A new whitepaper now available for download offers key insights into the top issues and challenges facing the nation's largest greenhouse ornamentals operations.
The Sun Valley Group has made the tough decision to consolidate operations and discontinue growing at its Pleasant Valley division in Oxnard, CA. “The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented devastation in the floral industry and has also affected our company in many ways. These extraordinary conditions have necessitated us to look at ways to find a sustainable path forward,” said Lane DeVries, Owner of Sun Valley, which is #9 on Greenhouse Grower’s 2020 Top 100 Ornamental Growers report.
The nation’s largest growers aren’t waiting around to get ahead of rising production costs. They’re proactively taking targeted actions to remain competitive.
In one of the biggest deals in industry history, Altman Plants has doubled its size in the past year by acquiring additional space, including purchasing the remaining assets of Color Spot Nurseries, to take the lead as the nation’s largest greenhouse grower.
Named for the third generation of the Dewar family, the Elizabeth & Alexandra brand is designed to offer a youthful eye toward quality, style, and convenience for retail shoppers.
Pineae Greenhouses, an Ogden, UT-based producer of spring flowering annuals, perennials, and container nursery products, has achieved MPS-A certification from More Profitable Sustainability.
The sale of Color Spot Nurseries to Wells Fargo became official on August 17, 2018, resulting in Color Spot Nurseries emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a successful corporate restructuring.
In an interview with Greenhouse Grower, we got to know this large producer of shrubs, trees, and perennials a bit better, and learned what CEO Jonathan Saperstein plans to do with the Hines Division locations now that TreeTown USA as officially acquired the business from Wells Fargo.
With its pending sale to Wells Fargo Bank, Color Spot’s growing operations will continue in order to honor customer commitments. Meanwhile, the Hines Division, which will be sold to TreeTown USA, will support the company’s continued growth across the U.S.
A July 20 auction resulted in successful bids for the largest greenhouse operation in the country, and a hearing following the auction indicated approval of the sale.
