For four generations, Johnson’s Garden Center has been bringing beauty to Wichita through horticulture. Hear from Marty and Jeremy Johnson as they share their past and exciting future with Don and Ebony. On this episode we discuss:
Learn more about Johnson’s Garden Center:
https://www.johnsonsgarden.com/
Wichita's 4th Generation garden center started as a small fruit and vegetable stand in the 1920s on the outskirts of town at the corner of Douglas and West street in Wichita, KS. As the business grew, Harold Johnson, with his father Orie, bought 5 acres of land on west 13th street, and opened Johnson's Garden
Center. This location is still operating today! With the ever changing demands of the customers, and the surrounding neighborhood growing by leaps and bounds, Harold and Orie decided they needed to renovate and expand the current location, and finally had to add another location in the 1970s to accommodate customers on both sides of Wichita.
This second location was opened at Central and Edgemoore, and was later relocated to the current east location, near the corner of 21st and Woodlawn in the spring of 1983. In 1995, Johnson's added 2 more locations, a seasonal/flower shop in Derby (which closed in 1996), and the 802 N. Ridge Rd location that closed in 2014. Today, Johnson's continues to operate out of two locations, online, and also operate a landscape distribution center, serving landscape companies not only locally, but around the state as well.
From Marty:
I grew up in the gardening business since I was little and got Jeremy involved at a young age as well. My grandfather Orie started Johnson's as a truck farm. My father Harold joined with Orie after a career at the Post Office. I grew up in Wichita and went to Wichita North High School. I also went to Friends University and K-State and studied Horticulture and Business. Jeremy attended K-State and Wichita State and got his Masters in Business Administration at Friends University.
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