Our Company
Superior quality, diverse variety, and locally grown. Since 1865.
At Country Arbors, our ultimate goal is to provide you with 100% healthy, locally grown plants, and each year we take another step closer to achieving this vision. Exceptional customer service is also a top priority, ensuring you feel welcomed, supported, and inspired. Our team’s commitment and care create a warm, friendly atmosphere. If you need it for your yard, we aim to grow it or sell it, making us your one-stop destination for all your landscape needs.
Family owned and run.
Originally founded in Onarga, Ill. in 1865, Country Arbors is owned and run by 4th- and 5th-generation nurserymen (and ladies) of the Cultra Family. Terry and Donna Cultra purchased and re-established the nursery in Urbana—formerly known as Wandell's Nursery—and in 1988 renamed it Country Arbors Nursery. In the mid-90s Terry's two sons, Shane and Joe, joined the family business to learn the trade and carry on the family tradition that continues to this day. And the 6th generation? They’re already working at the nursery on spring breaks and holidays!
Growing and producing the products we sell.
Every year, we add more plants supplied by our own greenhouses and fields. Between our Urbana and Onarga locations, we grow 100% of our own perennials and annuals, thousands of shade trees, and many of our own shrubs. The Onarga facility increased production by 100% in 2013 and Country Arbors added several more thousand shade trees to the fields.
- Country Arbors Nursery is the main production facility for our annuals and perennials. We grow over 600 varieties of perennials and close to a million annuals and tropicals at our Urbana location, with 40 acres and 100,000 square feet of greenhouse facilities dedicated to production. Our fields are lined with thousands of shade and ornamental trees as well as evergreens.
- Cultra Nurseries in Onarga, Ill. is the main production facility for container and field-grown material. Known for its great root-building, sandy soil, Onarga has been considered the nursery capital of the Midwest for over 150 years.
Unique, customized landscape design, build, and installation.
Our customers come because of our reputation—and come back because of our crew. With the creativity, quality, and extensive experience that only a company of our size and history can provide, Country Arbors also installs plants that we also grow in our own yards—plants you can see, touch, and tag if you choose. In fact, many of the plants are grown within walking distance of the landscape office.
