Wednesday’s Experience
September 12, 20076:45 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Grower Tour: Greenhouse Experience on the Road
(Lunch will be provided)
We’re stepping out of the classroom and putting the tips and techniques you’ve learned over the past two days into practical application.
Willoway Nurseries, Inc is one of the largest wholesale growers of nursery stock in Ohio and ranks in the Top 40 nationwide. Featuring a wide variety of ornamental trees, shrubs, ground covers, perennials and seasonal color crops, Willoway serves customer from Iowa to Maine and from Michigan to Kentucky. In 2006 Willoway began construction on its new state-of-the-art, open-roof greenhouse range. The highlight is the Hurst Biomass Boiler which enables Willoway to burn wood waste as a primary heat source.
Rising labor, energy, materials, and shipping costs are concerns that weigh heavily on small and large growers alike. Since 1994 AgriNomix has been helping greenhouse and nursery growers find ways to make their operations more efficient by implementing production, material handling, and shipping automation solutions. This stop is a behind the scenes factory tour where you will learn how they work with leading global manufacturers to bring these solutions to the North American market.
Corso’s Perennials brings current ideas and strategies into the business of growing perennials and bedding plants. Corso’s provides its own branded Perennial Perfections plants, in addition to Herb Herberts Herbs, Stepables and Proven Winners plants to garden centers, in addition to its own garden center and landscape department.
Green Circle Growers A unique, 3 million square foot operation, Green Circle produces young plants and finished plants on a massive scale from one operation. GCG uses some of the most innovative and cutting edge equipment and systems to best utilize its space based on everything they need to do.