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Greetings and Welcome, Zinnia Lovers!
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Farm Wagon at the first Van Dyke Farm in Perry, Michigan
Our Mission -- A Flower for every pot!
"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought." --Albert Szent-Gyorgi
Email from a Redbud Farms web visitor:
Sent:
Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:57 AM Hello,
I love to read all the parts of your Red Bud Zinnia Farms site. Your warm
spirit makes me wish I could travel to meet you and see all those zinnias in
bloom. I am going to order some seeds. Most of my gardening now is in large
containers, so I shall be careful how I choose. I come to your site and
Jacquielawson (cards) almost each evening to achieve a feeling of peace and
companionship and fun through the miles. I love your thoughts about dogs, as
all of mine are waiting for me at the other end of the rainbow bridge. Now, I
really feel that I know you as a kindred spirit. Sincerely, Louise
Subscribe or Unsubscribe HERE to our * News Beams * from the Farm!From time to time, we will offer web-only specials and publish short stories and inspirations from life on the Farm inmid-Michigan, the American heartland. Seasonally, we will write to help Gardeners grow beautiful Zinnias, learn howto make a stunning bouquet, or how to collect precious seed when harvest is here. Let us know if you would liketo receive them. We have moved our web to a new server and resized all photos for faster load times. As we approachanother winter, I hope you visit us often to see our pretty pictures and read about the simple things we love most here.Thanks for being a customer! -Sharon Baller, President
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -- Unknown
Cody & Sharon in the wildflower patch @ Redbud Farms 2005 nORTH CENTRAL fIRECRACKER mIX "Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can."
Welcome to Van Dyke Zinnias @ Redbud Farms, exclusive growers of Van Dyke's Supreme Variety Zinnias Zen on a Stem™ our hallmark product offering! Stop by the Farm Store and pick up our online seed catalog, or stay longer and visit our educational web pages to learn how to grow our beautiful Van Dyke Zinnias! Both a Virtual and a Real Farm Tour are also available. We hope you enjoy your visit with us today!
VAN DYKE ZINNIAS @ REDBUD FARMS, Stockbridge, MI
Company Profile Growers at Van Dyke Zinnias have worked 18 years developing our Supreme Variety Zinnia in a superb mix of colors and sizes. They actually grow 3-5 feet tall! Our beautiful Mini Zinnias, by contrast, are wonderful in window boxes and deck or patio flower pots -- any smaller arrangement where a mix of color is desired. Our goal is to offer you the finest selection of uncommon varieties of Zinnias available through a mail order company. "Invite change into your life. Wonderful surprises await you." -- Flavia Weedn
Redbud Farms in Winter
"Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which
your life flows."
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." -- Isaac Asimov *****************************************************
"All cruelty springs from weakness." "There is no wisdom greater than kindness." -- Flavia Weedn "Real kindness is given without hesitation. Care is an act of grace." -- Flavia Weedn
Kindness in words creates confidence -- Lao-tzu *****************************************************
Redbud Farms in September - and then again in January! What a contrast!
the miracle of RED GRASS! Patches of it grow everywhere in the fields!
Our flower seeds are sold by direct mail catalog, from the Internet Farm Store, and at local Mid-Michigan Farmers' Markets. Let us show you some of our other selections guaranteed to compliment your garden: Sunny Calendulas, Super Celosia, Classic Cleome, Fiesta Cosmos, Choice Cosmos, Boasty Bachelor Buttons, Marigolds, Mexican Hat, Indian Blanket, and Sunny Mix Sunflowers.
We also have a select variety of Mix products - wildflower mixture, annual cut flower, songbird, hummingbird, butterfly, glory mix, dried flower, and perennial mixtures. Increasingly, sunflowers are becoming a very important crop for us. But you may be sure, we strive first to cultivate some of the best zinnias in the world! We have a flower for every pot. Row of Van Dyke's Biggest Zinnias Zen on a Stem™
"We bring God glory by serving with our gifts. Each of us was uniquely designed by God with talents, gifts, skills, and abilities. The way you're 'wired' is not an accident. God didn't give you your abilities for selfish purposes. They were given to benefit others, just as others were given abilities for your benefit." --Rick Warren
Picking wildflowers @ redbud Farms June 2005
Wildflower bouquet from the wildflower patch @ Redbud Farms - Northcentral Firecracker Mi
"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the
winds,
Van Dyke Zinnias @ Redbud Farms blends the best of the old (agriculture) with the new (Internet and computing technologies), researching the best available natural techniques to develop quality seed for direct mail and web catalog distribution. Environmentally unsafe chemicals are used little or not at all at the Farm, the owners preferring instead to make use of natural pest and disease control mechanisms. This is most easily achieved by cultivating a large bird and frog population. --Zinnia by Jeffery Arthur Barker
We have satisfied customers in 50 states and several continents growing our flowers: Canada, Africa, Asia (China), South America (Argentina), and Europe (England). Growers and gardeners alike appreciate our Hot Tips pages. Web visitors also enjoy a leisurely browse through our Secret Gardens pages, where we showcase our customers' and friends' favorite gardens. On these pages, you can also link to our special charities we are so proud to sponsor with free seed and horticultural advice, targeting projects where "Horticulture as Therapy" is thematic. If you just want to see pretty pictures, take our virtual farm tour!
"Some people enlighten our vision and move our souls to dance." -- Flavia Weedn "Imagination casts rainbows on the soul." -- Flavia Weedn "Stop trying to be ordinary. There is nothing special or desirable about being ordinary. In fact, it is totally unacceptable. You are an extra-ordinary being who must go into motion, into movement so that you will draw to yourself the equivalent of yourself. You have become an energy field that magnetically draws you to that which you ARE." -- Jack Boland "What we endure shows our courage." -- Flavia Weedn
What our customers say about us...."This is the second time I've written you. People are freaking out on our Zinnias! We get tons of comments on our flower bed! Another person has seen our Benary Giant Zinnias and wanted me to give them your catalog. They can't have mine! Could you please send one of your zinnia catalogues to my friend? Thanks very much!" - Colorado Customer, 2002
"You are a bright spirit, and you have a unique purpose here on earth. Never underestimate your gift, nor the power of your soul's touch." -- Flavia Weedn
"Can you hear us all the way from Tennessee going on about what beautiful zinnias we have this year? I had bought $100 worth of seeds from your this year and gave some to my mother-in-law for her birthday and some to my mom for mother's day and keep the rest for my self. I will have to say my mother-in-law has the best patch because she planted her's in the first row of a established garden. Some of her's are monsters. I have been satisfied with my garden considered it is the first year (we just built this house last year). I will continue to work on the soil this fall/winter. My favorite are the salmon / melon colored ones. Next are thespider zens. Wow! They are so different. I've had big ones and little ones. I definitely will have to buy more seed of them next year along with the green envy. I probably won't have any seed to save because everyone has been asking me for them. Well, I could talk all day about how much we are enjoying them. I can't imagine having a whole farm to look at." --2004 Customer
"My Zinnias are spectacular! I'm sharing them with the entire neighborhood. I didn't have time to plant them according to your plan. By the time I got the plot roto-tilled, I was afraid if I didn't just get them in, there wouldn't be enough time left in the season. So I just planted them in rows. Next year, my life should be less complicated and I hope to have more area dug up so I can plant with more of a plan. Some of the flowers are so big, I can only put one in a vase. Can't wait for your catalogue for next year." --Kathy from Vermont, 2004
"We must give up our will, give up our control, and release our expectations about a specific result. This is where the going starts to get tough. We want what we want, and usually we want it yesterday. We need to open ourselves up to the possibility that we don't always know what's best for us." -- Kathy Cordova
And we are still offering a free pack of seeds with every order over $20! We are pleased to remind you that prices have not gone up one time since 1998! And you still get more seeds per pack than most other growers provide to you with your orders! "As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives." -- Henry David Thoreau "Think and Act from Love." -- YOU
"What is lost is our fast-paced society is depth. What is lost is not only the chance to reflect on our stories, but even the thought that we should want to reflect on them. In turn, what is lost is wisdom." -- Earnie Larsen pg.57, Destination Joy
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