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John Moore

John Moore, founder and owner of Baltimore Valley Garden Centre, started out as a fourth-generation tobacco farmer.

In 1957 John’s father moved from the famous tobacco region of South Western Ontario to purchase and run his own farm in Baltimore. In the 50’s through the mid 80’s the Northumberland County region was home to many World Class tobacco farms. John grew up loving the farm and followed the footsteps of his family. In the late 80’s as the collapse of the tobacco industry hit Canada, John’s father made the difficult decision to sell the farm. This precipitated the birth of Baltimore Valley Garden Centre for John.

John knew he wanted to remain in Baltimore, so he began farming organic vegetables and selling them at a roadside stand. In 1989 John purchased the once Val’s Live Bait location at 5599 County Road 45 situated alongside the Baltimore Creek and named his new location Baltimore Valley Produce and Garden Centre. Over the years John has worked to build and expand new retail space around the garden centre in order to house a much larger selection of Nursery stock for customers to choose from.