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Tesselaar Bulbs - gardening at it's best!
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About Tesselaar
In June 1939 - just weeks before the outbreak of World War 2 in Europe - Cees and Johanna Tesselaar left Holland on their wedding day aboard the Strathallan. They were headed for Australia, bringing little but their farming expertise and a firm belief in hard work and the land of opportunity.
They first settled in Ferntree Gully, then in 1945 moved to Silvan which is located in Victoria's beautiful Dandenong Ranges. They purchased a small six hectare farm and planted their first crop of Tulips and Gladioli. Over the following decades the company, under the name Padua Bulb Nurseries, grew into Australia's largest family owned floricultural operation.
The growth and the development of the company, which is now headed by Cees and Johanna's eldest son Kees, has also been heavily dependent on the 'larger Tesselaar family' - the employees. Many employees have been with the company for years and have then encouraged their own children to join the firm. The result is a strong thread of family tradition that binds everyone together.
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