HATHEWAY FLORAL COMPANY
1952 - 1976
Etowah Greenhouses - 100 McKinney Road
Today, property of Johnson Building Supply
1952 - 1976
Etowah Greenhouses - 100 McKinney Road
Today, property of Johnson Building Supply

THE GREENHOUSES
Driving southbound through Etowah, looking across from the Dutch Cupboard & El Bronco restaurants, and just beyond a vacant parcel, are what remains of the four greenhouses that were the heart of a once thriving horticultural business.
First greenhouse built in 1952. Additional greenhouses added later. According to State of North Carolina records, Hatheway Floral Company incorporated the business in 1959. Today, the greenhouses are on the property of Johnson Building Supply.
Driving southbound through Etowah, looking across from the Dutch Cupboard & El Bronco restaurants, and just beyond a vacant parcel, are what remains of the four greenhouses that were the heart of a once thriving horticultural business.
First greenhouse built in 1952. Additional greenhouses added later. According to State of North Carolina records, Hatheway Floral Company incorporated the business in 1959. Today, the greenhouses are on the property of Johnson Building Supply.

"The Glad Era"
from the book "Kermit Edney Remembers,"
by Kermit Edney, p.186, p. 188, 1979
"It may surprise you to know that back in the 1940s and 1950s you could drive through the Mills River Valley and see hundreds of acres of gladioli in full bloom, right out in the open field."
"The early to mid-'50s was a time that folks could drive out through the Mills River Valley and see a blooming spectacle that would have equaled tulip growth in Holland. Up to 350 acres of glads were farmed each year by the twelve growers."
from the book "Kermit Edney Remembers,"
by Kermit Edney, p.186, p. 188, 1979
"It may surprise you to know that back in the 1940s and 1950s you could drive through the Mills River Valley and see hundreds of acres of gladioli in full bloom, right out in the open field."
"The early to mid-'50s was a time that folks could drive out through the Mills River Valley and see a blooming spectacle that would have equaled tulip growth in Holland. Up to 350 acres of glads were farmed each year by the twelve growers."