The Evergreen Story
30 Years of Growth and Sustainability
Evergreen’s remarkable journey spans over three decades – what started in a garage with founder Ting Xu’s family's creativity has become a global enterprise with over 500 employees. The following noteworthy milestones have shaped Evergreen’s success story.
Sustainability Achievements
Evergreen remains committed to sustainability on all fronts, including manufacturing, shipping renewable energy and more. Company announces it will make 100% of home and garden flags using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) fabric made from recycled plastic, keeping over 75 million plastic bottles out of landfills every year. Home and garden flags receive the GRS Certificate. Evergreen Celebrates its 30th anniversary!
Advancement By Acquisition
Evergreen continues its growth through the acquisition of Plow & Hearth, a multichannel retailer with Virginia roots, as well as SC Sports, ReUseIt.com, Bambeco and VivaTerra. Evergreen Canada is established to give Evergreen its first international direct sales force. The company launches a retail web site to sell directly to consumers.
Digital Evolution
The company introduces an all-inclusive web site to give wholesale customers access to thousands of items that can be ordered online 24/7. Dedicated home and garden showrooms open in Las Vegas and Atlanta. Evergreen expands to sell products in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Hail King Neptune!
Working with local artists and the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Evergreen assists in the design and creation of a massive King Neptune statue that’s displayed on the Virginia Beach boardwalk, commemorating the long-running Neptune Festival. It’s the largest bronze statue built since the Statue of Liberty!
International Growth
Evergreen Enterprises doubles its staff and cultivates more relationships with manufacturing facilities abroad to accommodate customer demand, including establishing a new logistics facility in China and breaking ground for a new warehouse storage facility in Richmond, Virginia.
Exciting Expansion
The business quickly expands with more product offerings and several milestones achieved, including breaking the $1 million mark in sales, its first catalog, first warehouse, and improvements to product design, inventory, importing, and distribution.
Evergreen Is Born
Evergreen Enterprises is born when Ting Xu and her family start creating garden flags in their garage and selling them at the Virginia State Fair. The business takes off and by the next year Evergreen has 10 flag kiosks in Virginia and North Carolina and participates in trade and gift shows across the country.
