About Us
A Note from our President
Welcome to Weston Farm To Door™, Weston Nurseries' online plant shopping experience. Weston Farm To Door™ lets you order top-quality plants and have them delivered direct from farm to your door!
Since 1923 Weston Nurseries has evolved in diverse and unexpected ways, including Weston Farm To Door™. We remain true to our commitment to providing the best selection of hardy landscape-sized plant material in our area along with accurate advice on what will work best for our customers. More recently, we have begun to focus on hard good products to meet the needs of today’s customers. Much of what we practice today derives directly from Peter J. and Anna Olga Mezitt who founded Weston Nurseries and started growing landscape plants in Weston in 1923.
Born into a family of Latvian farmers in 1885, Peter fled conscription into the Russian army and worked his way across Europe, taking on landscaping and gardening jobs throughout Romania and Switzerland. In 1911 he saved enough money for passage to America, where he worked as an estate gardener and greenhouse night watchman to fund a college degree from UMass Amherst. In 1912 he married Anna Olga Purens, who shared his love of plants, and together they spent the next decade using their horticultural knowledge for rooting understock and grafting fruit trees to sell to local orchards.
Peter and Anna had larger dreams, however. In 1923 they obtained financing to purchase 80 acres off Winter Street in Weston, and on July 24 of that year they officially established Weston Nurseries. By 1930 they had 10 acres of nursery land, which quickly blossomed into 200 acres of full-scale production in the early 1940s.
One of the most pivotal events in the early history of Weston Nurseries was the introduction of the PJM Rhododendron in 1945. Peter’s son, Ed, developed the hardy hybrid and named it in honor of his father. The PJM is now known worldwide as one of the most reliable and resilient rhododendrons and it graces many gardens in New England and beyond.
By 1950, the Mezitt’s moved their homes and nursery facilities to the rolling hills and rural acreage of Hopkinton, where they expanded sales and production and continued developing new plants. The garden center on Main Street opened in 1959, with its beautiful display gardens, abundant greenhouses, and the iconic green chimney featuring the Weston Nurseries logo.
In the 1960’s, Peter’s grandsons Wayne and Roger joined the family business and continued to expand and innovate, purchasing adjoining land in Hopkinton until the nursery encompassed over 900 acres by the end of the 80’s.
In 2006, Wayne’s son Peter became President, and began the transition to a new business model more appropriate for the changing environment in the surrounding area.
Today, most of the plants sold by Weston are brought in from the best growing operations in the country. Our selection has expanded, quality is of utmost importance, and our retail and commercial customers are giving us high marks.
Weston Nurseries has four retail garden center locations: Hopkinton, Chelmsford, Hingham and our newest location in Lincoln at the former Stonegate Gardens. Weston Wholesale offers plants and landscaping products from four locations: Hopkinton, Chelmsford, Hingham, and our newest location in Middleborough. We offer a full line of landscape supplies to the trade. Our product line includes trees, shrubs, perennials, seasonal color, all types of gardening products, hardscape materials and bulk materials.
With over 100 years in business, we are proud of the recent accomplishments and improvements to our business. We are most grateful for the thousands of devoted employees who have participated in the growth and success of Weston Nurseries through the decades and have made our family business part of their lives.
Peter Mezitt | President