Star Nursery: A Forty-Plus-Year Garden Center Chain Rooted in Southern Nevada
Star Nursery began as Southwest Landscape Supply, Inc. in August 1983 in Southern Nevada, then changed its name to Star Nursery in 1986. Forty-plus years later Star Nursery has grown into a sixteen-garden-center, nine-rock-yard regional chain that serves Southern Nevada, Southern Utah, and Northern Arizona — and it remains privately owned. Anchor Las Vegas Valley locations include garden centers at 8170 West Charleston Boulevard, 9480 West Tropicana Avenue, 5380 Blue Diamond Road, 5340 Boulder Highway, 7330 West Cheyenne Avenue, 8725 South Eastern Avenue at the Henderson edge, and 2600 West Ann Road in North Las Vegas.
Star Nursery has built its public identity around desert horticulture — what actually grows in the Mojave, what doesn’t, how to deal with caliche soil, and how to plant in late summer. The company runs its own podcast and YouTube show under the “Dr. Q” name, which has become a go-to resource for Las Vegas homeowners trying to grow anything in the region’s difficult substrate. The Dr. Q content library is one of the most comprehensive desert-gardening resources produced anywhere in the Mojave region.
Star Nursery in the Las Vegas Valley
Forty-plus years of continuous operation across sixteen garden centers makes Star Nursery the largest privately owned garden retailer in the Mojave region. The Las Vegas Valley’s caliche soils, alkaline water, and extreme summer temperatures make residential gardening a specialized practice, and Star Nursery’s Dr. Q content has become the most-cited desert-gardening source for Mojave-region homeowners. For valley residents trying to make a yard work in Southern Nevada conditions, Star Nursery is the default starting point.
- Trade
- Garden Nursery / Landscape Supply
- Founded
- August 1983 as Southwest Landscape Supply; renamed Star Nursery 1986
- Locations
- 16 garden centers and 9 rock yards across Southern Nevada, Southern Utah, and Northern Arizona
- Website
- starnursery.com