and you know when you’ve found ‘The One.’ That’s how I feel about WeedMD. From management to cultivation and every person and position in between. Everyone loves the brand and it’s reflected the moment you walk into the place. Once you can achieve that, success comes easily.”
Standing in the WeedMD facility, you wouldn’t know winter was in full swing outside. From the moment I walked through the front door until I walked back out at the end of the tour, I felt like I was transported to another world.
When I was growing up, my mother ran Toronto’s largest tropical plant maintenance company. Her clients included all the big banks, the Yonge-Eglinton Centre and the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. I spent countless early mornings at Valleyview Gardens and Sheridan Nurseries picking up truck loads of plants and heading to work for the day. I always loved going to the greenhouses; the warmth and humidity, the variety of fresh aromas, and the colours. But Derek is right about the people too. All the greenhouse staff, at every level, has a warmth about them which is carried through to the finished product, just like how a chef adds love as an ingredient to their food.
I’ve had my own cultivation license for years and know quite a few people with farms and grow rooms, but so far, WeedMD takes the cake. The Strathroy facility is on a sizeable plot of land with an impressive amount of greenhouse space using top-notch cultivation tech and highly skilled, happy staff that know how to get the most out of their plants. They’ve dialed it in from the bottom to the top.
On the ride back to the city, we were all a bit quieter. Instead of chatting about the industry, it seemed like we were more within ourselves, reflecting on our experiences, flipping through photos we snapped on the tour.
Looking out the window watching the stark winter landscape pass by, I felt like I had left part of myself in the WeedMD greenhouses while another part of me was back at Valleyview, walking through rows of tropical plants. So, thank you Lifford and WeedMD for helping me escape the February winter blahs for at least a day and transporting me to a warmer, happier place.
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