About Us
Shin-Boku Nursery has its roots some forty- plus years
ago in Weston, Massachusetts on some of the original Weston Nurseries
property. Palmer Koelb started an eight-acre Nursery on that land, growing
a general line of nursery plants, about five acres of in-ground plantings,
and an acre of containerized plants. As time went on, the original Nursery
"out grew" this site and a move was made to Salisbury, NH.
This new location allowed for the establishment of Salisbury Nursery and the development and planting of about 40 acres of land. Salisbury Nursery grew, prospered to become one of the largest nurseries in New Hampshire, and was sold in 1986. At that time, Palmer moved north to Wentworth, NH and established Baker Valley Nursery, Inc. At a much smaller ten acres, most of the production now focused on dwarf, weeping, and less common needled evergreens.
The early plantings at Baker Valley were grafted conifers that were
propagated in the early 1980s in Salisbury. The nursery sales, landscape
design, and landscaping projects allowed financing and cultivating the
trees that are now the hallmark of Shin-Boku Nursery. These Japanese
Garden
Trees are grown for a few years in the
ground, periodically transplanted or root pruned, and then planted into
large containers, some up to 5 feet in diameter. The trees of Shin-Boku
Nursery are painstakingly trimmed to produce a shape and personality
consistent with the finest trimmed trees found in Japanese gardens. Most
of the larger trees at the Nursery are at least 25 years old.
Because Wentworth is substantially colder than most of Japan, only trees hardy here can be successfully grown. The Japanese Black Pine is and has been the primary Pine species used in Japan for trimming into Japanese Garden Trees. Japanese Black Pine cannot withstand the cold temperatures of NH; consequently, other trees which are hardy and suitable in this climate are being grown in their place. Shin-Boku Nursery has experienced -50 degrees, so you can be sure that these trees have really been cold-tested!
The trees raised at this Nursery have been carefully hand-picked and selected for their growth, characteristics, appearance, and suitability for use in fine gardens.
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