In 1984, Sun Valley brought its first tulips into the world. The program was small, the plant sheets were handwritten, and the team was just a few…
That was thirty-two years ago, but the real heart and soul of Sun Valley began over 140 year ago, in Holland, with the birth of Lane DeVries' great-grandfather, Teun DeVries. Teun was a vegetable farmer, the first in the family to fall in love with the tulip, and as history has shown, he wouldn't be the last.
Teun started farming a small plot of rented land on the outskirts of Amsterdam. He and his family planted, tended, and picked the tulips, loaded a wooden cart, and hauled them into the city. He sold the tulips on a street corner, and soon developed a tribe of customers who, too, saw the beauty and life in a tulip.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: Sun Valley Group's Flower Talk