City: Glenwood, Md. Owner: J. Alvin Smith and Family Website: walnutsprings.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 359,888 Shade house square […]

City: Sedan, Kan. Owner: Gary, Jonathan and Jeremy Cude Website: sedanfloral.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 661,804 Shade house square footage: 0 […]

City: Portage, Mich. Owner: Mark R Elzinga Website: gardensareeasy.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 1,400,000 Shade house square footage: 0 Field […]

City: Glendora, Calif. Owner: Employee owned Website: Armstronggrowers.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 685,000 Shade house square footage: 522,000 Field production […]

City: Carpinteria, Calif. Owner: Eduard Van Wingerden Website: ever-bloom.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 650,000 Shade house square footage: 0 Field […]

City: Van Buren, AR Owner: Paul Parks and Charley Parks Website: parksbrothers.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 675,000 Shade house […]

City: Encintas, Calif. Owner: Bob Echter Website: drammechter.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 1,040,000 (12% offshore) Shade house square footage: 0 Field […]

City: Somers, Conn. Owner: Len and Elaine VanWingerden Website: growerdirectfarms.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 785,000 Shade house square footage: 217,800 […]

City: Carpinteria, CA Owner: Toine Overgaag Website: westerlayorchids.com Environmentally controlled square footage: 630,000 square feet Shade house square footage: 65,000 […]

Hines Nurseries recently restructured its executive management team, naming Steve Thigpen president and chief executive officer, Joe Gray […]

As I was working on our tribute to Metrolina Greenhouses’ Tom Van Wingerden (page 14), I received sad […]

We lost one of our industry’s greatest visionaries when Tom Van Wingerden, founder of Metrolina Greenhouses in Huntersville, […]

We lost one of our industry’s greatest visionaries on Saturday when Tom Van Wingerden, founder of Metrolina Greenhouses […]