Sun Gro Horticulture
Sun Gro Horticulture is a producer of peat moss and bark-based growing mixes for professional use in North America. It is also a distributor of fertilizer, water-soluble fertilizer, perlite, and vermiculite.
History
- 1929 Founded in Vancouver as Western Peat Company Ltd.
- 1947 Opens new production facilities operating in Manitoba, Canada.
- 1964 Opens production facilities in Maisonnette, New Brunswick.
- 1974 Sold to S.B. Mclaughlin Associates, LTD
- 1980 Sold to Fisons PLC and renamed Fisons Western Peat Moss Ltd.
- 1982 Renamed to Fisons Horticulture when the Fisons PLC acquisition was completed.
- 1984 Acquired operations of Langley Peat North, Ltd. of Seba Beach, Alberta.
- 1987 Opened two new satellite mix plants, one in Quincy, Michigan and the second in Terrell, Texas.
- 1993 Sold to Macluan Capital Inc., and renamed Sun Gro Horticulture, Inc.
- 1995 Hines Horticulture, Inc. acquired Sun Gro-U.S. and its subsidiaries.
- 1998 Hines Horticulture, Inc. acquired Lakeland Peat Moss, Ltd. and Pacific Soils, Inc. including their product line.
- 1999 Sun Gro as a subsidiary of Hines Horticulture, Inc. Acquires Pro Gro Products, Inc.
- 2002 Hines Horticulture, Inc. sold Sun Gro Horticulture in a Canadian initial public offering.
- 2004 Acquired Lameque Quality Group.
- 2004 Sun Gro Horticulture paid US$6 million to acquire Scotts' professional growing products.
- 2005 Acquired Pigeon Hill Peat.
- 2006 Acquired Normiska Peat.
- 2007 Sun Gro acquired Quebec peat moss producer Tourbiere Omer Belanger Inc. for $3.9 million.
- 2007 Acquired Kellogg-Rich Grow.
- 2007 Acquired Grow Best Holdings, LLC for US$20.3 million. Grow Best Holdings owns Florida Potting Soils, Inc. and Sunshine Peat, Inc., both based in Orlando, Florida.
- 2011 The company is acquired by 1582956 Alberta Ltd.
Products
- Sunshine
- LakeLand
- Metro-Mix
- Nutricote
- Black Gold
- Redi-Earth
- Technicote
- Technigro
Associations