City: Auburn, Ala.
Environmentally controlled square footage: 1,525,000
Percentage of production space under permanent environmentally controlled structure devoted to each crop:
Ornamental bedding plants–60%
Flowering potted plants–30%
Plugs and propagation material–10%
What’s the best way to describe your greenhouse operation and its role in contract growing?
We contract other growers to produce material for us.
Percentage of sales by customer:
Home improvement chains–50%
Independent garden centers–5%