Family-grown since 1919
Four generations of growers, a love of beautiful plants, and one of the greenest greenhouses in the country — heated by the earth itself.
It started with one greenhouse
Masson Farms began more than a century ago, in 1919, when James Masson bought a 15,000 sq. ft. greenhouse in Kansas City, Kansas. His small operation specialized in begonias, cyclamen, chrysanthemums, and primulas.
His son, Alexander R. Masson, expanded the company by developing one of the first wholesale plant greenhouses west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies — setting the course for the company’s success today.
The tradition passed to his sons, James and R. Alexander Masson. The company grew to three acres by 1968 and expanded to Linwood, Kansas in 1972, where the beloved “Sunflower Sue” brand was born. Today the family still focuses on quality, variety, service — and renewable energy.
A century of growing
James Masson opens the first greenhouse in Kansas City, Kansas.
Expansion into Linwood, Kansas — and the birth of “Sunflower Sue.”
The New Mexico chapter begins with a greenhouse in Las Cruces.
A new Radium Springs facility taps geothermal energy.
The 2nd-largest geothermal-heated greenhouse in the U.S.
Growing green, the clean way
In 1985 Masson Farms expanded to New Mexico, and two years later built a new facility in Radium Springs to tap the region’s geothermal resources. Naturally heated water rises from deep underground, warms the greenhouses directly, and returns to the earth.
The EPA and U.S. Department of Energy recognize geothermal as one of the most environmentally friendly ways to heat and cool — no fossil fuels, and none of the carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases that pollute the air. Unlike solar or wind, it’s available around the clock.
“Being in the green business, we’re even more green — we’re not using fossil fuel. It’s clean for the environment, the workplace, and the product we grow. It brings clean enjoyment, and it is everything to me.”
— Alex R. Masson, OwnerCome see what we grow
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