It’s a rare endeavor that produces legal, hydroponically grown cannabis under LED grow lights in a horse barn on an island reachable only by ferry. Oh, and it’s owned and operated by a mother-daughter duo.
It’s real and it’s called Vashon Velvet. It’s the brainchild of Chief Operating Officer Susan Reid, her daughter Ivy Gress (Director of Marketing and Sales) and their Master Grower and part-owner Patrick Rooney.
Located on Vashon Island, a small land mass in Puget Sound near Seattle, Vashon Velvet produces a boutique-style cannabis that draws rave reviews up and down the Northwest Coast. Grown in small batches to ensure the finest quality, the hand-crafted product’s devout fan base includes Seattle techies and baby boomers looking for quality product that hearkens back to their youth.
With sustainability top of mind, The Vashon Velvet team knew from the outset that they wanted to use LED lights to grow their crop, even though they were hearing over and over again from other growers that they wouldn’t be able to produce a good product under LED lights.
