History

Tesi's Family

The nursery company was founded by Giorgio in the 1970s; today it is managed by the second generation.

40 years company

50 anni aziendale

1960-1965

Giorgio and Tullio decided, despite the opposition by the family still linked to the agricultural tradition of the land, to change the type of production: from the cereal and forage cultivations, to fruit and ornamental plants nurseries.


1973

Giorgio founded the company on the small family property (4 hectares). The company begins its expansion becoming more and more important in the nursery sector of Pistoia.


1990

The property becomes of 60 hectares, all cultivated with nursery plants. The company expands and new structures and potting systems are built.


2000

Giorgio suddenly passes away. Fabrizio, Tiziano, Romeo, and Claudio take on the management of the company.


2001

The business expands more and more with the acquisition of a company in Piadena and Canneto sull’Oglio in the provinces of Cremona and Mantua. 


2003

Giorgio Tesi Group trademark is registered, a necessary step to give organicity to a large and articulated company.


2007

The company grows thanks to the acquisition of new nurseries in Orbetello and San Benedetto del Tronto, specialised in the production of Mediterranean plants.


2010

Ten years after Giorgio’s death, the family decides to create the Fondazione Giorgio Tesi Onlus (Giorgio Tesi No Profit Foundation).


2013

40 years after its foundation the company is recognised in the nursery sector at European level.


2018

The production stretches over 500 hectares of land surface (360 of which for full field cultivations, 125 in pot, and  16 covered by greenhouses and shade structures); the company has more than 200 permanent dependent s in the production and commercial sectors, distributed in 18 production nurseries located in Pistoia and in the other 4 branches. 


2023

In 2023 the company reaches the important milestone of 50 years in business.


"The affection and the teachings are still current, the values ​​transmitted to us are still at the base of our life".

Fabrizio, Tiziano, Romeo and Claudio Tesi

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