Old Rose Nursery - Nursery Sale

~ FOR SALE OLD - ROSE NURSERY, Hornby Island BC ~

Nursery business (still operating “own-root” rose mail order and retail sales business with excellent, well-known website, business name, customer list, good will and reputation, inventory at time of sale, plant list, “parent” plants for propagation, propagation and growing equipment and facilities)
One of the only sources of sought-after “own-root” roses in Canada (not grafted)
Self-employment opportunity working in the home and outdoors—no commuting!
Quiet lifestyle among thousands of flowers in a peaceful setting on an island surrounded by sea and mountain scenes
Large display garden with 1000+ “parent” rose plants used for display and propagation from cuttings (selected for disease resistance, fragrance, hardiness and/or heritage values)
Retail sales area with parking area, adjacent to and visible from the main road from the ferry, surrounded with rose-covered fences (see photos)
Three greenhouses and equipment (details below)
Nursery office with large skylights (could also be used as a studio or other home business office)
Licenced propagators for David Austin Roses of England
Members of Vancouver Island Gardens Association and listed in “Garden Trail” guide for Vancouver Island
Members of Canadian Ornamental Plant Federation (COPF) and Canadian and B. C. Landscape and Nursery Trades Assn. (CLNA & BCLNA)

Five acres, approximately ½ cultivated and ½ woodlot (fir, red cedar and alder), level
Excellent Class 2 clay-loam soil and ample sunshine for growing most anything
Climate Zone 8a – year-round gardening (little freezing or snow)
Zoned for agricultural use and within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR)
Potential for agricultural related tourism business: details and application through BC Agriculture Land Commission (ALC)
Beaches and extensive forest and mountain park trail system within easy walking distance

Heritage modified post and beam home (approx. 1720 sq, ft.)
Three bedrooms, large kitchen, dining and living rooms
Electric and wood heat, skylights, double glazed windows
Bright sunny kitchen with huge skylight and eating area
Large patio, opening from kitchen at ground level, surrounded by private flower-filled kitchen-garden and fish pond

Rose Climbers in our Display Garden

Cottage garden layout with rose beds interplanted with large collection of perennials, bulbs, annuals, flowering shrubs and trees (list will be made available)
Established thirty-year-old garden with more than 1000+ roses (climbing, rambling and antique and modern shrub roses, some quite rare, used for public/customer display garden and for propagation by cuttings)
Large collection of old rambling and climbing roses, and our own hybridized ramblers covering large trellises and trees, and of “old garden roses” (antique) and David Austin English roses (see photos on website)
Fully deer-fenced nursery and garden area
Mature fruit trees (14+ apples, pears and plums), recently pruned grapes, plus strawberry bed, raspberries and fence line of native blackberries
Large dug pond landscaped with iris, huge gunnera and bamboo

Two 25’X50’ Harnois aluminum greenhouses with roll-up sides and one smaller propagation greenhouse, all with double inflatable long-life-plastic, fans and propane heat (in one greenhouse -- rarely necessary for over wintering roses)
Large workshop, storage and nursery work area
Drilled well with excellent quantity and quality for nursery irrigation and home use
Water tested for domestic use
Various other outbuildings including pump house and tool shed, chicken house and storage, woodshed covered by a huge “Mermaid” rose, etc.
Approved septic system with approved backup future field area
Cable and high-speed internet connections

Low property taxes due to land being located in the BC Agriculture Land Reserve (ALR) and being in “farm status” category for tax purposes as being farmed

Hornby Island lies in Georgia Strait, between the BC mainland and Vancouver Island, just South of the Comox Valley, which includes the commercial centres Courtenay and Comox near Mt. Washington Ski Resort, about mid-way up Vancouver Island
Accessible via BC Ferries from Vancouver via Nanaimo and highways to the Buckley Bay ferry terminal (via Denman Island)
Also accessible from other provinces via Comox Airport (West Jet and Air Canada) with frequent flights in and out to Calgary and Vancouver
Hornby has an active community with many amenities found in larger communities (medical clinic, school, library, post office, grocery and fuel sales and other commercial services, senior’s center, recycling, fuel, etc.)
There are three Provincial Parks with extensive sand and sandstone beaches and a large Regional Park with extensive mountain trail system (28% of Hornby is now included in park status)
Year-round mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, concerts, social events, etc.

Updated May 2008