Since 1948
A roadside produce stand. Then a nursery. Then a Texas Treasure.
My grandfather started selling peaches off the family farm in 1948 because the trees made more than the cattle. Seventy-seven years later, we're still here — three generations deep, five cats deep, more or less the same opinion about how to water tomatoes.
Here's the short version of how that happened.
— Katherine
Wichita Falls, Texas
Same farm. New greenhouses.
4940 Seymour Highway · the south side of town · open seven days a week.
The Smiths
Three generations, one stretch of Seymour Highway.
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C.O. Smith Sr. · photographed at the original storefront. Generation I
C.O. Smith Sr.
1948 – 1980s
Founder · The Produce Stand Years
Opened a roadside produce stand on the family farm in 1948 — peaches, pecans, and a stubborn opinion about how to water tomatoes. The stand became a nursery in the 1960s when he realized people kept asking him how to grow what they were buying.
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Curtis W. Smith · photographed at the original storefront. Generation II
Curtis W. Smith
1970s – 2010s
Second Generation · The Greenhouse Years
Built the greenhouses. Brought in trees and shrubs. Established the relationships with local growers we still buy from today. Survived three droughts and one tornado.
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Katherine & Steve Smith · photographed at the original storefront. Generation III
Katherine & Steve Smith
2000s – present
Current Stewards
Granddaughter of the founder. Hands in the dirt most mornings. Writes the blog. Names the cats. Steve handles the trees, the stone yard, and the trucks.
Recognition
A few receipts.
Awards and recognition the Smiths have collected along the way. Mostly they live in a file drawer.
- 2022 SBA Family Business of the Year Small Business Administration
- — Texas Family Business of the Year Texas Business Hall of Fame
- — Top 100 Independent Garden Centers Garden Center Magazine
- 2011 BBB Torch Award Better Business Bureau
- — Texas Treasure Designation Texas Historical Commission
Accreditation
A+ with the Better Business Bureau since 1988.
We've held an A+ rating with the BBB for as long as anyone remembers. If you ever have a problem with us, tell us first — we'd rather make it right than read about it.
