Watkins Nurseries

Watkins Nurseries, located in Midlothian, Virginia, is a wholesale and retail grower of field-grown plant material and a landscape design/build firm. With over 125 years of continuous successful family ownership, Watkins Nurseries takes pride in its role as a sustaining leader in the nursery industry. Founded in 1876 by John Benjamin Watkins and his brother in Chesterfield County, Virginia, “J.B. Watkins & Brother,” originally specialized in the mail order supply of fruit trees. The nursery eventually expanded to grow to a wide variety of deciduous trees, shrubs, and exotic ornamental plants. Currently, Watkins Nurseries grows its quality landscape stock on over 750 acres of farmland located in Chesterfield, Powhatan and Amelia counties south and west of Richmond, Virginia as well as on a satellite farm in Pamplin, VA. Watkins Nurseries looks forward to continuing the tradition of serving the Mid-Atlantic area by providing quality field grown nursery stock and professional landscape design and services. Professional Affiliations include: Virginia Society of Landscape Designers Southern Nursery Association American Nursery and Landscape Association Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association