A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT US

The founders of Van Dongens Landscaping & Nurseries Limited were born in a small town called Dongen in southern Holland. Michael was born in 1920 and Petronella was born in 1922. In February of 1953 the two of them immigrated to Canada with their two daughters Helen and Suzanne. Soon after emigrating, they had their only son Adrian, and they purchased their first nursery on Dundas Street near Dixie Road in Mississauga.

With Michael's and Petronella's knowledge of horticulture, business savvy, and devoted work ethic, what began as a small lawn care business, soon became a complete garden centre, selling everything from trees and shrubs to fountains and interlocking. Several other nurseries were purchased in Newcastle, Caledon, Oakville and two in Milton to supply the garden centre and the expanding landscape department.

Adrian and his wife Agnes took over the Mississauga location in 1981, while Michael and Petronella moved to the Trafalgar Road location. In 1987 the garden centre in Mississauga was uprooted and moved to the Trafalgar Road location as the Mississauga site was sold for development.

In 1999 Michael and Petronella celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary in the almost complete facility on Trafalgar Road in Milton, soon after which they both passed away. We continue to operate the other farms and our landscape department from our Trafalgar Road site.

This family owned business can attribute its success to hard work, a professional, dedicated, helpful staff (many of which have decades of experience in the horticulture field), and providing our customers with the best advice, astounding products, and outstanding service.

We look forward to helping you to create that unique garden that you always dreamed of, and making Van Dongens' Landscaping & Nurseries Limited your one stop garden centre of choice.