Biographical Sketch
Pierre Bennerup
Owner, Sunny Border Nurseries
Pierre Bennerup is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc. of Kensington, CT, the largest producer of finished, perennial plant containers in the northeast. He is also a partner in Sunny Border, Ohio, Inc. of Jefferson Ohio. Sunny Border grows more than 3000 varieties of plants and sells more than four million pots from its two locations. Mr. Bennerup also owns Comstock, Ferre & Co. in Wethersfield CT. Founded in 1820, Comstock is the oldest continuously
operating horticultural company in the U.S.
Bennerup is a past president of the Connecticut Horticultural Society and founder of the Connecticut Chapter of the Hardy Plant Society and was its first president. He is one of the co-founders of the Perennial Plant Association and its first elected president. In 2000 he received the Grower of the Year Award from the American Horticultural Society. In 2001 he won the “The Gustave Melquist Award”, Connecticut Horticultural Society’s top honor.
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