January 28, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRIF) said that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on Griffin’s common stock.

The dividend is payable on March 4, 2010 to holders of record at the close of business on February 22, 2010.

New York-based Griffin operates a real estate business, Griffin Land, and Imperial Nurseries, Inc., its landscape nursery business.

Griffin also has investments in Centaur Media plc, a company based in the United Kingdom, and Shemin Nurseries Holdings Corp., which operates a landscape nursery distribution business through its subsidiary, Shemin Nurseries, Inc.

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