Botanicus

Specialties

Creating and maintaining beautiful healthier business environments!

Live tropical plants, flowering bromeliads, artificial trees, plants and silk bushes, decorative planters and containers, green walls, vertical plant walls, perennial plantings.

History

Established in 1971.

In 1971, Botanicus opened its doors as the Plant Parlour on Main Street in Buffalo. The first plants-​only retail store in Western New York, we sold bonsai, grafted cactus, succulents and small plants.

By 1974, the company boasted three retail stores, a glass greenhouse in Lockport, New York, and a 28 acre nursery in Bonita Springs, Florida. In the mid-1970’s, Botanicus began offering commercial plant services to businesses in the Buffalo market, expanding into Rochester in the early 80’s. By 1986, operations were consolidated in order to concentrate exclusively on business customers.

Plants keep the air clean, creating a healthier, more productive work environment. Brighten up your office with a few plants, and we will keep them looking great. Go Green with Botanicus!

Meet the Business Owner

Kathyrn O.

Business Owner

Founder and owner, Kathryn O’Donnell, has grown her business much as she has grown her plants with patience, love, and skill. Over the years, she has achieved recognition not only for her horticultural expertise, but for her business savvy, too. A member of the National Interiorscape Network, former President of the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business and chair of the Environmental Issues Committee, she has lectured extensively on horticultural issues. Kathyrn has previously served on the boards of Green Plants for Green Buildings and the Women’s Business Center, mentoring budding entrepreneurs at S.U.N.Y. Buffalo’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. She continues to focus on the hallmark of her business green growth!