private industry manufacturing founded vancouver british columbia 1929 headquarters agawam ma u.s. number of locations 27 area served north america products peat moss processed baled or concentrated based growing mixes for professional and retail markets . number of employees about 350 950 at peak seasons website www.sungro.com sun gro horticulture is a producer of peat moss and bark based growing mixes for professional use in north america . contents 1 history 2 products 3 associations 4 naming rights 5 references history edit 1929 founded in vancouver as western peat company ltd. 1947 opens new production facilities operating in manitoba canada . 1964 opens production facilities in maisonnette new brunswick . 1974 sold to s.b. mclaughlin associates ltd 1980 sold to fisons plc and renamed fisons western peat moss ltd. 1982 renamed to fisons horticulture when the fisons plc acquisition was completed . 2 1984 acquired operations of langley peat north ltd. of seba beach alberta . 1987 opened two new satellite mix plants one in quincy michigan and the second in terrell texas . 1993 sold to macluan capital inc. and renamed sun gro horticulture inc. 1995 hines horticulture inc. acquired sun gro u.s. and its subsidiaries . 1998 hines horticulture inc. acquired lakeland peat moss ltd. and pacific soils inc. including their product line . 3 1999 sun gro as a subsidiary of hines horticulture inc. acquires pro gro products inc. 4 2002 hines horticulture inc. sold sun gro horticulture in a canadian initial public offering . 5 2004 acquired lameque quality group . 2004 sun gro horticulture paid us 6 million to acquire scotts professional growing products . 6 2005 acquired pigeon hill peat . 2006 acquired normiska peat . 2007 sun gro acquired quebec peat moss producer tourbiere omer belanger inc. for 3.9 million . 7 2007 acquired kellogg rich grow . 2007 acquired grow best holdings llc for us 20.3 million . grow best holdings owns florida potting soils inc. and sunshine peat inc. both based in orlando florida . 2011 the company is acquired by 1582956 alberta ltd. 8 products edit sunshine lakeland metro mix nutricote black gold redi earth technicote technigro associations edit sun gro is a member of the canadian sphagnum peat moss association which was founded 1988 to promote the benefits of peat moss and campaign on environmental issues . the cspma s preservation and reclamation policy has prompted sun gro to produce its own environmental & restoration policy . naming rights edit sun gro has naming rights to the sun gro centre in beausejour manitoba and occasionally sponsors events there . 9 references edit company profile for sun gro horticulture income fund ca ; gro.un . retrieved 2008 10 16 . albertahub industry sun gro profile hines horticulture recent acquisitions acquired strong lite products corp.hines horticulture acquires pro gro ; sun gro acquires leading producer of bark based professional growing mixes hines horticulture completes sale of sun gro business for 120 million . 27 mar 02 sun gro to acquire assets of the scotts company s professional growing media business 29 jul 04 sun gro completes quebec acquisition strengthens long term peat moss supply http www.newswire.ca en releases archive march2011 07 c8628.html 2004 scott tournament of hearts manitoba provincial curling championships sponsors morrison malcolm . the toronto star mar 27 2008 06 10 pm financials help send tsx higher . ny held back by bank profit warnings oil surge communications new brunswick july 22 2005 expansion and new jobs for sun gro horticulture canada 1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sun gro horticulture & oldid 684447245 categories manufacturing companies of canadacompanies established in 1929hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2015 at 18 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view