Village Nurseries makes moves

ORANGE, Calif. -- Village Nurseries, a specialty wholesale grower for independent garden centers and landscape professionals, today announced Dave Hill has been promoted to the position of director of retail sales and marketing and Rick Stiles will continue as director of contractor sales for the company’s wholesale nursery division. Both positions now report directly to David House, company CEO.

Previously company director of inventory planning and forecasting for nearly three years, Hill is responsible for retail and out-of-state sales efforts as well as marketing and quality control in his new post. He replaces Kevin Chesshir, who has left the company. Before joining Village Nurseries, Hill spent more than 10 years with Bordier’s Nursery in various management positions.

Rick Stiles will continue as director of contractor sales for the tri-state region of California, Arizona and Nevada.

Founded in 1976, Village Nurseries has major wholesale sales offices in Orange and Sacramento, Calif., and more than 700 acres under cultivation in growing facilities located throughout Northern and Southern California. In addition, the nursery has four specialty landscape center locations to serve landscape professionals in Del Mar, Huntington Beach, Orange, and Sacramento. The large wholesale nursery operation also serves the Arizona and Nevada markets, with penetration into Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, Utah as well as the Pacific Northwest and Canada. For more: www.villagenurseries.com.