After graduation, I took a job as a salesman enabling me to travel in Ohio allowing me to visit and learn from the big greenhouses there. I was eager to learn every bit I could about the business so that one day I could run my own successful business. Soon after starting as a salesman, the company I was working for changed directions and another opportunity presented itself. A salesman came to me and told me about someone that was looking to retire and get out of the business because he knew I was looking to get in.
When we came to La Grange in 1989, we had about 15,000 sq. ft. of greenhouses and were growing only cut flowers and some poinsettias. Today, we have about 50,000 square feet of greenhouses and no longer grow cut flowers. We now grow annuals and perennials for the spring, mums in the fall, and poinsettias for the Christmas season.
We start almost all of our plants from seed or unrooted cuttings, hence rooting them ourselves. We then transplant them and grow them into the finished product for you to buy. Call Goodwin Greenhouse today for additional information about how we can serve you.”
-Stephen Goodwin – Owner Operator and Grower