Southern Garden Centers (SGC) today announced that Hutto’s Home and Garden Center, a Jackson institution and family-owned business since 1968, has joined the Southern Garden Centers family of independent garden centers as its founding location. Hutto’s will continue to operate under the Hutto’s name, at its current location, with the knowledgeable team upon whom customers have relied.
The transaction gives Hutto’s access to Southern Garden Centers’ capital, purchasing scale, technology, and operating infrastructure, while preserving the local ownership feel, product knowledge, and customer service that have made the store a fixture of the Jackson community for nearly six decades.
Founded in 1968, Hutto’s has grown from a neighborhood garden shop into one of central Mississippi’s most trusted destinations for plants, soil, landscape supplies, and expert advice. Its Mama Hutto’s line of locally blended soils and bed mixes has become a staple in Jackson-area gardens, and the store’s staff are known for the kind of hands-on guidance that is hard to find anywhere else.
After decades of family ownership, the Hutto family chose to work with Southern Garden Centers to ensure the business has the resources it needs to continue growing for the long term. SGC’s investment will support upgrades to the store’s inventory systems, point-of-sale technology and facilities, expanded purchasing power with growers and suppliers, and career advancement opportunities for the Hutto’s team.
“Hutto’s is exactly the kind of business Southern Garden Centers was built to support,” said Don Bingham III, Managing Partner of Southern Garden Centers. “For nearly 60 years, this store has earned the trust of central Mississippi gardeners through great product, deep knowledge, and real relationships. Our job is not to change that. Our job is to bring the capital, systems, and support that let the Hutto’s team focus on customers while we take care of the rest. We are honored the Hutto family chose us as the stewards of the next chapter.”
“My family has poured everything into this store since 1968, and our customers are like family to us,” said Billy Hutto. “When it came time to think about the future, we wanted a company who understood what Hutto’s means to this community and who had the resources to help it grow without losing what makes it special. Southern Garden Centers shares our values, and I am confident that with their support, Hutto’s will remain a staple of Jackson for generations to come.”
Hutto’s is the founding location of the Southern Garden Centers platform, which is focused on partnering with established, family-owned garden centers across the Southeast. Southern Garden Centers will provide each store with shared services, capital for growth, and a long-term commitment to preserving the local identity that makes independent garden centers irreplaceable in their communities.
Customers can expect the same hours, the same dedicated customer support team, and the same Hutto’s experience they know. Additional investments in the store will be rolled out over the coming months.
About Hutto’s Home and Garden Center
Founded in 1968, Hutto’s Home and Garden Center is a family-owned garden center serving Jackson, Mississippi and the surrounding communities. Hutto’s offers a full selection of plants, trees and shrubs, soils and amendments, landscape supplies, and seasonal goods, along with its locally blended Mama Hutto’s soil products. Learn more at huttoshomeandgarden.com.
About Southern Garden Centers
Southern Garden Centers was established to build a network of independent garden centers across the Southeast. SGC will partner with established, locally loved garden centers, providing the capital, infrastructure, and operating support they need to grow while preserving the names, teams, and traditions that make each store a staple of its community. Learn more at southerngardencenters.com.