About Us
In 1970 two brothers, John and Frank Verni opened a local fruit stand on the corner of 21st and Astoria Boulevard in Astoria, Queens. A decade earlier they had immigrated with their family from a small farming town in southern Italy named Sannicandro di Bari, located about 20 kilometers west of the Adriatic sea. Life in post war torn Italy was rough and the boys where put to work early on their uncle Giovanni Verni’s olive farm performing the menial tasks given to children their age. There they learned their first lessons in gardening and cultivation, skills that they would later utilize in their business. In 1958, having very little work and even fewer prospects for the future, the patriarch of the family, Saverio Verni moved his wife and six children across the Atlantic to America and a chance at a new life.
What we do
At Vernis we are committed to bringing you only the highest quality products at the most affordable prices. Come Spring we personally hand pick most of our inventory, we don't allow the farmers to choose our stock for us. Color and quality are the two top priorities at Verni's but we find hand selecting our stock affords us another luxury, uniqueness! At Verni's you'll find a larger variety of hard to find fruit and vegetable plants and exotic flora then you will at our competitors. We do not purchase our inventory in bulk before the spring instead we make frequent trips during the season to restock on an as needed basis. This ensures that what you buy is fresh from the farm and hasn't been sitting on a shelf for too long. We do this because we care about what we sell, our reputation for quality has kept us in business for over 40 years and nothing is more important to us then our customer's satisfaction.
Contact : Verni's Garden Center
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