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In 1946, Farren and Maxine Benton started Benton's Greenhouse. They
began with strawberry gardens. With the love of flowers, determination,
and hard work, they began building greenhouses.
They grew tomatoes for Dillon's and wide range of bedding plants for our
retail store.
In 1976 Farren and
Maxine started greenhouses in Newton at 2311 Edgemore.
We are open every spring season.
We started specializing in zonal geraniums, perfecting the plant, and growing
only the varieties for the best blooming habit and performance for this area.
We are proud to say we grow some of the best geraniums around, and are well
known for them across the state. We have 60+ varieties for spring, growing
30,000 to 50,000.
We also grow a large variety of annuals and perennials. We carry
Jackson & Perkins rose bushes and Monrovia shrubs.
Our services include custom planting of any container - yours or ours.
We carry a wide assortment of containers.
We are well known for carrying unusual and unique varieties for the patio,
garden and inside the house.
Plants that you will not find just anywhere. We have the largest
selection and variety of florist quality house plants in the area.
Shipping every week, we are usual able to find what our customers want
Our winter crop is Poinsettias. We grow close to 15,000 plants each
year.
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