Behind the rows of vehicles rolling through Manheim auto auction lots in Georgia and Florida, a quieter transformation has been taking root.
No Grass Just Flowers & Bees Nearly five acres of native wildflowers and grasses now spread across five Cox Enterprises properties, replacing turf grass that once demanded weekly mowing, chemical fertilizer, and steady irrigation.
The five new pollinator meadows sit at Cox Enterprises headquarters in Atlanta, at Manheim Georgia in Atlanta, and at three Florida locations: Manheim Orlando in Winter Garden, Manheim Central Florida in Orlando, and Manheim Tampa.
Four of the five sites belong to Manheim, making Cox Automotive, the parent business unit that houses Manheim alongside brands like Kelley Blue Book, Autotrader, and vAuto, the primary automotive stakeholder in this expansion even as the project is announced under the wider Cox Enterprises umbrella.
Cox Enterprises, a privately held company founded in 1898, spans automotive, greenhouse agriculture, cleantech, software, outdoor recreation, and journalism businesses.