nursery founded 1890 ; 126 years ago 1890 headquarters hillsboro oregon usa since 2011 key people larry teufel president 1 number of employees 200 2010 website www.teufellandscape.com teufel nursery is a family owned landscaping company based in hillsboro oregon united states . founded in 1890 the company maintains existing and installs new landscaping for commercial government and residential customers . the company has about 200 employees . it was based in portland until the 1940s then in the unincorporated cedar mill area until 2007 . its headquarters have been in eastern hillsboro since fall 2011 . history edit gustav teufel founded the nursery company in 1890 in the west hills of portland . later and for about 60 years the company also operated a large wholesale nursery on barnes road in the cedar mill area acquiring the property in 1946 3 and moving its headquarters to that site . the company closed its operation in cedar mill in 2007 when the approximately 90 acre 0.36 km2 property was sold for redevelopment and moved its headquarters back to its original west hills site on miller road in portland . 4 in september 1997 the portland business journal reported that terry thornton a former sales manager of the wholesale horticultural supplies division of teufel nurseries was installed as the 62nd president of the oregon association of nurserymen now called the oregon association of nurseries . 5 the oregonian reported that teufel nursery in partnership with pivot landscape architecture and cistus nursery installed a green roof on the m financial center in the pearl district of downtown portland in 2009 . the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as well as filing a countersuit in june 2009 when its primary lender textron sued for immediate payment on a 5.9 million note after the drop in the housing market and the recession reduced revenues from a high of 45 million annually in 2006 to around 32 million projected . teufel while still being solvent and profitable experienced difficulties securing new creditors 6 and decided to operate on a cash only basis and scale back its operations liquidating a portion of its assets in 2010 . 7 8 before entering bankruptcy the company employed more than 500 . 7 9 in june 2011 teufel repaid its major creditors in full . 10 operations edit headquarters in hillsboro teufel nursery is currently owned and managed by gustav s great grandchildren larry linda and tina teufel . significant customers of the company have included ohsu portland rose garden bonneville power administration microsoft the portland world trade center 11 and the white house . 12 the teufel family also owns and operates teufel holly farms inc. which sells holly and evergreens during the winter season and supplies holiday wreaths and garlands for the annual oregon episcopal school christmas wreath & holiday greens sale . 13 14 the company was still based in portland in mid 2011 7 9 15 but it relocated its headquarters in fall 2011 16 to the tanasbourne area of hillsboro oregon on the west side of the portland metropolitan area . 17 references edit teufel nursery inc. overview . portland business journal . retrieved may 13 2007 . dead link the cedar mill news april 2003 teufel nursery harrington patrick march 14 2002 . teufel adds branch to nurseries retail . the oregonian . west zoner section p. 11 . hudson cindy march 15 2007 . neighborhood roundup cedar mill teufel nursery returns to its original site . the oregonian . metrowest neighbors section p. 20 . oregon nurserymen name president . september 30 1997 . manning jeff august 13 2009 . teufel nursery struggles to secure new financing . the oregonian . retrieved 2009 08 14 . a b c culverwell wendy june 15 2011 . teufel hits post bankruptcy milestone . portland business journal . retrieved 11 april 2012 . mortenson eric february 4 2010 . teufel nursery clears bankruptcy paying off debts . the oregonian . retrieved february 5 2010 . a b barnwell alison october 23 2011 . turmoil in oregon s nursery industry historic slump followed the boom . the oregonian . retrieved december 1 2013 . culverwell wendy february 1 2010 . teufel nursery exits bankruptcy . portland business journal . about teufel nursery . teufel nursery . archived from the original on february 8 2007 . retrieved may 12 2007 . green party takes over the white house teufel holly farms inc. . archived from the original on october 20 2007 . retrieved may 12 2007 . oes christmas wreath & holiday green sale contact us . teufel nursery & landscape . archived from the original on september 7 2011 . retrieved december 1 2013 . contact us . teufel nursery & landscape . archived from the original on november 10 2011 . retrieved december 1 2013 . contact us . teufel nursery inc. retrieved december 1 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title teufel nursery & oldid 742918797 categories companies based in hillsboro oregoncompanies based in portland oregoncompanies established in 1890plant nurseriesprivately held companies based in oregonservice companies of the united states1890 establishments in oregonhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from december 2010pages 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 2016 at 17 01 . 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