Sunset Nurseries Inc. is a Thompson, Connecticut landscape design-build and nursery company that has been operating since 1974, giving it more than four decades of continuous experience serving northeastern Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The business is led by Greg Panu Sr. and Greg Panu Jr. — Greg Jr. is a University of Connecticut College of Agriculture & Natural Resources graduate — and the family’s combined experience spans nearly half a century of landscape work in the region. They opened a retail plant nursery and garden store in Thompson in 2019, adding a public-facing retail component to their established landscape contracting business.
The company’s service scope is broad and reflects their full design-build capability: landscape design, plant and tree installation, hardscaping (patios, retaining walls, stone pathways, outdoor fireplaces), lawn installation, aeration, renovation, irrigation system design and installation, turf management, pruning and trimming, land clearing and grading using owned commercial equipment, golf course and commercial turf management, and snow removal. That combination of design creativity, horticultural knowledge, and heavy-equipment capability positions Sunset Nurseries as a full-service landscape firm capable of handling projects that purely design-focused or purely maintenance-focused companies cannot.
Certified applicators in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island for turf and ornamental treatments, Sunset Nurseries brings licensed expertise to lawn care and plant health management that distinguishes them from general landscapers who apply treatments without formal certification. Their irrigation design capability adds a sustainability dimension — properly designed systems protect the landscape investment while using water efficiently, which is a meaningful consideration for larger properties and commercial accounts.
Snow removal is a winter service the company has offered alongside their landscape work for decades, serving northeastern Connecticut businesses and properties with the same commercial-grade equipment used in their landscape construction operations. The operational experience of managing large equipment across multiple Connecticut property types throughout the year translates directly to efficient, reliable winter snow management.
For homeowners and businesses in northeastern Connecticut — including Thompson, Woodstock, Pomfret, and surrounding communities — looking for a landscape company with 50 years of regional history, a UConn-educated lead designer, certified applicator credentials, and the equipment to handle both complex landscape construction and snow management, Sunset Nurseries represents one of the most comprehensive landscape resources in that part of the state.