At Sierra View Nursery, we strive to inspire a passion for gardening by providing healthy plants and effective plant care products accompanied by excellent service to help ensure the success of all our customers planting endeavors.
About Us
Our founders, Sam and Ashley met at the Horticulture Unit at Fresno State back in the late 90’s. They both graduated with horticulture degrees and went their separate ways.
Years later, Sam was running a wholesale nursery full-time, but decided to turn his dream of running his own nursery into a reality. Sierra View Nursery was then opened in 2000, but only on the weekends.
In 2004, Sam and Ashley’s paths crossed again while she was running the Clovis Lowes garden department. They were married months later and dedicated all their time to building Sierra View into the amazing nursery it is today.
Before the nursery began, our founders worked for many years in corporate and independent garden centers gaining invaluable experience along the way. They wanted to take all of what they learned, good and bad, and use it to create the best possible customer experience. From growing most of our plants in-house and using our own plant care products to sharing the knowledge they spent years accumulating with our staff and customers, this goal has always remained the same.
They have worked together day in and day out (still do!) to put together a team that is dedicated to carrying out these core values and to cultivate a family-friendly atmosphere. It is thanks to our customers that we have grown this nursery into a 20-acre garden center that offers an abundance of plants, plant products and services.
We hope to see you at Sierra View Nursery Soon!
Meet The Team
Sam Hood
Founder/Production Manager
Bachelor's degree in Plant Science (horticulture option). 25 years of nursery experience with several wholesale and independent nurseries. Specializes in plant health and nutrition, weed and pest diagnostics, and soil and irrigation issues. English/Spanish bilingual.
Ashley Hood
Founder/General Manager
Bachelor's degree in Plant Science (horticulture option). 25 years of nursery experience with several corporate garden centers and independent nurseries. Specializes in gardening and landscape design, ornamental and vegetable gardening, and plant identification.
Paul
Head Sales Associate/Garden Coach
Associate degree in Biology. With over 35 years of retail nursery and landscaping experience, he has absorbed a vast knowledge of plant science and pest diagnostic skills. Specializes in garden and yard consultations.
Mieko
Social Media Coordinator/ Sales Associate
2 years of nursery experience in customer service.
Joel
General Production and Field Services/Horticultural Craftsman
Over 10 years of nursery and plant production experience. Specializes in plant production and installation.
Kevin
Sales Associate/Field Services/Delivery Driver
3 years of nursery experience in customer service, plant installation and bulk material delivery.
Tom
Sales Associate/Delivery Driver
2 years of nursery experience in customer service and bulk material delivery.
What People Say
Vern Bowling,
Google
All of the people that work there at Sierra view nursery are straight up the best. You think you were family when you were out there. If it's green and it grows you wanna get it there.
Jason Whiting,
Google
Been a loyal customer for the past 8 years. [Sam and Ashley] are friendly, take time to listen, and do an excellent job answering questions and serving as quality guides to our annual homesteading endeavors. I would highly recommend their nursery without reservations.
Kimberly B.,
Yelp
They definitely care about your experience and are welcome to any questions regarding tips on how to care for your plants in the area.