| |
Herman and his sons soon
moved into the egg business, peaking with 20,000 laying
hens in the 70's. They specialized in a door-to-door
delivery service throughout the southern suburbs of
Chicago. Dan A. Woldhuis and his wife Janis bought out the
egg business and farm from his father in 1979. On his egg
routes, Dan would often sell the produce he raised in his
oversized garden. They began to grow more vegetables and in
1980 built a small greenhouse to raise vegetable transplants
for the field. During the 80's the business
began to shift away from chickens and into retail
"Farmers Market" produce. The family began
producing a variety of fresh market produce and at its
peak in the early 1990's was working 11 markets a week and
raising over 80 different produce items.
By 1989 the farm had 3 greenhouses and was using |
|
 |
Owners
Dan A. Woldhuis, Sr.
Dan R. Woldhuis, Jr.
and Jeff Huizenga
offer over 20 years of greenhouse experience. |
 |
|
In
1960, Herman Woldhuis and his family moved from Chicago
Heights to a 160-acre farm in Grant Park. They
raised produce for wholesale, growing onion sets,
sugar beets, and tomatoes for Campbell's Soup.
|
extra space to grow flowers.
By this time, the egg business was gone and the flower
business was small and local and provided some spring
revenue to assist the produce business. In 1990, son Dan
R. Woldhuis and son-in-law Jeff Huizenga joined in
partnership with Dan "Sr." The flower business
flourished, requiring additional greenhouse space
for flower production. For 15 years in a row greenhouses have
been added. Currently there are over 220,000 square feet
of growing space in addition to an outdoor growing area.
During the 1990's the 3 partners Incorporated and began
using the name Sunrise Greenhouse to promote the changing
business.
Sunrise Greenhouse now specializes in quality bedding
plants, hanging baskets, perennials, vegetable
plants, herbs, and hardy fall mums. We grow almost
everything from |
seed
or propagation, enabling us
to keep costs down and quality up, while
passing the savings on to the customer. Our greenhouse
facility is all under one roof for shopping convenience
and no space is off-limits to the public. During the
winter months, Sunrise Greenhouse produces seedling plants
and rooted plugs for other greenhouses in the Chicagoland
area as well as the Midwest region.
"Growing
Quality Plants to the Glory of the Creator"
is our purpose for being in business and living out our
calling as Christians to do the work God has provided for
our hands. The families of Woldhuis Farms Sunrise
Greenhouse strive to conduct our business in obedience to
God's Word and to praise and glorify the Father in all we
do. We hope we can be a blessing to you as our customers
as we work to serve you through our family business. |
|
In
Service to the Creator,
 |
|
|
|
|
