Name: Tar Heel Traveler: Metrolina Greenhouses
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Description: If you have a plant in your home, there's a good chance it came from this green house. The Tar Heel Traveler made his way to Huntersville to visit the largest collection of green houses in the nation.

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AIR. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET TO THEM. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY YEAH. WELL, IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE SPRING IN THE PLANTS ARE FEELING IT TOO. WELL, TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER NORTH OF CHARLOTTE, SCOTT MASON VISIT A PLANT LOVERS PARADISE. >> IT BEGAN AS A DREAM THAT WAS NURTURED AND CULTIVATED. >> AND THAT GREW AND GREW AND GREW. >> IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM. A COLORFUL DREAM. I COME TO WORK EVERY DAY. AMAZED AMAZED BY THE SIZE AND SCOPE. BUT WE'RE THE LARGEST SINGLE SITE GREENHOUSE UNITED STATES, 8 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF GREENHOUSE PAY AND 800 FULL-TIME STAFF AND MILLIONS OF PLAY. WE DO. 75 MILLION PLANTS A YEAR THAT PEOPLE BUY, THEY BUY THEM AT BIG BOX STORES UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST. YES, WE RUN ABOUT 300 TRUCKS A DAY. METRO GREENHOUSES IN HUNTERSVILLE NEAR CHARLOTTE. THAT'S NOT THE FAMILY NAME OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST THE METRO LINE AREA HERE NORTH MECKLENBURG COUNTY, THE FAMILY NAME IS VAN WINGARD. THAT'S TOM. I THINK IT'S A REAL AMERICAN DREAM AND CAME OVER TO AMERICA. MOM AND 2 OLDER BROTHERS. SO $500 TO TODDLERS AND THEY PICKED UP FROM HOLLAND AND CAME HERE TO UNITED STATES, STARTED OFF A LITTLE QUARTER ACRE GREENHOUSE AND THEN BUILT A SLOWLY INTO WHAT IS TODAY. A 200 ACRE GREENHOUSE IS NOT GET AROUND ON A SCOOTER EVERY DAY AND A PIPE ABOUT 100 MILES AWAY. CON. >> TRYING TO AUTOMATE EVERYTHING WE CAN. WE ACTUALLY LOOK FOR JOBS THAT PEOPLE HATE TO DO AND HAVE MACHINES DO FOR THEM IS I'M WORK. THESE TEAMS HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THEY PUT IN TO EACH CONTAINER. AND SO THAT'S DONE WITH THE HUMAN HAND. SO IT'S A GOOD MIX OF ART AND SCIENCE TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPENED. MY GRANDMOTHER, SHE'S A PLANTER. SHE ACTUALLY IS A BIG FAN OF METRO GOT FAMILY 3 STATES AWAY AND THEY CALL ME EVERY OTHER WEEK. >> WE BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR PLANTS. WE'VE WANT TO BE IF YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE GREENHOUSE IS ANYTHING THAT FALLS ON GLASGOW'S 2 DAUGHTERS, THOSE GUTTERS AND DRAINS A 3 PONDS THAT WE HAVE. WE HOLD ABOUT 220 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER ON SITE WHEN ALL OF OUR PONDS ARE FULL. WE DON'T WASTE ANYTHING AROUND HERE. >> YOU KNOW, STILL WATERS. HE THE COMPANY'S EXPANDED GROUPS THAT OPEN AND CLOSE YOUR GRANDFATHER INVENTED THIS TECHNOLOGY. DOES. MY IS A DESIGNER AND BUILDER. HE DESIGNED A LOT OF THAT ORIGINALLY, MAN IN NATURE WILL BE IN STORES BY TOMORROW. I MEAN, SOMEONE SHOPPING CART BY SATURDAY WILL BE IN SOMEONE'S HOME BY SUNDAY. THIS IS THE TRIAL GUARD AND WE'RE SEEING IT DO GROW IN PEOPLE'S GARDENS. AND MOST PEOPLE TELLS US THE LARGEST REGARDING UNITED STATES AND AMERICAN DREAM THAT THE GAME AS A SEEDLESS AND ALL OF US HAVE JUST AN AMAZING PASSION FOR IT. AND SO IT'S FUN TO DO. WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S WORK. IT'S THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND WE WOW. THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. YOU GET REALLY CALLED A GREEN THUMB ANYMORE. SAID GREEN HAND, RIGHT? THAT'S A LINE OF GREEN HOUSES IS LOCATED IN

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