Reeves Florist & Nursery-Here We Grow Again!

Originally established as a market garden in 1923 by Frank and Hazel Reeves, Reeves Florist & Nursery has continually transformed itself to meet the needs of its growing customer base. From growing cucumbers and tomatoes under glass prior to W.W. II, to the building of permanent greenhouses for the production of ornamental flowers and plants, the small plot on the corner of Islington and Steeles Avenues in Toronto began to quickly outgrow the needs of the company and the expanding market it was supplying. Thus, after over 45 years in one location, in 1969 the Reeves family moved to a larger, more flexible location on Islington Avenue in Woodbridge-where transformations have continued unabated for the next 4 decades.

Today, after over eighty years in the green business, the Reeves family still owns and operates the location on 8700 Islington Avenue-a complete retail garden centre/ florist/ gift shop acknowledged as one of the largest and most successful centres in the G.T.A. Even following the advent of "big box" stores in the area, Reeves has continued to draw customers from all over Toronto and the surrounding areas with its reputation for quality, selection and knowledgeable, friendly staff. Yet expansion looms once again. Going into its 87th spring, Reeves has yet more innovations to reveal.

Reeves now boasts a highly acclaimed landscape design division, complete with planting and landscape construction crews. We are continuously renovating large portions of our greenhouses and nursery yards to bring our clients ever more varied and unique products for their homes and gardens.  With the newest block of subdivisions in the area now inhabited, Reeves is approaching one of its busiest years yet. We already have many knowledgeable members on staff, led by the dynamic team of John, Bob and Mary Jane (now Mutolo) Reeves: and we are forging ahead into an exciting and ever-changing new Millennium.

Throughout nine decades, Reeves Florist & Nursery has been, and will continue to be, a leader in the garden centre arena-and we invite and welcome customers from all over the GTA to visit us, and be inspired to create their own indoor or outdoor garden oasis!