Meet Proven Winners
Meet Proven Winners
The Proven Winners cooperative is made up of an international team of horticultural experts, each of whom makes a substantial contribution to our growing program. The founding members came together in 1992 to form the Proven Winners cooperative. In partnership with one another and the network of international breeders and licensees, the founding members provide quality plant material and innovative ideas to support the continued evolution of Proven Winners. The cooperative has expanded across North America and now includes four additional licensed propagators. These operations join the founding members in producing superior Proven Winners and Proven Selections plants and marketing them throughout the United States and Canada. These unique and innovative plants are grown from materials bred by a network of top international breeders. Breeders provide plants to Proven Winners propagators located throughout the world - South Africa, Germany, Holland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Poland, Italy, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
Members
- Henry & Jeff Huntington,
Pleasant View Gardens, Inc. - Tom Smith and Sharon Smith
Four Star Greenhouse, Inc.
Licensees
- Classic Caladiums (Proven Winners Heart to Heart Caladiums)
- AquaPots® Self-Watering Containers
- Nordic Nurseries
- Sobkowich Greenhouses
- Spring Meadow Nursery (Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs)
- Walters Gardens (Proven Winners Perennials)
- The Plant Company (Proven Winners Houseplants)
Breeders
The unique and innovative plants in the Proven Winners line are grown from material bred by a network of top international breeders. Every plant that is chosen to become a Proven Winners has passed a lengthy series of tests lasting 2-3 years to trial the varieties for performance in numerous greenhouse and garden performance situations. This is why very few varieties are selected to become Proven Winners!
Proven Winners Staff
- John P. Gaydos, Director of Product Development
- Marshall Dirks, VP of Marketing
- Amy Buhrow, Director of Marketing
- Cindy Meyers, E-Commerce
- Andy Olsen, Data Analyst * Dekalb Facilitator
- Todd Sandoval, Director of Technology
- Dave Konsoer, VP of Sales
- Jessica DeGraaf, Director of Retail Accounts
• Heather Poire, Retail Account Manager
• Amy Howard, Retail Account Manager - Karin Jenkin, IGC Support Manager
- Tabatha Gainey, Sales Support
- Sandy Wentworth, Sales Support
- Tom Ewing, Lanscape Development
- Kevin Hurd, VP of Product Development
Marketing office:
1600 E Lincoln HWY STE F
DeKalb, IL 60115-4962
815.895.8130: Customer Service - Home Gardeners
815.895.1872: Customer Service - Industry Professionals
Administrative office:
45 N First Street
Suite B
Campbell, CA 95008
408.871.7925
Fulfillment Center: (not open to the public)
1600 E Lincoln Highway Suite F
DeKalb, IL 60115
815.991.9592