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It is in 1962 that Mr. Jean-Claude Paquette
acquired
Abbotsford Nursery in which he leads successfully.
Later
his two sons joined the venture to make it a
family operated
business.In recent years the heading trio consists
of Jean-Claude,
his son Pierre who manages wholesale with production
and Pierre
Choquette who occupies administrative and the
retail division.
Since four decades, Abbotsford Nursery specializes
in the
production of trees, shrubs conifers grown in
both field and
container. In all we can count 1200 varieties
but recently
we added a wide range of roses as well as hundreds
of perennials.
Presently of the 65 hectares of land, 45 hectares
are designated
for field production and the remaining 20 hectares
is for
500,000 plants container grown.
For such a large scale production it is obvious
that a small
family cannot supply the demand of all Quebec
, Ontario and
the north eastern part of the United states,
therefore during
peak season Abbotsford Nusery is bustling with
150
experienced employees.
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