Erin Nathanielsen had heard about a number of fellow flower growers across Canada selling or switching their businesses over to marijuana production, hoping to cash in when the drug is fully legalized.
However, it wasn’t until a few months ago that she started noticing that the reduced number of competitors was having a positive impact on her family business that grows potted kalanchoes, kalanchoe cut flowers, geraniums and begonias.
“We are starting to find demand is going up,” alongside some prices, says Ms. Nathanielsen, who co-owns McIntosh Greenhouses in Surrey, B.C., with her husband, Eric.
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