General Info

Skinner Garden Store opened its doors for the first time in the Spring of 1956, managed by Don Roepke. Don, a recent landscape architecture graduate from Kansas State University, brought with him ideas that helped build the newly created garden center. In 1970, he purchased the business and continued as sole owner until 1990, when Jack Rees, his long time nursery manager, became his partner. Jack, a K-State horticulture graduate himself, brought with him extensive horticultural experience gained through years of involvement in his family's commercial orchard operation. Together they continue to operate Skinner's, always striving to meet the needs of an ever changing gardening community.