History - Woodland Tulip Festival

Woodland Tulip Festival
History

The Netherlands— Birth of a Dream
By Deborah Yates - The Lewis River Review
IN THIS TWO PART STORY, the Dobbes share their personal history—an inspiring tale of the driving forces that led to their eventual move to the United States and a new life. Holland America Bulb Farm and its sister corporations are the result of the hard work and determination of just one family that immigrated to America. The Tulip Festival is the Dobbe family's way of sharing their love of the craft of bulb and flower husbandry and a way to support and promote the city of Woodland as well...click here to download and read this story.

Bloomin' Bottoms - By Sally Ousley
The Daily News - Longview, WA

WOODLAND -- Benno Dobbe, 53, remembers doing field work with horses on his father's farm in Holland. They pulled weeds and topped flowers by hand, spread straw over the bulbs as protection from the winter cold and shoveled the straw off the fields in the spring.

"When I was 15 years old, we got our first tractor," a 30-horsepower Massey-Ferguson...click here to read more.

From Holland to America, with experience and a vision, many dreams became reality!

The combination of dreams, experience and vision lead Benno, Klazina, and their 3 children to emigrate from Holland to America in 1980. Since their arrival, Benno became the owner and CEO of several successful companies in the flower and bulb industry...click here to read more.

Proud to be Americans!