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Martin Bauer Group Acquires American Botanicals

October 30, 2025

Food & Beverage

German botanical ingredient supplier Martin Bauer Group has acquired American Botanicals, a US supplier of wildcrafted botanicals and herbs. The deal strengthens Martin Bauer's US sourcing, vertical integration and supply-chain resilience to better serve the global food and dietary supplement markets.

Botanical Designs (Beach Point) Acquires Foliage Design Systems

November 16, 2023

Environmental Services

Botanical Designs, a commercial plantscaping platform and portfolio company of Beach Point Capital Management, has acquired Foliage Design Systems, an interior landscaping and plantscaping services provider with a long presence in the southeastern United States. The add-on expands Botanical Designs' geographic footprint into key southeastern markets (Orlando, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and Atlanta) and strengthens its capabilities in design, installation and contracted plant maintenance.

Beach Point Capital Management Makes Majority Investment in Botanical Designs

January 9, 2023

Environmental Services

Beach Point Capital Management’s private equity team (on behalf of BPC Tactical Fund LP) made a majority investment in Botanical Designs, a specialty commercial landscaping and green-wall design, installation and maintenance company. Management will remain owners, terms were not disclosed, and the capital will support geographic expansion, business transformation and strategic M&A (Botanical Designs recently acquired Interior Foliage Company to expand in Seattle).

Bluebird Botanicals Acquires Precision Botanical; Juggernaut Capital Provides Growth Investment

July 23, 2021

Consumer Products

Bluebird Botanicals acquired Precision Botanical, gaining access to Precision’s Oregon-based hemp cultivation and extraction facility and science-driven product capabilities. Concurrently, Juggernaut Capital Partners made a growth investment in Bluebird to strengthen the combined company's financial profile and support online growth, retail expansion and product innovation.

Incline Equity Partners Acquires Starwest Botanicals

June 3, 2021

Food & Beverage

Pittsburgh-based private equity firm Incline Equity Partners acquired Starwest Botanicals, a Sacramento-based value-added distributor and processor of organic botanicals, herbs and spices. Incline plans to accelerate growth through investments in marketing, channel management, infrastructure, technology and add-on acquisitions; transaction terms were not disclosed.

Hydrofarm Acquires House & Garden

May 24, 2021

Agriculture

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. agreed to acquire House & Garden, Inc. and affiliated entities for approximately $125 million, funded with existing cash, with the acquired businesses becoming wholly owned indirect subsidiaries. The acquisition expands Hydrofarm's branded nutrients portfolio (including the House & Garden and Mad Farmer brands), with House & Garden expected to generate about $55 million in 2021 net sales and the deal valuing the business at under 7x estimated 2021 adjusted EBITDA.