A. M. Leonard, Inc.

A. M. Leonard, Inc.

In 1885, Ashbel Merrel Leonard started a nursery as a hobby in his backyard in Piqua, Ohio. By 1912, he and his sons, Parker and Stanley, established A.M. Leonard & Sons as a nursery/landscaping service. The business was further developed in 1928 when A. M. and his youngest son, John, started a wholesale horticultural tool and supply company serving nursery and landscape customers. In 1941, following the death of A. M. Leonard, John became the President of the company. John’s forte was customer service. He mailed 7,500 pocket-sized catalogs per year and monitored each customer's purchases. John kept impeccable notes. When an order was not received from a customer within a year, John would personally contact the customer to ask how his organization could better serve them. The call usually resulted in a sale. Since only the finest quality tools were offered, customers always knew that when they bought something from the Piqua-based company, they would receive the highest quality.

Fertilizer & Pesticides (FP), T & E - Arborists (TEARBORIST), T & E - Garden Centers (TEGARDEN), T & E - Greenhouses (TEGREEN), T & E - Landscape Contractors (TELANDCON), T & E - Nurseries (TENURS), T & E Grounds Mgt (TEGROUNDS)