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Van Zyverden is a third-generation company that has kept the values that made it a leader in the horticulture industry by incorporating the latest technologies and modern machinery, expanding and modernizing facilities in both the United States and Holland, adapting to market trends, maintaining long-term partnerships with current suppliers, and developing new relationships worldwide. Founded by Jack Van Zyverden in Holland, the company expanded to include the Canadian company Superior Bulb Co., Ltd., through a partnership with Colin Campbell. Shipments from Holland were halted during World War II, and while temporarily unable to return to Holland, Jack traveled the United States looking for growers to supply the Canadian company. In Washington, Jack found large growers, all originally from Holland, to supply the bulbs, and Van Zyverden continues the relationship with these growers today.

Jack's sons, Dirk and Paul, were involved in the company from a young age. Dirk and Paul learned the trade and polished their English skills by traveling early on to Canada and working in various businesses. Dirk's first sales trip to the U.S. was in 1950. He visited customers all over the Northeast while Paul, several years later, traveled and sold to the Southeastern part of the country. Van Zyverden Bros. not only grew, but with the leadership and foresight of Jack and his sons, became an innovator by installing the newest equipment available in their warehouse, changing packaging from paper bags and crates to cardboard and constantly looking for ways to improve. Jack was recognized for his business acumen by being elected President of the U.S. Exporters Shipping Companies in Holland. Jack retired in 1966, leaving the running of the family business to Dirk and Paul.

n 1972, the company was divided into two entities. Dirk acquired Flower Bulbs, Inc., and its facilities in Edison, New Jersey, while Paul retained Van Zyverden Bros. and built a new warehouse and distribution center in Meridian, where the business is located today.  In 1996, Paul's children, Jacqueline VZ Hogan and Robert Van Zyverden, acquired the business and have led it into its second century of operations.  Van Zyverden, Inc. is widely regarded as one of the leading distributors of packaged horticultural products in the United States, and shoppers can find the company's products in major retailers across the country.

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