About Us

J & K LLamas Landscape & Nursery is locally owned and operated.  While Jerry and Kathy didn’t grow up in Fallon, they have been in the Lahontan Valley for over 30 years and “home means Nevada” to them and their entire family.

Our 3 acre location on the Reno Highway came about 6 years ago when we out grew our previous location.  Each year we have a great time adding something new and wondrous to inspire you and transform some portion of the nursery. 

J & K LLamas is a complete nursery and garden center that focus’ on foundation and ornamental/flowering trees, shrubs and flowers with an emphasis on plant material for the poor soils and harsh weather of the high desert climate in the Lahontan Valley and surrounding areas.  At the nursery you will find a wide-range of soil supplements and tools to promote healthy soil, plants and aid in weed and pest control.  We pride ourselves on the unique statuary, fountains, pottery, and  home and garden décor we carry.  As Fallon’s largest decorative rock yard, which includes soils and bark mulches, we serve the do-it-yourselfer and many of the area’s landscape contractors, designers and their clients.

We strive to provide our customers with the most up-to-date, tried and true information.  By demanding excellence from ourselves we are able to promote your success by creating landscape solutions, bug and weed identifications, turf management, plant pruning and maintenance.

  • Meet Our staff

Meet the Staff

Jerry LLamas

JerryNevada Contractor's License
Jerry grew up around the industry and learned a love of landscaping in all its forms from his dad. When Jerry moved here as a teenager from the LA area, he wasted no time in setting up a lawn mowing business. After college, he earned a Nevada Contractor's License and expanded his scope to sprinkler installation and landscaping. Then in 1988 he and Kathy were able to open up a nursery to the public. J & K LLamas Landscape & Nursery started out on a small little lot on Taylor Place and has now evolved to the 3-1/2 acre location on the Reno Highway. He has a passion to offer people an oasis in their yard. He believes that a homeowner should be able to come home and enjoy their yard as an additional living space. He also believes that a homeowner should only spend as much time and effort on the yard as they want. To that end, Jerry spends a lot of time talking to the homeowner(s), planning, laying out a job, installing it and then following up with the homeowner. When Jerry is not busy giving estimates, designing, laying out a job or any of his many other duties you will find him coaching whatever sport is in season and his kids are involved in.

Kathy LLamas

KathyCertified Nevada Nurseryman
When Kathy first married Jerry she didn't even know what a petunia was! How far she has come! Her desire to learn about what her husband was passionate about set her in motion. She immersed herself in books, videos, classes and other nurseries, and the tutoring of her father-in-law to learn as much as she could. Being a registered nurse as well, she had a vast understanding of plants and their uses in people's lives. Together with Jerry they began to plan a full service nursery and gift shop. She has applied her desire to provide Fallon and the surrounding areas with the highest quality and largest selection of plants, truly one-of-a-kind gifts and friendliest and most knowledgeable staff. The nursery and gift shop have “grown” in no small part to a desire to provide the best of everything and always create a sense of wonder. Kathy still continues her work as a nurse at the local hospital in addition to working in the nursery. When she isn't at the nursery or hospital she can be found volunteering her time with various children's sporting events.

Jerry LLamas, Sr.

Jerry Sr.Our Guru
Jerry has been in the “Green Industry” for more than 53 years! He moved to America in 1954 and got a job at the San Gabriel Nursery in San Gabriel, CA. He started out as a salesman at the 10 acre retail facility/20,000 acre growing facility (including greenhouses.) While there he was taught the art of Oriental Landscaping—including bonsai, topiary and shaping of all sorts of plant material by a gentleman named Mr. Yoshimura and Mr. Kishi. After that he graduated from Pasadena City College with a degree that encompassed soil erosion control methods, plant ID, landscape design, irrigation, pesticides, herbicides, troubleshooting and many other topics. He came to Fallon with his wife and family in 1976. He currently holds several certificates in fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, etc. and a Nevada Contractor's License. He is invaluable here at the nursery with his knowledge and friendly smile for our customers and staff.

Kim Klenakis

KimISA Certified Arborist (2004), Nevada Certified Nurseryman (2004)
Kim was born and raised right here in Churchill County. Living in Northern Nevada has given her a lifelong interest in the outdoors. Kim really enjoys working with her hands. Her enthusiasm for things grown and created spills over onto her customers. Kim has been with J&K LLamas since 2002. She is the Administrative Assistant and an all around Jill-of-all-trades. She enjoys sharing her knowledge through the many classes she teaches. Some include growing and cooking with herbs, potted plant care, water features, rose care and what ever strikes her curiosity. Kim really enjoys taking time with individual customers and giving them the benefit of her training.

Theresa Barnes

Theresa BarnesNursery Manager
We are so excited to have Theresa (and her husband, Kurt) back with us in Fallon!  Her wealth of information and enthusiasm makes her such a valuable asset to the nursery.  She was born and raised in Colorado and is a 2006 graduate of Colorado State University—where she majored in Horticulture focusing on floriculture  (the discipline of horticulture focused on the cultivation of flowers and ornamental plants for gardens and for the floral industry primarily in green houses.)  After graduating she did an internship at Disney World in Florida where she was in charge of her own greenhouse.  She has also worked for a well known gift store and brings great energy and vision to our Unique Gift Shop.