Family business roots its business development in Co Carlow

With the help of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme, Cullen Nurseries used the time during lockdown to build the company’s website

Robert and Catriona Cullen, Cullen Nurseries

From a father-and-son business to a husband-and-wife team, Cullen Nurseries’ key to success has been a family effort, with a little help from their Local Enterprise Office (LEO), in Co Carlow.

“In 2009, the business expanded to its present 11-acre site in Hacketstown and Cullen Nurseries was born,” Robert Cullen said. Today, the Department of Agriculture-approved nursery sells and delivers plants directly to homeowners, farmers, equestrian centres, and community groups across the country.

The business ...