Automatic Rain Company

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Horizon is a "professional supplier" that sells a variety of products and services to the green industry professional through 40 Horizon stores in 8 western states. Horizon is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and offers one of the most extensive arrays of products in the industry, including vendors such as Rain Bird, Hunter, Irritrol, Exmark, and Monsanto.In 1961, Bill and Eleanor Hayes founded Automatic Rain, an irrigation distributor based in Menlo Park, California. The Hayes family operated Automatic Rain for 38 years, acquiring various companies and launching additional full service locations.In 1977, David Lange opened Mesa Sprinkler, a wholesale irrigation supply company Dave had founded while working in the irrigation industry. In 1997, after 20 successful years of running Mesa Sprinkler, he purchased Horizon Turf, which specialized in the sale and service of turf maintenance products and power equipment. This union of both turf equipment and irrigation under one roof was an innovation to the industry. Mesa Sprinkler and Horizon Turf were consolidated as Horizon in 1998.

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