Germantown, Wis.-based David J. Frank Landscape Contracting acquired Lied’s Nursery Co. to form a residential landscape division. The new entity will operate as Lied’s-Frank Residential Landscapes, a division of David J. Frank Landscape Contracting. Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed.
Tom Lied will be president of the new division. Thirty of Lied’s staff members will join the company, bringing it to more than 300 employees. David J. Frank ranked No. 73 on the 2012 LM 150 with $17.8 million in 2011 revenue.
Lied’s, formerly based in Sussex, Wis., closed its retail garden center in 2010. In July two of four Lied’s properties were foreclosed, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“We are both family-owned businesses, and we have families who have worked together for generations,” Frank says. “We love that we have passionate fathers and sons working alongside one another, and their commitment to their work is incredible.”
