Uploaded April 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Nursery Supplies Inc.® (NSI®) is the world's leading manufacturer of plastic containers for the wholesale nursery industry. Originally called Farm Supplies, the company was founded by Theodore J. Guarriello Sr, as an offshoot of a northern New Jersey farmers' cooperative. In its early days, the company marketed such products as bushel baskets, apple crates and seedling trays to what was then called the "truck farm" industry in the Metropolitan New York and Philadelphia areas.
Ted Guarriello Sr had an intuitive marketing sense and led the company to become the country's first producer of plastic containers for the nursery industry. The company grew steadily throughout the early '60's, and by 1966, his eldest son Henry, has become active in the firm. It was in 1966 the family took the step of officially incorporating as Nursery Supplies, Inc.®
Nursery Supplies Inc.® (NSI®) is the world's leading manufacturer of plastic containers for the wholesale nursery industry. Originally called Farm Supplies, the company was founded by Theodore J. Guarriello Sr, as an offshoot of a northern New Jersey farmers' cooperative. In its early days, the company marketed such products as bushel baskets, apple crates and seedling trays to what was then called the "truck farm" industry in the Metropolitan New York and Philadelphia areas.
Ted Guarriello Sr had an intuitive marketing sense and led the company to become the country's first producer of plastic containers for the nursery industry. The company grew steadily throughout the early '60's, and by 1966, his eldest son Henry, has become active in the firm. It was in 1966 the family took the step of officially incorporating as Nursery Supplies, Inc.®
