Meet Proven Winners

Meet Proven Winners

The Proven Winners cooperative is made up of an international team of horticultural experts, each of whom makes a substantial contribution to our growing program. The founding members came together in 1992 to form the Proven Winners cooperative. In partnership with one another and the network of international breeders and licensees, the founding members provide quality plant material and innovative ideas to support the continued evolution of Proven Winners. The cooperative has expanded across North America and now includes four additional licensed propagators. These operations join the founding members in producing superior Proven Winners and Proven Selections plants and marketing them throughout the United States and Canada. These unique and innovative plants are grown from material bred by a network of top international breeders. Breeders providing plants to Proven Winners propagators located throughout the world - South Africa, Germany, Holland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Poland, Italy, Great Britain, Canada and the United States.

Members

• Henry & Jeff Huntington,
  Pleasant View Gardens, Inc.
• Tom Smith and Sharon Smith
  Four Star Greenhouse, Inc.

Licensees

• Nordic Nurseries
• Sobkowich Greenhouses
• Spring Meadow Nursery (Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs)
• Walters Gardens (Proven Winners Perennials)

Breeders

The unique and innovative plants in the Proven Winners line are grown from material bred by a network of top international breeders.  Every plant that is chosen to become a Proven Winners has passed a lengthy series of tests lasting 2-3 years to trial the varieties for performance in numerous greenhouse and garden performance situations. This is why very few varieties are selected to become Proven Winners!

Proven Winners Staff

• Mark Broxon, Executive Director
• Karen Dresel, Bookkeeper
• Laura Lamprecht, CPA - Accounting Manager
• John P. Gaydos, Director of Product Development and Promotion
• Patti Williamson, Assistant to Director of Product Development
• Marshall Dirks, Director of Marketing & Public Relations
• Tabatha Gainey, Marketing Coordinator
• Laura Geoghegan, Marketing Manager
• Dave Gray, IT Solutions Architect
• Jacob Greenberg, Systems Architect
• Jody Kampmeier, Website & Programming Manager
• Cindy Meyers, Business & Event Manager
• Todd Sandoval, Online Marketing & Technology Manager
• Jeanine Standard, Media and Public Relations
• Annah Vertin, Marketing Specialist
• Sandy Wentworth, Customer Relations - Industry Professionals
• Dave Konsoer, Director of Sales
• Jessica DeGraaf, Retail Account Manager
• Meghan Owens, Retail Account Manager

• Kevin Hurd, Director of New Products
• Jim Putman, New Products Manager
• Kerry Meyer, Program Director

Marketing office:
111 E Elm St Ste D
Sycamore, IL 60178
815-895-8130 (Home Gardeners)
815-899-1973 (Online Plant Orders)
815-895-1872 (Industry Professionals)

Administrative office:
45 N First Street
Suite B
Campbell, CA 95008
408-871-7925