Weston Nurseries to close its Lincoln store

Weston Nurseries, which first opened in Weston in 1923, announced last week that it closed its Lincoln location.

Company president Peter Mezitt said the company was ending the lease due to underperformance, and that closure would allow them to focus their energies on their other locations. The company leased the former Stonegate Gardens property in January 2024, with an option to terminate it in 2026.

Mezitt said the former Stonegate Gardens customers were a retail clientele, while his business focuses more on those in the trades.

“We sell a lot of plants to homeowners, but we’re not in the business of maintaining those properties where the plants go in,” he said. “That’s a really big part of what Stonegate did, and a big part of what the customers in that area want.”

Weston Nurseries, a family business now in its fourth generation of ownership, started as a 500-acre nursery operation and transformed over the years into a multi-store business with both retail and wholesale operations. According to its press materials, the company is well-known for introducing rhododendrons and azaleas that extended the blooming season in New England. They introduced the PJM Rhododendron named by Edmund Mezitt for his father, company founder Peter John Mezitt.

Mezitt said the closure would provide the company with the opportunity to focus on landscapers and municipalities and “do only what we do with all locations, not just certain locations.”

“It is important for our brand to be consistent throughout our company,” he said. “This decision allows us to refocus our resources and energy on our other locations in Hopkinton, Chelmsford, Hingham and Middleborough. We are excited to elevate the plant shopping experience in our other stores and help our customers succeed with their landscape projects.”