Solutions for Success
We deliver solutions, not just products. We firmly believe that this approach will help our customers grow, innovate and cultivate the future of horticulture. Explore examples of how A.M.A. delivers solutions for your success.
Case Studies
Saving water for the City of Edmonton
City of Edmonton and the H2O Labour-Saver hanging basket.
Getting started in leafy green hydroponics
Thiel’s Greenhouses and the Dry Hydroponics system.
Partnering for Success
Sunrise Greenhouses & Geotex PRO®
This article originally appeared in Hortidaily on July 4, 2025 and was authored by Arlette Sijmonsma. Read the original publication here. Learn more about the Geotex PRO® here. “Cleaning ground cloth is a challenge. We’re always looking for better and more efficient ways to do it,” says Rodney Bierhuizen, co-owner of Canadian pot plant grower......
Variety is Our Calling Card: A Visit to Brownridge Greenhouses
Tucked up behind the 10th sideline in Milton, Ontario is Brownridge Greenhouses, a wholesale grower that has been quietly supplying independent garden centres and retailers with a wide variety of high-quality perennials, annuals, herbs and vegetables for over fifty years. Variety is Brownridge’s calling card. When planting season hits, large box stores tend to source......
Good plants by good people, Huron Ridge’s secret to 50 years
Surrounded by soybean fields on a county road between Bayfield and Zurich, Ontario, sits a family-run greenhouse that has been drawing plant lovers to the region for fifty years. Since its first run of bedding plants in 1973, Huron Ridge Greenhouses has gained a reputation for growing and selling quality plant products, attracting customers from as far as Kitchener, London and Guelph....
Innovation Timeline
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2024
2024 was a banner year at A.M.A.! We designed and introduced the A.M.A. Strawberry Growing System, a professional grade production system for small scale strawberry producers. We introduced a line of weeding and cleaning machines from Terrazza MC to reduce time and labour for cleaning greenhouses, production areas, landscape fabric, driveways and more. And we introduced wire racking solutions from Van Schaik to improve merchandizing and keep potted plants upright on even the windiest days.
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2020
Introduced a first-of-its-kind organic vermicompost soil amendment to Canada.
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2019
Introduced the A.M.A. 60 growing container, designed by A.M.A. to meet COR soil volume requirements for organic greenhouse vegetable growers.
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2018
Introduced the RootSmartTM propagation tray, an A.M.A. innovation in partnership with Vineland Research & Innovation Centre.
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2017
Introduced Thirst Quencher, a unique watering spout designed for Al’s Flower Pouch to ensure easy, even watering.
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2016
Entered the North American berry market and began offering berry solutions for growers.
Introduced Urbanscape, a lightweight and easy-to-install greenroof system.
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2012
Introduced the Al’s Flower Pocket, a bite-sized version of the Al’s Flower Pouch.
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2010
Developed a 128 plug tray in collaboration with industry partners.
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2006
Introduced the A.M.A. 55 nursery tray to support tree propagators using Ellepots or stabilized media.
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2005
Introduced Al’s Hopper, a machine that enables two people to fill more than 250 Al’s Flower Pouches in just one hour.
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1999
Became the first company in North America to commercially produce Ellepots, an easy-rooting propagation solution that decreases labour, increases take rates and reduces plastics use.
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1997
Introduced the first North American-style stonewool plug tray to Canada.
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1996
Entered the hydroponic market and brought a new stonewool brand to North America.
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1992
Introduced the original Al’s Flower Pouch, invented by Allen Monsma, founder of A.M.A.