Click thumbnails for a larger image. Orie Johnson’s fruit and vegetable market at the corner of Douglas and West Street in the mid 1930s. Orie Johnson’s early produce market and garden center at 2707 West 13th Street in the late 1940s. First greenhouse and cold frame structures at 2707 West 13th Street in 1948. Orie Johnson (left) and a friend overseeing flower production in Johnson’s greenhouse in 1948. Marty Johnson, future president of Johnson’s Garden Center, showing off the fruits of his early gardening experience in the summer of 1961. Retail greenhouse ready for spring in the mid 1960s. In those days, flower packs were grown in wooden flats. Long-time employee at Johnson’s Garden Center, Alice McCaslin, in the 1960s. Alice finally retired in her late 80s after many years of service at Johnson’s. The Harold Johnson family in November, 1971. From left to right, Jozelle Johnson, Janette Johnson, Aldine Johnson, Marty Johnson, Linden Johnson and Wes Johnson. Harold Johnson conducting a greenhouse tour in 1974. Store employees in 1977. From left to right, May Johnson (no relation), Ruby Phillips, Bill Jackel and Jadine Middlekauf. Harold Johnson with Johnson’s Garden Center’s first truckload of cow manure for Johnson’s Truckload Sale in 1979. Three generations of Johnsons working at Johnson’s Garden Center in 1979. From left to right, Linden Johnson, Harold Johnson, Orie Johnson, Marty Johnson and Wes Johnson. Orie Johnson in the early 1980s. Johnson’s Garden Center store at 2707 West 13th in the early 1980s. Harold Johnson posing by store in the early 1980s. Click here to return to History Page. | Home | About Us | Library | Landscape Services | Calendar | Advertising | Shop | E-Mails | Copyright © 2002-2008 Johnson’s Garden Centers Contact Webmaster