St Thomas, Ontario, Canada – Wednesday 9 October 2024: Ontario Plants, North America’s leading producer of young plants for greenhouse growers, has officially opened a new 13-acre high tech greenhouse facility at Glencoe in Ontario, Canada. 

The Glencoe greenhouse facility prioritizes world-class biosecurity, quality assurance and sustainability, ensuring young plants can thrive and ultimately supply consumers with nutritious, flavorful produce. Speed doors ensure an optimal growing environment and the facility has safety-certified cleaning stations, comprehensive pest management and rigorous monitoring by in-house food safety experts and entomologists. 

Mathieu van der Sande, CEO of Ontario Plants, said: “The new 13-acre greenhouse at Glencoe is a game-changer for Ontario Plants and most importantly for our customers. Ontario Plants has evolved to focus squarely on customer service, biosecurity and sustainability and the Glencoe facility demonstrates this growing excellence. We now have two high-tech greenhouse facilities – at Glencoe and St Thomas – meaning greater flexibility to meet customer demand for young, healthy and productive plants.”

More than 90% of rainwater from Glencoe’s roof will be captured and reused in the greenhouse. Energy efficiency is improved by using 2800 hybrid LED/ HPS lights, the Dalsem Air semi-closed system and renewable energy from heat pumps and a planned 6-acre solar installation. 

Ontario Plants now produces young plants under a total of 49 acres of glass across two locations, Glencoe and St Thomas, with 36 more acres of state-of-the-art greenhouses under development.