This is Ruud van der Werf, owner of this nursery. 3rd Generation tree nursery at Lansing 23.

In 1927, Wiero van der Werf, Ruud’s grandfather, bought a piece of land at 23 Lansing. He among other things grew magnolias.

The next generation was gradually arriving. Wiero’s son Wim van der Werf. Ruud’s father. Wim took over the company in 1967. Wim had / has an enormous passion for Hamamelis, he also grew Clematis. This was also the main starting material. Over the years, Magnolias and Daphne’s were also added.

In the 1990s, Wim began to realize that his son Ruud was increasingly interested in the tree nursery.

Ruud has now finished school and went to gain experience with other growers, including: Klaas Verboom, Hans Kompeer and Rene van Lint. Abroad was also used. Among others in England at Dingley Dell Nurseries and in Canada at Adera Nursery BC.

With the necessary information and knowledge, Ruud started in 1995 partly for himself and partly with his father. The great adventure began in 1998. Ruud has taken over the entire company from his father and has started to specialize in the evergreen Clematis and Magnolia. To keep up with the times, a poly greenhouse was built in 2001.

In 2005 Wim’s old shed was rebuild by a new shed plus glass greenhouse. In 2008 he expanded further by taking over the piece from the neighbor. Shortly after the takeover, a large greenhouse was also built here. This allowed Ruud to further expand the Magnolia range.

Even now, Ruud does not stop expanding and modernizing. In the spring of 2017, a piece of poly greenhouse was added to the poly greenhouse of 2008. And in January 2018, another piece of land belonging to the neighbor was added.