Happenings

Cheyenne Trivia

• The Nursery spans across 310 acres of land.
• It employs approximately 35 seasonal staff and 5 full-time staff.
• The office and shop building cover 6,000 sq. ft. on the main floor and 3,000 sq. ft. on the second floor.
• Greenhouse space for propagation and production totals 18,000 sq. ft.
• Container growing space occupies 180,000 sq. ft.
• There are roughly 260 acres dedicated to field-grown caliper tree production.
• Water is sourced from 4 dugouts, with the deepest one reaching 45 ft. in depth.
• While some field-grown trees are propagated in-house, the majority are liners brought in and then grown on-site.
• Many shrubs undergo propagation on-site, while others are brought in as liners and grown further.
• Roughly 50% of perennials are propagated in-house, with the remainder either brought in as plugs or bare root and grown on-site.
• The Nursery is divided into 4 management groups: administration, field production, container and perennial production, and garden center sales.