Gordon Bailey Jr. rode his bicycle 2,157 miles from Fort Clatsop, Ore., to Newport, Minn., in June and July 1999.

Production manager Vern Black, left, president Rodney Bailey and chairman of the board Gordon Bailey Jr. have seen Bailey Nurseries diversify and grow in the last 15 years.

Bailey's West Coast divisions, led by vice president Don Pond, ships more than 250 tractor-trailer loads of bare-root material to Minnesota every winter.