Website: https://riverbendnurseries.com/
Riverbend Nurseries is a family-owned and operated retail garden center and wholesale nursery located just south of Nashville in Franklin and Thompson’s Station, Tennessee. The company grows over 1,500 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and vegetables, and serves both wholesale customers, such as garden centers and landscape professionals, and retail customers visiting its garden center. The business emphasizes locally grown plant material that is acclimated to Middle Tennessee weather and soil.
Products
Riverbend Nurseries produces and sells a broad range of plants and garden products. Its plant inventory includes trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and vegetables, along with houseplants, annual and tropical hanging baskets, citrus trees, multiple varieties of roses, and rhododendrons. The company highlights that it grows over 1,500 varieties of plants.
In addition to plants, the garden center carries garden supplies such as mulch, straw, seed, and soil, as well as seasonal items, gardening accessories, and fountains. The company also offers custom potting services and delivery. For wholesale clients, Riverbend provides access to the same plant inventory used by landscapers, landscape designers, and landscape architects across the eastern United States and Middle Tennessee.
About
According to the company, Riverbend Nurseries was “founded in 1990 on 80 acres of land,” initially serving wholesale markets that targeted garden centers and landscape contractors mainly in the eastern half of the United States. The operation has since expanded to use over 275 acres of land to produce its plant varieties, with roughly 30 irrigated containerized acres and a little over 80 greenhouses, more than 30 of which are heated to extend growing seasons.
The company opened its retail garden center in Franklin in 2008, giving individual customers access to the same plant inventory long used by professional landscapers in the region. The company describes its purpose simply: “We’re here to assist you in planting your dream garden.” It also notes that its locally grown plants are “acclimated to our weather and Middle Tennessee soil for better-growing success.”
Location & Contact
Riverbend Nurseries is located at 2008 Lewisburg Pike, Franklin, TN 37064, in Williamson County just south of Nashville. The company can be reached at (615) 468-2008. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm and Saturday from 8am to 4pm. The garden center is closed on Sunday and on Memorial Day.
Additional Information
The website offers a range of resources for gardeners, including a plant finder tool, a plant of the month feature, guides on beginner houseplants, deer-resistant gardens, and hummingbird habitats, a mulch calculator, and a hardiness zone map. The company also maintains a butterfly garden, hosts events, and lists career opportunities.
Both retail and wholesale divisions are served from the company’s Middle Tennessee growing operations, which span Franklin and Thompson’s Station. Because Riverbend grows its own stock locally rather than relying solely on shipped-in inventory, it emphasizes that its plants are acclimated to local conditions, a point it ties directly to better growing success for customers in the region. The breadth of the catalog, from trees, shrubs, and perennials to houseplants, citrus, roses, and seasonal hanging baskets, combined with garden supplies, custom potting, and delivery, allows the garden center to function as a single source for both homeowners planning a garden and professional landscapers sourcing plant material. The wholesale side continues to supply garden centers and landscape contractors, while the retail garden center, open since 2008, brings that same inventory to the general public.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (riverbendnurseries.com).