The first trees
Dick Brady begins selling native Colorado trees from the Westcliffe area.
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A family business grown in Colorado.
From native trees dug near Westcliffe to Brady's Garden & Spa Center in Cañon City, the Brady story has always been rooted in plants, family, and hard work.
Where it began
More than six decades of growing knowledge.
In 1961, Dick Brady began digging and selling aspen, fir, piñon, ponderosa, and spruce trees in the Westcliffe area. Dick and Rhoda moved their family to Cañon City in 1969 and opened Brady's Evergreen Nursery, adding deciduous trees and shrubs to the evergreens they grew and sold.
Plants were part of everyday life for the Brady family. Dick and Rhoda raised 12 children, and the children helped at the nursery after school and on Saturdays—learning plant care, customer service, and the value of doing a job well.
Cañon City roots
Dick and Rhoda establish Brady's Evergreen Nursery.
The garden center
The family purchases and renames the current Cañon City garden center.
Brady's West
The family purchases the former Denoyer's nursery in Salida.
The next generation
Family experience you can still feel today.
When Dick retired in 1994, sons Delwin, Derald, Dean, and Darren assumed leadership of the family business and formed Brady Brothers, Inc. The same practical knowledge passed down through the family still guides how Brady's grows plants, chooses products, and helps customers.
Brady's Evergreen Nursery remains the wholesale nursery division at 829 Brewster Avenue in Cañon City. Brady's West expanded the family's reach into Chaffee County in 2008, with greenhouses that grow annuals, vegetables, herbs, and hanging baskets.
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Four brothers carried the family business forward.
After growing up working alongside Dick and Rhoda, Delwin, Derald, Dean, and Darren assumed leadership when Dick retired in 1994. They formed Brady Brothers, Inc. shortly afterward, connecting the family's wholesale nursery, Cañon City garden and spa center, and later Brady's West in Salida.
Dean Brady
Dean served as the longtime owner-operator of Brady's Garden & Spa Center in Cañon City. He also shared local gardening knowledge as host of Brady's radio show.
Derald Brady
When the brothers purchased the former Denoyer's nursery in 2008, Derald took responsibility for managing the Salida operation that became Brady's West.
Darren Brady
Darren has helped carry the family's nursery tradition forward through Brady's Evergreen Nursery, the wholesale growing operation on Brewster Avenue.
Delwin Brady
Delwin was part of the four-brother leadership team that took over the family business and formed Brady Brothers, Inc. after Dick's retirement.
What we stand for
Good plants. Honest answers. Personal service.
Quality
Healthy, carefully tended plants and products selected for Colorado conditions.
Local knowledge
Recommendations shaped by decades of experience with high-desert sun, wind, soils, and elevation.
Fairness
Respectful service and practical guidance whether you need one bag of fertilizer or a full landscape.
Community
A family-owned business committed to helping Central Colorado homes and gardens thrive.
Come be part of the Brady's story.
Visit Brady's Garden & Spa Center at 1121 S. 9th Street in Cañon City.