The Green Pages: Waterford Gardens (E-Commerce Companies)

Waterford Gardens originally was Wm. Tricker and Son and opened in 1895. I went there as a boy in the 1960's. When Mr. Schmidlin retired in the 1980's, it was sold and became Waterford Gardens. I still go there now. They sell quality plants of all types. The staff are friendly and very helpful. I highly recommend them. They will repot your plants for a fee. They have a crew that will build a pond for you and even maintain it, for a fee. I will really be sad if they ever close.

The following is not meant to be negative. It is meant to be true.

They are located right on the Saddle River in a flood plain. They are limited in what remediation they can do and some of the physical greenhouses are in sore need of repair, which can't be done. They get flooded frequently and the water can cover their growing troughs inside of the greenhouses. It is a real problem that they really can't address. Environmental protection you know.

These are pages from a Tropical fish book written by Wm. T. Innes in around the early 1930's called Exotic Aquarium Fishes. I devoured it while in grammar school in the 1960's. It looks exactly like it was photographed in Wm. Tricker. That is exactly what the greenhouses look like, with the concrete troughs with narrow aisles. Except for the current condition as above. Wear clothes you won't mind getting wet and muddy. Same for your shoes.



These pages talk about fish breeding. Waterford no longer breeds fish. They did in the 1960's.

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