Youngsman, who was named Greenhouse Grower’s second-ever Grower of the Year in 1986, was a problem solver and active voice for floriculture in the Pacific Northwest.
Earlier this year, Skagit Horticulture in Washington announced it would be shutting down. CEO Scott Crownover shares his thoughts on the company, its team, and lessons others can learn from.
A tight labor market and tiresome job duties at greenhouses across the country lead to stiff competition to recruit employees. In the first of an exclusive four-part series on labor, learn how growers are working hard to differentiate themselves and recruit the cream of the crop.
The plants from Suntory Flowers will be available in 72-cell liners and bare root forms through a distribution partnership with McHutchison and Vaughan’s Horticulture.
When you’re dealing with hundreds of thousands of square feet of controlled-environment production, any wrinkle in the horticulture supply chain can have major effects. Here’s how some of the industry’s largest operations are planning for 2022 and beyond.
Skagit Horticulture has opened a new clean-stock greenhouse to complement its large-scale production of select agricultural plant starts launched last year.
The first year of the Washington Lean Consortium came to a successful conclusion, with members reporting significant savings in costs and more efficient production.
By merging two large-scale producers, Skagit Gardens and Northwest Horticulture, the new company has realized its strengths through focused divisions that emphasize efficiency and success.
The new grower-propagator partners are deeply vested in the independent garden center channel with propagation expertise, as well as finished production focused on the independent grower.
