Dennis’ 7 Dees Landscape & Garden – About
Like every good story, this one starts with a passion - between the daughter of a nursery owner and a man named Snodgrass. But the two shared another passion. They just loved to watch plants grow. Then in 1956, an idea sprouted. What if someone opened a smarter nursery and landscaping company?
So they did just that. A few things have changed over the years, but the story of smarter gardening is alive and well.
Running a smarter landscape and garden center is no small feat. So to be clear about who’d help them with the business, Merle and Robert Snodgrass named it Seven Dees, after the first letter in each of the children’s names. Everybody pitched in — aunts, uncles and children — to make Seven Dees the best garden center in town.
Well, their idea must’ve caught on because people started coming from all over to buy plants and plan their dream yards. Portland was getting prettier by the day. Sounding better too, on account of the local performers who filled the nursery with Saturday morning music. But all that energy and excitement got too big for just one place, and before long Seven Dees had grown to four locations.
The children grew too. Especially Dennis, who decided to set off on his own. But One Dee wasn’t much of a name for a business, so a few of the brothers joined in. Together they took three generations of nursery experience and set out to make Dennis’ Seven Dees a household name.
Then, in 2000, Dennis must’ve done some more growing because he decided to sell his nurseries. The other brothers continued to run their landscaping business, but they knew in their bones things just wouldn’t be right until they brought the nurseries back to the family.
If you’re thinking a happy ending is in order, you’re in luck. In 2004, the brothers got their chance and bought back all three of Dennis’ original nurseries, once again establishing Dennis’ 7 Dees Landscaping and Garden Centers. And once again bringing the idea of smarter gardening to gardeners and landscapes everywhere.
SINCE 1956!
Three generations of experience have made Dennis' Seven Dees a household name.