Greenhouse grower named family business of the year

Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, N.H., has been named the 2010 Family Business of the Year by the Univ. of New Hampshire Center for Family Business. Owned by the Huntington family, the company is the largest wholesale grower in New Hampshire, and one of the largest in New England.

Started in 1976 by Jonathan and Eleanor Huntington and sons Jeff and Henry, the company has expanded from 3 greenhouses and 10 employees to 2 facilities with 13 acres of greenhouses, 15 acres of outdoor growing space and $21 million in sales. The company employs a workforce of 120 full-time employees that expands to more than 250 during the peak-growing season.

Today Pleasant View is owned and operated by sons Jeff and Henry Huntington, and a third generation (Jeff and Henry’s five sons) has become involved in the business. All three generations of Huntingtons are graduates of the Univ. of New Hampshire Thompson School. In 2009, the family established a scholarship fund for students in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and the Thompson School of Applied Science who are studying plant science, horticulture and related subjects, or applied business management. 

 

Pictured: Members of the Huntington family who own and operate Pleasant View Gardens, which was named the 2010 Family Business of the Year by the Univ. of New Hampshire Center for Family Business.