Business After 5 (BA5): November 2024

Bradford Greenhouses Garden Gallery
With two locations to serve you better, Bradford Greenhouses is your one-stop-shop to fulfill all of your home décor and garden needs. Shop over 87,000 square feet of nursery stock at our Barrie location, rain or shine, in one of Ontario’s only indoor climate controlled nurseries. With thousands of varieties to choose from, our selection ranges from traditional to unique and ornate, you will surely find the right perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, or roses that best reflect your garden and sense of style. If you are in the market to spruce up your annual flowerbeds, our Bradford location boasts 10 acres of greenhouses where we grow and supply only the highest quality product to garden centres all across Ontario.

Roots for Youth
Bradford Greenhouses continues to embrace a caring and inclusive culture in the communities we serve, also providing a source of pride for our employees. In 2018 we created a new charitable foundation named “Roots For Youth”, the centerpiece of our fundraising efforts. This charity continues the decades of fundraising efforts we enjoyed on behalf of the Children’s Wish Foundation, for whom we raised $300,000 over the previous 26 years. With Roots For Youth, the company has instituted a foundation with a mandate to help support children of families who have suffered an extreme loss. The first recipients of the charity were two teenage girls of a long-tenured employee who passed away and we contributed $24,000 towards their post-secondary education. Last Fall, we raised over $50,000 in our annual charity golf tournament, and funded the tuition for six exceptional students for the 2023-2024 school year. These students, all from Simcoe County—including three from Barrie—benefit from our mission to assist those facing significant challenges.

Independent Living Services
We are a leading organization providing support and services to adults with physical disabilities and seniors. For over 40 years, our work has gone beyond healthcare to build a sense of belonging and a culture of care in Simcoe County. We strive to provide exceptional services to people with physical disabilities and seniors. With ILS you get access to individualized support to maintain your independence or the independence of a loved one at home and in the community.