NURTURE
N U R S E RY
FO C U S BRACY’S NURSERY
BRACY’S NURSERY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST RESPECTED WHOLESALE NURSERIES IN LOUISIANA
DR ALLEN OWINGS
44 Pro Landscaper USA South May/June 2021
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ocated 70 miles north of New Orleans, Bracy’s Nursery was founded in 1986 by Randy and Regina Bracy. The company has grown from a modest U-Pick fruit farm into a multi-million-dollar operation with 130 employees on 240 acres. Today, Bracy’s grows and provides plants to around 600 independent retail garden centers and 500 professional landscapers in 11 southeastern states. Dr. Allen Owings, who has a doctorate in horticulture from Mississippi State, is Bracy’s senior horticulturist. He joined the company in 2017 after retiring from a 26-year career at LSU AgCenter. “Bracy’s wants to be the one-stop shop for retail garden centers and landscape contractors,” says Allen. “We know our customers on a first-name basis and try to make it easy for them to do business with us, and in turn easy to sell to their customers.” Bracy’s provides anything from one-gallon flowers to three to seven-gallon shrubs and 15 to 30-gallon trees. They sell many branded items from Proven Winners and the Southern
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