About LP Statile Wholesale Nursery

About LP Statile Wholesale Nursery: Family-owned and operated, L.P. Statile is central New Jersey’s largest wholesale nursery.

With locations in Colts Neck and Springfield, New Jersey we serve over 1,800 contractors throughout the tri-state area. We carry a full line of plants and hardgoods and are widely known for the quality of our plant material. Our history spans over a century and is rich with entrepreneurship, hard work and a true love for the plants and landscape supplies.

The story begins early last century when Leonardo Statile immigrated to New Jersey from Italy. He worked as a propagator for Elizabeth Nursery, then for F&F Nurseries and soon thereafter purchased the existing property on Mountain Avenue in Springfield to start his own nursery. Springfield Nursery started as a propagation/production nursery, growing broadleaf evergreens and specializing in Azaleas and Hybrid Rhododendron.

Springfield Nursery continued to prosper with Phil and his family living on one side of the property, and Bill and his family on the other. Phil’s son, Leonard P. Statile, graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Landscape Architecture in 1972 and after working in Westchester as a landscape architect, he saw an opportunity to develop a horticultural distribution center in Springfield. In 1974, L.P. Statile, Inc. was formed to provide landscape contractors with all their plant material needs.

Leonardo’s son, Philip, not only grew up in the nursery business – he was literally born at the nursery! After attending Rutgers University and serving in WW2, Philip joined the business full time. Soon thereafter, Philip’s brother-in-law William Doland joined in the family business and the two continued the business after Leonardo’s death in 1956.

As Phil and Bill approached retirement age, Leonard was named President of Springfield Nursery, and upon their final retirement, acquired the assets and the company now known as L.P. Statile. Statile Nurseries, today with over 75 production acres, was formed to grow the plants that would be sold through L.P. Statile.

Philip L. Statile, Leonard’s son, joined the company full time after graduating with a Business Management Degree from Seton Hall University. Philip worked in the family business through his school-age years, but after college he was encouraged to work outside the family business to gain additional work experience. Philip is now fully immersed in the family business, playing a large role in management, customer service and operations.

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