- Flats of plants sit beneath hanging baskets at Metrolina Greenhouses Inc. in Huntersville
Charlotte is known more for banking than agriculture, but the area is home to the largest single-site, heated greenhouse in the United States — Metrolina Greenhouses Inc. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler recently visited the Huntersville nursery while touring farms in the region. He got an up-close look at the company, which has been in business since 1972 and boasts 5 million square feet of heated greenhouses.
And speaking of greenhouses, greenhouse/nursery stock is the top crop in North Carolina, generating more than $777 million in cash receipts for producers in 2008, the most recent year for which figures are available.