A 2nd - generation family business is thrive by making all the correct move and form with top companies , include Agra Tech in Pittsburg CA . It ’s foretell Matsuda ’s Nursery , a company that has elaborate its artful tradition of cultivate the all right flora material useable since 1957 . With 160 acres of produce ground that admit 78,000 solid feet of glasshouse , 32,000 square feet of propagation space , and 35 acres of nicety , Matsuda ’s is a leader in turn plants , bush and bloom .
by Ed Attanasaio
Back in 2003 , The Gill family prove Green Acres Nursery & Supply ’s first location and now has five computer storage total , including Sacramento , Folsom , Elk Grove and Rocklin . In 2014 , the Gill family unit purchase Matsuda ’s Nursery and now sells its plants through Green Acres while also market its products for resale nationwide .
Travis , 32 , grew up in the industry and loves the business organization . " My father worked for many old age in garden heart and I remember sweep the floors and helping out at a very early age , " Gill said . " By tapping into my pa ’s knowledge and experience , we ’ve been capable to win and adding this Agra Tech greenhouse is a gravid part of that . "
The three main deliverables at Matsuda ’s include flora multiplication , develop perennials and ornamental and brokering houseplant , Gill said . " We carry more than 1,500 dissimilar species of trees , shrub and plant and are well - known as a unique niche supplier for many products , " he sound out . " We purchase houseplants from Florida and Hawaii to resell them at Green Acres and store them in our greenhouses prior to sale and that ’s what we ’re going to be doing with our novel Agra Tech greenhouse . "
A camellia boom under an Agra Tech shade household
Recently , the company purchased a 21,000 + square metrical foot Solar Light greenhouse from Agra Tech that contains three climate zona for dissimilar purpose , Gill said . " We have two partition in there to make three decided climate zones with wide-ranging light and temperatures . We can dial in the conditions so that the plants will be healthy and happy when we ship them to the stores . acclimatization of the plants prior to delivery is important and it allows us to asseverate a broader and deeper inventory . "
To provide diffused light to their houseplant , Matsuda ’s went with a twin wall polycarbonate roof for several understanding . " This will give us better timber light and chill the interior of the greenhouse as well , " Gill said . " It ’s a performance foil and it requires less maintenance than a twofold poly cap and is a top of the line answer for what we were look for . "
Gill appreciates the military service and cognition that has been provided by the people at Agra Tech . " They do n’t fly it , that ’s for sure , " he said . " They were very respectable at listening to our penury and worry and coming up with solutions that cultivate for us . I enjoy work with Jim Bergantz , because he is all about client service and doing an amazing job . "
New nursery showing some of the extra employment required by the metropolis to provide ADA memory access
Gill respects Agra Tech ’s squad of greenhouse experts and praise the company for its unique note value , he said . " John Pound , the owner come here and met with us and we have always been working with Eloise at ATI and she has been unbelievably helpful . You really get your money ’s worth when you hire Agra Tech and that ’s why we ’re delighted with the human relationship and hope to mould with them on other project in the time to come . "
AgCon of San Jose , CA is presently make the glasshouse , under the guidance of Ray Pound , according to Gill . " He is work on with a work party of five right now and we are positive that the job will be done on - time and the work will be of the highest tone , " he read . " Coincidentally , AgCon build a greenhouse for Matsuda ’s manner back in the 1980s and it is still in function . So , we ’re very familiar with Ray ’s work , because this sometime nursery is still hanging in there and in use after all these years . "
Ray Pound inside the kitchen stove of Agra Tech arch houses he put in in the 80 ’s . They are still in use today .
To put up top - notch environmental control system for the Agra Tech nursery , Gill hired Argus Environmental Controls , a 30 - year - old Canadian company that often partner with ATI . " The mass at Agra Tech advise we work with Argus , which has turn out to be another wise move , " he say . " They ’re a great company that is providing us with our entire environmental control organisation , including all of the electric and plumbery . We went with the best and that ’s why we take Argus . "
ATI Sales Engineer Jim Bergantz is astonished at what Matsuda ’s is attain with their new Solar Light greenhouse . " This nursery is being used to warehouse their houseplant , maintaining their integrity and quality before they off the marketplace . As a former gardener , I ’m impressed by this projection and felicitous to be a part of it . We worked heavily to come up with an ideal solution for them and I think we hit a rest home run , so we ca n’t await to see it when it soon comes to fruition . "
When their ATI nursery is up and running in the spring , Gill will be quick as the company enters a new period in Matsuda ’s long and successful history . " By have more space to store these plants before we broker them , we will be able to keep more money in our pocket , " he enunciate . " We are activated about this new projection and look forward to see the results at first hand . "
For more information : Agra Tech2131 Piedmont WayPittsburg , CA 94565 T : ( 925 ) 432 - 3399F : ( 925 ) 432 - 3521[email protected]agratech.com
