. Styer offers over 2,100 species and cultivars on its perennial list alone, plus a complete line of annuals, trees, shrubs and groundcovers. Styer also carries a large variety of rare and hard-to-find trees and shrubs. Specimen trees of all sizes are its specialty.