There are roses outside the building where the cannabis is grown, planted nearby beyond a tall chain-link fence.
Inside the building, medical cannabis plants grow and are harvested. There’s a room for labeling and a kitchen for the eventual production of edibles.
Bill Dewar, whose dad started Dewar Nurseries off Keene Road in the early 1960s, is a partner in Sanctuary Medicinals in Florida, which runs the Apopka cannabis cultivation facility. It is one of the latest entries into the growing medical cannabis business in the state.
While his nursery is known for roses, Dewar said flowers and cannabis aren’t that far apart, botanically speaking.
“It’s not as different as people would think,” Dewar said. “The anatomy of plants isn’t that different.”
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