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Take a Private Tour of Harvest, One of Arizona's Largest Cultivation Centers

By Jacob Tyler Dunn

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 11:27 p.m.

Jacob Tyler Dunn The most vividly colorful plant in the whole cultivation center. 1/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The indoor operation of Harvest is huge. 2/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Plants are grown to perfection at Harvest. 3/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Baby plants starting their journey through Harvest. 4/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn As plants grow, they progress along various steps throughout the facility. 5/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Little seedlings of specific strains. 6/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Baby plants grow pretty fast in the right environments. 7/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Soil is actually very important and the first step to the perfect end product. 8/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Trays of different strains. 9/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn As the roots grow, they show when the plants are ready to be planted. 10/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Some baby plants are open to air and others need extra moisture. 11/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn These plants are getting extra moisture to boost their growth. 12/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The most delicate little leafs start to form. 13/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Employees listen to music while tagging each individual plant. 14/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Every plant has its own number and is tracked through the entire process. 15/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Families of plants that were recently placed into their own pots. 16/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn As these plants grow, they move down the room. 17/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The facility is split between the process of the plant's growth. 18/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Getting the right amount of light. 19/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Plants really starting to full out. 20/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Hallways and hallways of plants fill Harvest's facility. 21/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn As plants get taller they get a little help standing up straight. 22/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The water system is controlled digitally and through phones. 23/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Growing tall. 24/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Once plants in the facility start to bloom, they truly become beautiful to see. 25/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Different strains have different colors and scents. 26/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The part of the facility where the plants are all blooming. 27/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn This dark purple plant stands out from the rest. 28/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Blooming full and almost ready to be plucked and dried. 29/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Bright colors and strong scenes all around. 30/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Growing just perfectly. 31/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn A staff member of Harvest monitors this section on her phone. 32/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn A look down the long, full facility of Harvest, in Camp Verde, Arizona. 33/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The yellow in these plants really pop. 34/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Dark purple and orange really stands out. 35/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The drying room is where they go after being cut from the plants. 36/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Thousands of plants hang to dry on hangers. 37/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Separated by strains, they dry to perfection. 38/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Each plant dries as uniquely as it grows. 39/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Rows of drying plants fill the room. 40/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Once they are ready, they are packaged and ready to ship to Harvest's dispensaries. 41/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Shelves of air-tight bags ready to be shipped. 42/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn Each package has been tracked from its original small plant to this final stage. 43/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn During the outdoor grow seasons, this space at Harvest's facility would be full of plants. 44/45

Jacob Tyler Dunn The exterior of the Harvest Facility in Camp Verde, Arizona. 45/45

Take a Private Tour of Harvest, One of Arizona's Largest Cultivation Centers

Harvest is one of Arizona's largest medical cannabis cultivation centers, located up in Camp Verde for the most ideal sunlight year-round. Phoenix New Times took a private tour of the step-by-step process inside its massive facility and saw how it all goes down — and comes up.

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