Brighton nursery files for bankruptcy protection

Brighton nursery files for bankruptcy protection

A third-generation plant nursery says that declines in the real estate sector are partly to blame for its struggles as it seeks to avoid a receivership following major loan defaults. Arbor Valley Nursery, which is headquartered at a Brighton farm, has 42,000 trees in the ground on its 338 acres along the Front Range. It was founded by Roy Edmundson in 1979. Revenue fell sharply last year, from $33.8 million in 2024 to $14.4 million in 2025, acco…