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Van Dyke Zinnias @ Redbud Farms
VAN DYKE ZINNIA'S Flower Wagon at the Small Business Mall
Flower Wagon at the Small Business Mall
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OTHER FLOWER SEEDS
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Our Mission  --
A Flower for every pot!   

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VAN DYKE ZINNIAS @ REDBUD FARMS
 Stockbridge, MI

 

Company Profile


Growers at Van Dyke Zinnias have worked 28 years developing our Supreme Variety Zinnia in a superb mix of colors and sizes.  Our virtual storefront has been doing business since 1998 at WWW.REDBUDFARMS.COM .


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, large or small!

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 sized pot. 

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.

          

 

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! 

PLEASE VISIT US OFTEN!  WE HOPE YOU WILL COME BACK SOON!

VAN DYKE ZINNIA CUT FLOWER BUCKET
BUCKET OF CUT FLOWERS ARE JUST NATURALLY PRETTY BEFORE YOU EVEN PUT THEM IN A VASE.
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What our customers
say about us....

"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 the red spider zins.  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 of zinnias!


--Kathy from Vermont, 2004

 
SMALL BUSINESS MALL - GET YOUR RED CACTUS BENARY'S GIANT ZINNIAS HERE
SMALL BUSINESS MALL - GET YOUR RED CACTUS BENARY'S GIANT ZINNIAS HERE

"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

Email from a Redbud
Farms web visitor: 


Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:57 AM
To: SBaller@lobatek.com
Subject: Thank you from an old California gardener


 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 Walnut Creek Ca. 94598
Sharon & Cody Work at the Small Business Mall
Sharon & Cody Work at the Small Business Mall
VAN DYKE ZINNIAS @ REDBUD FARMS - MISSION STATEMENT
VAN DYKE ZINNIAS @ REDBUD FARMS - MISSION STATEMENT
IRISH FLOWER PEDDLER WORKING AT THE SMALL BUSINESS MALL
IRISH FLOWER PEDDLER WORKING AT THE SMALL BUSINESS MALL

"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."

--Phil from Texas, 2007

 

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