Maple Leaf Nurseries is a wholesale producer of plants serving small, medium, and large garden centres, landscape designers and contractors from across Ontario, Quebec and New York State.

Located in Vineland, Ontario in the heart of Niagara's wine country, we produce a wide selection of popular container-grown perennials, ferns, and ornamental grasses, deciduous shrubs as well as field grown broadleaf evergreens and ornamental trees. Our production facilities include a 140,000 square foot commercial greenhouse, over 130 hoop houses and more than 230 acres of prime Niagara farmland.

In addition to our own propagation, we source liners and plugs from North America's top breeders. Our product line includes many of the industry's best known and sought after plants, including branded items from Proven WinnersTM and First EditionsTM, Endless Summer HydrangeasTM, Knockout® and Drift Roses®.

At Maple Leaf Nurseries, we are dedicated to growing quality plants, and serving you with the highest levels of customer service.

Soon after his arrival from the Netherlands in 1959, Harry Bakker began Maple Leaf Nurseries -- a small, part-time nursery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. While juggling two other jobs, he successfully grew a line of roses, poplar trees and privet hedging. In 1963 he moved his farm to St. Catharines where it continued to flourish. By 1975, the nursery encompassed more than 75 acres and was now a full-time operation. At this time, Bernie Langendoen and Ted Sikkema came to join the company. Starting as students they later became full-time employees and eventually left to found their own nursery venture. They returned again in 1992 -- with an offer to purchase Maple Leaf Nurseries, that Harry happily agreed to. With Bernie and Ted as owners, Harry settled into the new role as a sales and business consultant, and a new chapter in the company's history began.

Change soon followed when in 1996 the company moved to better facilities in nearby Vineland, where it remains today. Within a few years of our move to Vineland we made the decision to add Perennials to our product line, and it soon became a very important part of our overall inventory. Today our perennial sales represent close to one half of all our Nursery Sales.

In January of 2020, Maple Leaf Nurseries, our family and our industry suffered a great loss with the sudden and unexpected passing of Bernie Langendoen. Bernie’s leadership played a significant role in the growth of our business. Losing Bernie has been difficult to overcome, but we are getting there. Bernie is missed by family and staff alike.

As Maple Leaf Nurseries continues to grow – expanding our product lines, building more facilities and shipping our much-in-demand plants to more retailers, we are excited to introduce the next generation. My son Mike and Bernie's three sons and daughter, Brad, Dan, Rob and Sarah will be stepping into more prominent positions within the operations of Maple Leaf Nurseries. As these leaders of tomorrow assume their roles, we eagerly await what the future has to offer.

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