McKay Nursery Company
Jess Jaehnke has extensive experience in sales and operations across various industries. Currently, as a Wholesale Sales Specialist at McKay Nursery Company since March 2017, Jess focuses on sales and customer engagement. Prior to this role, Jess co-owned Deppe's Awards Plus, managing daily operations including order processing, invoicing, and production for a printing and awards business from August 2008 to March 2017. Jess also has a strong background in customer service and sales from tenure at Heffron Homes, where responsibilities included customer file management, project budgeting, and marketing efforts, as well as experience in home building as a Managing Member of Avalon Home Builders and as a Home Builder at Wausau Homes, Inc. during the same period.
McKay Nursery Company
We’re horticulturalists and nurserymen. But we think of ourselves as careful farmers. As the largest and oldest nursery in Wisconsin it has been our mission to produce and care for our nursery stock in the most eco-friendly way. This is good for you in terms of the relative value we are able to provide. And it is good for the livelihood and job security of our 150+ employee owners. Since we're a 100% employee owned company we're team players who want the best for the company and the customer. Even though we're the largest nursery, you would never know by our attentive and knowledgeable staff. Our team is packed with horticulturists, landscape designers, gardeners, plant specialists, botanist, and everything between. We care about you and want to see you have a positive experience with our plants, it's that easy. Sustainability and earth-friendly practices are not new to us or a recent initiative. Since 1897, we have been caring stewards of our growing fields, which now number almost 2,000 acres, as well as good neighbors to the many family farms that make southern Wisconsin famous for its premium dairy products. Our business divisions include propagation, wholesale sales, retail sales, landscape design, installation and maintenance, retail garden center, and ecommerce.