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Founded in 1885 by Ashbel Merrel Leonard, A.M. Leonard is the leader in the horticultural tool and supply business with emphasis on doing business the "old fashioned way". Offering quality products, superior customer service and a selection of over 10,000 items. A.M. Leonard understands customers have a choice on where to shop and pledges to continue its tradition of exceptional products and service. We grow, we innovate, we work hard...just like you, we do whatever it takes to get the job done!

Company History
In 1885, Ashbel Merrel Leonard started a nursery as a hobby in his backyard in Piqua, Ohio. By 1912 he and his sons Parker and Stanley established A.M. Leonard & Sons as a nursery/landscaping service. The business was further developed in 1928 when A. M. and his youngest son John started a wholesale horticultural tool and supply company serving nursery and landscape customers. In 1941, following the death of A. M. Leonard, John became the President of the company. John’s forte was customer service. He mailed out 7,500 pocket-sized catalogs per year and monitored the purchases of each customer. John kept impeccable notes. When an order was not received from a customer within a year, John would contact the customer personally to ask how his organization might be of better service. The call usually resulted in a sale. Since only the finest quality tools were offered, customers always knew that when they bought something from the Piqua based company, they would receive the highest quality.

Howard Kyle became a partner with John Leonard in February 1964. Like the Leonard’s, Howard had a strong background in the nursery and mail order businesses. His family owned Springhill Nursery in Tipp City, Ohio. Howard quickly learned the A. M. Leonard operation. Ill health caused John Leonard to retire early, and Howard took over as sole owner inheriting a staff of 8. Howard and the staff expanded the catalog and merchandising operations emphasizing customer service, product dependability, and fast order response serving growers, landscapers, foresters, arborists, contractors, golf courses, resorts, grounds management and gardeners. In 1979 continuous growth caused the company to move again to a 20,000 square foot facility with 15 employees. Fourteen years later, in November of 1993, the company made a major commitment to its customers and the community by constructing a new 50,000 square foot facility.

In 1996, A.M. Leonard produced its first Retail Catalog to reach the serious home gardener. In 2005, as this segment of the business continued to grow, A.M. Leonard re-introduced the Retail publication as A.M. Leonard’s Gardeners Edge, offering gardeners the quality and selection they couldn’t find locally.

In 1999, A.M. Leonard introduced an industry exclusive Corporate Account Program. This service provides their professional customers with a dedicated Account Manager (single point of contact) who is truly devoted to learning and understanding their business and is invested in their continued success. Their goal will always be to meet or exceed your needs and expectations.

Also in 1999, A.M. Leonard introduced its line of A.M. Leonard Brand Tools. The A.M. Leonard line of tools offers the quality and features that most manufacturers aren’t willing to make –– all at a price that saves money and helps produce results you can stand behind.

The Internet has added another exciting dimension to the daily business activity at A.M. Leonard as their presence there continues to grow with two company web sites and sales through Amazon.com.

A.M. Leonard keeps in close touch with local customers through their Counter Sales in the company Showroom. Here professionals and homeowners enjoy picking up their product on the spot and getting right back to the job. In May 2005 Howard Kyle passed away at the age of 94 while still working six days a week. Today, under the leadership of Gregory Stephens, grandson of Howard Kyle, A.M. Leonard’s state-of-the-art Distribution facility has expanded to over 100,000 square feet with more than 100 dedicated employees. A. M. Leonard, Inc. continues today as a leader in the horticultural tool and supply business with emphasis on doing business the “old fashioned way”. They offer quality products, superior customer service and a selection of over 7,000 items. A.M. Leonard understands customers have a choice on where to shop and pledges to continue its tradition of exceptional products and service.

JRK Seed Co. has roots that reach back many years in the turf establishment and growing industry. In more recent years, JRK Seed Co. has drawn from its historic past in developing its branded heritage cloth bag, recognized as one of the most authentic and genuine packages in the marketplace. With a logo image that reflects our Midwest farming legacy, the reliable seed content in our grass seed blends and mixes have been formulated with the deepest understanding of successfully sowing grass seed to create a dense, established, lush yard and turf.

JRK Seed Co. uses top quality seed with tested and validated high germination rates to ensure peak performance for the professional sod grower, landscape and lawn maintenance company, property management firm and residential home owner. Our formulators take into consideration the turf application, sun exposure, soil types and conditions, as well as the means of maintaining turf. So we blend and package an array of recipes in order to match the right performance to the right location or application.

We invite you to look at our recipes-- formulated specifically for the weather and soil conditions of the upper U.S. Midwest region.

Newsom is your one-stop shop for Maryland wholesale grass selections. Purchased in 1998 from J. Strickland Newsom by Allen and Carrie Bohrer, we have continued to deliver the same quality service and wholesale grass seed in MD. We carry a large selection of grass seed mixtures that include bentgrass, bermudagrass and perennial ryegrass. Even with our large selections of bulk grass seed in Maryland, we recognize that many of our wholesale customers require their own analysis. That is why we offer custom blends of grass seed and fertilizer that meet the individual needs of our customers.

Here at Newsom Seed, our Maryland wholesale grass seeds use only the finest equipment, which is used to clean and mix the seed components. We are one of the largest seed blending facilities located on the East Coast and the bulk of our business comes from our wholesale customers that take advantage of our 50-lb. to 1,000-lb. bulk bags. In addition to our bulk grass seed in Maryland, we also carry a full line of Maryland wholesale fertilizer. Similar to our grass seed mixtures, our fertilizer selections can be custom blended depending on your specifications.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive line of Maryland wholesale pesticides as well, with a wide variety of name brand and generic selections. We have extended our pesticide products to include many generic products, which are economical without compromising quality. In fact, many of our generic wholesale pesticides in Maryland are expected to be of better quality than some name brand alternatives. To keep consistent with our full range of products, we also offer hydroseeding supplies, erosion control blankets, turface and hybrid bluegrass, a great solution for heat tolerance.

Progressive Turf is a 12 year industry leader in fertility technology, including advanced rsearch with liquid turf aplications on PGA courses, and studies done by multiple universities such as University of Florida and Clemson University. Progressive Turf features manufacturing and distributing specialized fertility and nutrition products primarily for premium turf care applications such as golf couse greens and tees, as well as professional sports turf.

Progressive Turf utilizes a unique proprietary technology as a basis for its turf nutrition products. The products are acclaimed within the industry for their utility, superior turf response, and ease of use.

We at Progressive Turf are so convinced of the performance of our Turf Products, that we unconditionally guarantee your complete satisfaction. We simply ask that you apply the product at the recommended application rate for four (4) weeks. Having done that, if you are not satisfied with the product for any reason we will pick up any unused containers and provide you with a full refund, on your first initial order.

As a superintendent or a distributor to golf courses you know the demand for superior results on every tee, every green, and every fairway. Progressive Turf has the sustainable solution for you!

We offer proprietary organically based, technologically advanced, liquid foliar fertilizers designed to improve turf grass color without promoting excessive top growth.

Progressive Turf started out in the golf course fertilizer industry and specifically tailored our Turf Foundation TM (10-3-5) and Greater Green TM (5-0-7) to meet the needs of high caliber courses situated in the most demanding climates. Our proprietary organic compound approach reduces the dependence on N-P-K as the primary source of nutrition and minerals unlike traditional fertilizers. Our products also contain all major, secondary, and minor mineral elements available in chelated form, a balanced nitrogen complex, and high levels of soluble carbohydrates, to enrich the soil profile and encourage microbe based mineral nutrient availability and uptake.

Our product offering decreases the heavy carbohydrate demand by turf grass to support top growth, which allows for the allocation of the carbohydrate reserve to encourage lateral growth, tillering, and other processes that contribute to improved color density, vigor, and improved root system development – even during cooler growing conditions.

Progressive Turf fertilizer can be mixed with other technical materials so that you can spray less often, and save time, labor and fuel. Progressive Turf’s superior formulations offer focused delivery of nutrients, and dramatically reduces leaching, volatilization, and other waste.

With over 21 years of experience, Turf Trade provides products and services for the turf industry. Our main facility, located in Mullica Hill, service the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland (Eastern Shore and Baltimore vicinity) areas.

We carry a variety of products (fertilizers, wetting agents, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, seeds and soils) and equipment (sprayers, spreaders, irrigation, etc.) to cover all of your turf needs.

And if you have a custom need or unique problem, contact any of our sales associates. They will work with you to determine an appropriate solution.