GUALALA NURSERY AND TRADING COMPANY BEGAN LONG AGO AS A DREAM OF A YOUNG BOY, TONY VENTRELLA. AT SIX, TONY JOINED DESCANSO GARDENS SCIENCE DISCOVERY CLASS AND THUS BEGAN HIS LIFELONG LOVE OF PLANTS AND TREES. THIS FIRST TRIP WAS AN INTRODUCTION TO LEAF SHAPES, SEEDS PODS, AND TREE GROWTH FOLLOWED BY INSTRUCTION ABOUT THE ANIMALS AND INSECTS THAT LIVE AMONG THE PLANTS.

....TONY SOON WAS READY AND WILLING TO USE HIS KNOWLEDGE IN THE FAMILY YARD, CREATING GARDENS, PATHWAYS, AND KOI PONDS. TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS GARDEN PROJECTS HE MADE AND SOLD CHRISTMAS WREATHS AND ALSO STARTED A SUMMER GARDEN SERVICE FOR HIS NEIGHBOR.

....AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, IN 1995, TONY ATTENDED PURCE COLLEGE TO PURSUE HIS INTEREST IN LANDSCAPING, SPRINKLERS INSTALLATION, AND PLANT IDENTIFICATION

.....1976 WAS THE YEAR FOR TONY'S FIRST BUSINESS LICENSE AND RESALE PERMIT UNDER THE NAME VENTRELLA ENTERPRISES. TONY THEN STARTED A LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERVICE BUSINESS. BY 1978 HE HAD TURNED HIS GRANDMOTHERS YARD INTO A WHOLESALE NURSERY, SELLING PLANTS HE STARTED FROM CUTTINGS. THE BUSINESS GREW!

.....THEN WHILE INSTALLING A LANDSCAPE IN BEAUTIFUL BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA HE MET SUSAN ACKERMANN. LOVE LED TO MARRIAGE AND A NEW RECRUIT INTO THE NURSERY TRADE. TOGETHER THEY OPENED A NEW WHOLESALE NURSERY IN SEPULVEDA, CALIFORNIA.                                           

.....AFTER A FAMILY TRIP TO THE SEA RANCH, IN SONOMA, CALIFORNIA THEY DECIDED A NURSERY IN GUALALA, CALIFORNIA WOULD BE JUST WHAT THERE HEARTS AND SOULS NEEDED SO OFF THEY WENT. TODAY THE GUALALA NURSERY AND TRADING COMPANY IS FLOURISHING AND A YOUNG BOYS DREAM IS FINALLY REALITY.