The attention to detail and quality control is obvious. The dedication and commitment that Oliver and Cindy Paine make to their family business is plain to see. During down times, we work 40 to 45. For a business that began with one greenhouse on a vacant piece of the family s farmland, the expansion since 1974 s grand opening is significant. Oliver B. Paine Greenhouses now cover 75,000 square feet.
Aerial photographs taken over the years hang in Paine s office.
The trailer his family lived in sits near the greenhouses in the early photos. The Paines eventually built a contemporary wood and stone house that sits on a hill overlooking the greenhouses. The house took time to build because Paine did most of the work himself and he has a fine-tuned attention for detail. His home reveals it as does each plant in the greenhouse. One son, Oliver Paine IV, works as a sales representative in Connecticut and the other, Michael, is a sophomore at Syracuse University.