Our Team
John Rich- John worked for a cut flower greenhouse in Central Massachusetts during his high
school years. It was there he discovered his love for horticulture. He then attended Colorado
State University where he studied Floriculture. In 1978 John started working for a major nursery
in central Massachusetts where he was very active in the field and container production of
nursery stock. In 1988, after 20 years in the green industry, John started his own landscaping
and perennial business.
Penny DiGioia- Penny joined the company in 1999 after working as a propagator for a large
nursery in Massachusetts for 15 years. She has an AS in Floriculture from Stockbridge School of
Agriculture and a BS in Plant and Soil Sciences with a minor in Botany from the University of
Massachusetts.