MrMaple.com

Matthew and Tim Nichols are the co-owners and operators of Nichols Nursery, MrMaple.com, and MrGinkgo.com. They are passionate about their love for maples and they share this interest through educational talks and group presentations. They enjoy helping people learn about Japanese maples.

Matt's knowledge and love was recognized nationally when he was the lead speaker for the 2012 Maple Society Meeting in Seattle, Washington. Tim Nichols was a speaker at the 2013 Maple Society Meeting in Asheville, NC. Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, Matt and his brother Tim have expanded their father's hobby into a respected nursery that offers a large selection from their ornamental tree collection of over 1000 Japanese maple cultivars, over 100 acer species, and over 50 cultivars of ginkgo.

Tim and Matt are accomplished grafters who consider themselves students of maple and ginkgo propagation and are progressive in looking for improvements to this process. Tim is an active member of the International Plant Propagator's Society and sits on the executive board for the Blue Ridge Horticulture Association. Matt Nichols sits on the executive board of the Maple Society. They are also active members of the North American Conifer Society.

They travel extensively talking to industry leaders about propagation and advanced growing methods. Matt and his brother recently were guest lectures on Japanese Maple propagation for NC State University at the JC Raulston Arboretum. They have also guest lectured on propagation at the University of Tennessee. In 2013, Matt and Tim presented their first academic article on Japanese Maple Propagation to the Southern Region of the International Plant Propagator's Society. Nichols Nursery was recommended in the May 2011 issue of Southern Living Magazine. MrMaple.com was featured on an episode of In the Garden with Bryce Lane on PBS in fall 2013. If you want to learn about Japanese maples, MrMaple.com is the place to be.