Thomas Cox was born in London in 1849 and operated a floral shop in Paterson for twenty-five years.

Cox’s Landscaping began at 32 Brookfield Road, Upper Montclair, at the turn of the century with Thomas’ son Philip.

Philip Cox using a team of horses to plow the 10 acre nursery located at 39 Alexander Avenue, Upper Montclair circa 1918.

Before front-end loaders were available; skids, blocks, and tackle were used to move large trees.

Philip Cox’s truck parked at 39 Alexander Avenue, Upper Montclair, ready to go to work.

View (looking west) of Philip Cox’s Nursery in Upper Montclair circa 1925.

Philip’s son Theodore Francis Cox loading a tree for delivery and planting at his nursery, located at 56 Alexander Avenue (across the street from his father’s nursery).

Ariel view (looking west) of Theodore Francis Cox’s nursery at 56 Alexander Avenue circa 1935.

Theodore Fredrick Cox flips over a tractor in 1945 while plowing the fields at our present location at 1201 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove. Notice East Lindsley Avenue in the background.

The start of the retail garden center business at 1201 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove began in 1950 with Theodore Frederick Cox.

This building was originally at the corner of Lorraine and North Mountain (next to the train tracks) and used by a British landscape architect who operated his business in it from 1920 to 1940. Theodore Francis Cox purchased the building for $50.00 in 1945 and had it moved to our current location at 1201 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove where it become our first office.

Theodore Francis Cox (1975), preparing an landscape design estimate for a customer.

Theodore Frederick Cox in our new landscape design office at 1201 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove, circa 1990.

Planting a maple tree in Montclair.

Theodore Frederick Cox Jr. (who joined the business full-time in 1978) and his son Theodore Francis Cox II (presently in college).