Member Pleasant View Gardens Named UNH Family Business of the Year

Congratulation to Green Works Member Pleasant View Gardens!  Owned by the Huntington family, Pleasant View Gardens is the largest wholesale grower in New Hampshire, and one of the largest in New England.

In 1976, Jonathan and Eleanor Huntington, and sons Jeff and Henry, moved from Connecticut to Loudon to purchase Pleasant View Gardens, a wholesale greenhouse company. At that time, the facility consisted of three greenhouses and 10 employees. The customer base focused on local florists and provided only walk-in trade.

Today, Pleasant View has two facilities in the state with 13 acres of greenhouses, 15 acres of outdoor growing space, and $21 million in sales. Pleasant View Gardens is a founding partner of Proven Winners, a marketing company that has created the top brand in gardening. They are also a partner in Ticoplant, an offshore stock facility in Costa Rica, and a partner in Plant 21, a breeder of new plant genetics.

In the Granite State, the company employs 120 full-time people and grows to more than 250 in the peak-growing season. Pleasant View ships Proven Winners young plants to growers throughout the United States. In 2008, Proven Winners was chosen by The Home Depot to fill the “best brand” category in all stores nationwide.

Pleasant View continues to be a successful family business despite a devastating fire in January 2010 that destroyed more than 30,000 square feet of its greenhouse. Because of the efforts of employees, suppliers, and other community members, the company rebuilt and had almost 60,000 square feet of new greenhouses in production by April 1.

Today Pleasant View is owned and operated by sons Jeff and Henry Huntington, and a third generation (Jeff and Henry’s five sons) has begun to fill the ranks of the Huntington family business.