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Post Gardens, a family owned business, was founded in
1937 when it was purchased from Post Cereals of Battle
Creek, Michigan. The land had previously been used for
producing fresh vegetables for the Post Tavern.
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The original building remaining is the house on Michigan
Avenue which was used to board the farm hands. Post Gardens
erected its first greenhouse to produce cut flowers. However
once South America started to import flowers, Post Gardens
diversified into potted plants, foliage and bedding. In
the late 1940’s to be closer to the Detroit market,
Post Gardens bought the Rockwood facility from Phil Breitmeyer,
the mayor of Detroit. Both facilities have expanded together
to 35 acres or 1,520,000 square feet and is owned and
operated by the third generation of the Tuinier family
— Jerry, Bill, Jim and Joy.
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Post Gardens, are growers of various bedding and flowering
plants that are grown year round. Post installed 120,000
square feet of Flood Floors in 2003-2004 bringing the
total Flood Floor area they have up to 240,000 square
feet in the Rockwood location with more expected.
The new Flood Floor project was an addition to the existing
east range of 60,000 square feet. TrueLeaf provided a
brand new Flood Floor system for the west range of 60,000
square feet complete with a new tank and pump system.
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Post Gardens purchased the Flood Floors from TrueLeaf
because of the quality in the design of the system. One
of the key benefits of the Flood Floor system for Post
Gardens is the huge labor savings they have seen.
Call TrueLeaf now to see how a Flood
Floor system can make your life easier and add money
to your company’s bottom line.
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