Horticulture Makes Front Page of Asheville Citizen-Times

An industry in bloom

Area’s population boom keeps growers busy
by John Boyle, JBOYLE@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM
published May 17, 2006 12:15 am

ETOWAH — The new crop of homes and commercial buildings in Western North Carolina may encroach on farmland, but it has a major upside for some growers, especially those in landscaping and greenhouse-related businesses. To read full article online click here.

photo credit: Steve Dixon, sdixon@citizen-times.com

Carlos Fernandez guides a tree onto a trailer for a Brevard customer as Worth Weant runs the loader at Hillside Nursery’s operation in Transylvania County. The Henderson County-based company has seen its business in the mountains grow by 300 percent in the past five years.