MIKE TELBAN PURCHASES JOHNSON’S NURSERY

 

(July 17, 2006  East Aurora, New York)  Johnson’s Nursery announced today that Michael J. Telban has purchased the company from Wayne F. Johnson.  Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. 

Johnson’s Nursery is a design and build residential and commercial landscape firm that serves all of Western New York.  It was founded by Waldemar Johnson in 1954.  The company employs more than twenty seasonal staff and includes a retail garden supply center that was opened in 1985 and which specializes in unusual trees, shrubs, perennials, and rockery. 

Mr. Telban is a 1988 graduate of Cornell with a B.S. in Landscape Architecture.  He has been the company’s chief designer for ten years. 

“Mike is a superb horticulturist and an award-winning designer,” said Mr. Johnson.  “As owner of the company, he will have the opportunity to apply his considerable management skills as well as to provide our clientele with a seamless transition.”

“I’m looking forward to the opportunity to run the company,” said Mr. Telban.  “Johnson’s Nursery is known for its quest to offer unusual plant material as well as for landscape designs that reflect our customers’ individual lifestyles.  Those traditions will continue.  I also intend to expand our selection of plant material and hard goods.”  

Johnson’s Nursery is located at 11753 E. Main Street, East Aurora, New York.