Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
Stacey Hirvela is an experienced marketing and content professional specializing in the horticulture industry. Currently serving as Marketing Manager and Social Media and Content Marketing Specialist at Spring Meadow Nursery/Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs since May 2011, Stacey acts as the primary contact for consumers and manages catalog content. Previously, as Content Manager and Admin at Great Garden Plants, Inc. from January 2019 to August 2023, Stacey played a key role in transitioning the company's online presence. Earlier experience includes positions as Senior Associate Garden Editor at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Horticulturist at Tavern on the Green, and Gardener and IPM Specialist at Mendoza Gardens. Stacey began their career as a Garden Archivist with The Garden Conservancy. Stacey holds a BA in linguistics from the University of Michigan and has completed horticulture studies at The New York Botanical Garden School.
Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
More than a wholesale propagation nursery, Spring Meadow is a worldwide leader in flowering shrub genetics and plant branding. Established in 1981 by Dale and Liz Deppe, Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc. has since become the market leader in flowering shrub starter plants. We produce potted liners from rooted cuttings and nothing else. Our First Choice Liners® are designed to grow and finish a quality plant. From mid-April to October, we ship actively growing plants to all 50 states and Canada. Spring Meadow travels the world in search of new plants for the Proven Winners plant brand and has built a reputation of introducing outstanding new plants, such as the bestsellers ‘Limelight’ hydrangea and Wine & Roses® weigela. New plant introductions are selected to meet the highest standards for growers, retailers and consumers using a combination of plant breeding expertise, and years of development and testing. Our state of the art plant propagation facilities include over 40 acres of greenhouses. High pressure fog systems, traveling booms, bottom heat floors and computerized controls create the optimum propagation environment. Our facilities include over 100 acres dedicated to nursery stock plants. Spring Meadow Nursery supports the Horticulture Research Institute. We are active members of The International Plant Propagators Society, ANLA (the American Nursery and Landscape Association), the Royal Horticulture Society of Great Britain, The Royal Horticulture Society of Boskoop, The Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association, the Friends of the National Arboretum and more.