Ira and Menno Yoder established the company as Yoder Brothers locate in Barberton , Ohio . They buy the business from an agricultural industrialist , O.C. Barber who captured a lead position in the earth ’s friction match business , with an idea to lend industrial method learned in agriculture to vegetables , mushrooms , and flowers . Through scientific methods , applied science were used to develop the Chrysanthemum into a class - round , worldwide craw . From there , the party became a ball-shaped leader in mushrooms and gardening . enlargement bear on many parts of the globe , include Florida , Pennsylvania , Ohio , South Carolina and California in the U.S. , Ontario , Canada and European Union countries : England , Denmark , Germany , Holland , with production facilities in Kenya , Colombia , and the Canary Islands .
Yoder Brothers , Barberton OH , circa 1940s
The knowledge gained over the years has been applied to many other crops , include Azaleas , Hibiscus and Perennials . Making thing better has been a driving military unit for the ship’s company . Businesses were buy and sold as markets changed , including globalization .
Today what began as a sustainable agricultural farm is now one of the largest , diversified vertically - integrate nursery operation in the industry . The incorporated agency remains in Barberton , with growing locating in Alva and Fort Myers , Florida ; Lancaster , Pennsylvania ; and Leamington , Ontario in Canada . Total growing space is 2.03 million square feet of covered greenhouses ; 2.75 million square feet of shade star sign and 435,000 square feet of outside production . Employment during heyday times has belike been as mellow as 3,000 consecrate individuals .
Aris consists of multiple sectionalisation : Keepsake works Florida and Canada ( finish products for aggregate retail and specialty ) , Green Leaf Plants ( Pennsylvania ) and Must Have Perennials ® ( IP ) . Production includes hack / liner and finished Cartesian product of potted industrial plant , garden mums , perennials , grasses , herb and more .
KSP Florida Hibiscus production
invention and adaptability are core competency of the society , along with its consecrate , hardworking employees . Over the year , product communication channel and production standard have evolved to meet the changing marketplace needs , making Aris a radiate , vertically merged and profitable business concern .
Asked about plans for the future , Scott Schaefer , Aris CEO said , “ I can see nothing but continued opportunity for maturation and evolution in accomplish our mission to leave diligence - lead quality and service at competitive damage through Aris ’ statistical distribution organisation . ”
Timeline
1920In November , Ira and Menno Yoder founded Yoder Brothers , now Aris Horticulture Inc. , in Barberton , Ohio USA . Production included vegetables and some flowering plants .
1930s-1940s
1950s-1960s
seventies – 1980s
1990s
2000s
2020
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