Following bankruptcy and sale, Gardener’s Supply workers are laid off and vendors are short

When Gardener’s Supply filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late June, it owed its vendor Green Mountain Mulch over $81,000. Over a month later, Daniel St. Onge, the owner of the mulch dealer, said he, nor most Gardener’s vendors, is likely to fully recoup what they’re owed

“It ain’t looking good. I think it’s gonna be cents on the dollar, if anything,” St. Onge said. “It’s definitely a hurt and that’s for sure. … It was quite a shock actually. I do a lot of business with them and didn’t really know nothing until the day of.”

As of July 31, the once popular employee-owned Vermont gardening business was acquired by Indiana-based competitor, Gardens Alive!, which is now responsible for millions of dollars of debt that Gardener’s owes a variety of international, national and local vendors.