![]() ![]() Green Acres Nursery & Supply, 9220 E Stockton Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95624 I took a lot of photos to show you what they carry so you can decide for yourself. The inside even has a “new building” smell, much like a new automobile has that “new car” smell.īut what makes and breaks a nursery are the plants they sell. How could it not be, considering that everything is brand-new, from the buildings to the shopping carts and the store fixtures. I wasn’t able to go to the grand opening on March 21, but I finally made a trip last week to see how the Elk Grove store compares to the others. ![]() This is the first store Green Acres built from the ground up the other three stores were converted. In March 2015, Green Acres took another step toward domination of the Sacramento area nursery market by opening its fourth location, this one in Elk Grove in southern Sacramento County. At the time it was billed as the largest retail nursery in the Central Valley. The first sign of a turnaround came in February 2012 when family-owned Green Acres Nursery & Supply opened its third location in Folsom in what used to be a Circuit City electronics store. In fact, the trend over the last 10 years has been going in the other direction, with several cherished nurseries closing during the Great Recession ( Capital Nursery being the most prominent). While the Sacramento metro area is home to 2.2 million people (#26 in the nation for population), the opening of a new nursery is not a common event.
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