Dave Jarzynka leads the Company along with an experienced management team running nursery department operations. The management team responsible for day-to-day operations collectively has more than 50 years experience working at Briggs Nursery. The senior managers are: Lynne Caton – Propagation and Dan Meier – Production.

Briggs Nursery is currently one of the largest woody ornamental nurseries in the Pacific Northwest, the largest rhododendron introducer and producer in the world, and has the largest ornamental plant tissue culture laboratory in the United States.

Products and Customers
Briggs Nursery has earned a reputation as a world leader in micropropagation for its ability to breed, propagate, and grow a wide variety of specialty ericaceous plants – particularly rhododendrons. The Nursery is also recognized as a premium quality introducer of a wide range of other broad leaf evergreens and deciduous flowering plants including kalmias, azaleas, lilacs, and perennials. Currently, Briggs Nursery grows over 1,000 plant varieties.

At Briggs Nursery, the Quality that Grows™ philosophy is an important aspect of customer service where the goal is not just to “meet” customer expectations but to exceed them.

Sales and Distribution
Briggs Nursery employs a ten-person full time sales force. The sales staff focuses on getting to know each customer and their needs, and working with the production staff to better serve those customers. Key marketing tools employed by the Nursery include, direct customer contact, catalogs, trade shows, brochures, seminars, pictorial materials, and an informational website. Briggs Nursery currently sells to 38 states and 17 foreign countries.

Facilities
The nursery is located in Elma, WA. The 440 acre site currently has over 200 acres in production. There are now over 600 poly sheds and 70 acres of outside can lots, with plenty of acreage for future expansion.

The micropropagation lab recently moved to a new facility at the Elma site. The lab produces over 9 million plants each year.

Employees
Briggs Nursery is operated by 120 full time employees with approximately 80-150 seasonal workers at peak season. The Nursery prides itself on the “Team Briggs” concept. This is a company-wide philosophy that involves every employee in the success of the Company and is the cornerstone that supports the Nursery’s mission on a day-to-day basis.