History

Dutch Garden Center was established by Bas van Buuren. He grew up in Westland, which is in the province Zuid-Holland in the Netherlands. It is known as the "city of glass" because of the large number of greenhouses. This area is also well known for its agricultural business.

Bas attended Lambuth University and, while there, he met his future wife, Amy, from McKenzie. While building their lives together in Humboldt, Bas began to miss the glass greenhouses and agriculture of his home country.  He frequently could not find what he was looking for at other garden centers in this region, so he started to make plans for his own. Not just a regular garden center, but also a DUTCH garden center like you would see in the Netherlands, with focus on quality and service. His garden center would offer a nice shopping environment with beautiful hard-to-find plants and trees, pavers and natural stone, ornaments and furniture. That's how the Dutch Garden Center began.

Dutch Garden Center was established in 2002 with one glass greenhouse six miles north of Interstate 40 along U.S. 45 Bypass.  Thanks to this glass greenhouse, the plants benefit from optimal sunlight.

From the end of 2007 until March 2008, the garden center was remodeled to optimize the shopping convenience. We now have a beautiful octagon facility with show gardens, a large shade greenhouse, and so much more! Our glass-enclosed conservatory is now being rented as an event venue.

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