The History of the Hydrangea Ranch in chronological order.
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2024 Nina graduates, get’s married, and becomes my boss.
In June Nina Zweifel, our daughter, graduated from Oregon State in ag business major. She received several awards including outstanding senior in her major. We are very proud of her. I joke that she came back to the family farm and now she’s my boss….! We are excited about her..Read More
2023 Life Changing Switzerland Trip. Purchase of Alderbrook Golf Course.
2023 was a big year for us. With some partners we purchased the Alderbrook Golf Course which was closed for 1.5 years with threat of being turned into development. See golf course website at www.themook.com. We tripled the amount of golf played in the first year from prior owners best..Read More
2022 Completion of Big Barn.
2022 was earmarked by the completion of the “Big Barn”. The Big Barn is our farm recreational event center with a commercial kitchen. We served about 500 kids this summer via the Ultimook Running Camp. He had 2.5 events on our farm each week from the 2nd week of May..Read More
Nina graduates from THS, Big Barn construction, farm recovers from Covid, & labor restructuring.
In 2021 we progressed with the construction of the “Big Barn” and the main wedding venue. The main wedding venue includes the pavilion. Plans are for a dance floor connecting the two structures with a pizza oven/fireplace and outdoor kitchen. In June our baby girl Nina Zweifel graduated from Tillamook..Read More
January & February breaking records, March and April 10% of normal. Covid Sucks.
What can be said about 2020? We had our best January in the history of our business. After about 8 years of selling flowering branches, we hit the Chinese New Year perfectly. Mind you it came from a lifetime of working hard on sales and tough lessons, but January and..Read More
Finish small barn, planing bigger barn for commercial kitchen & events center.
We finish the small barn just in time for the 2019 Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze. It is a great addition to our pumpkin patch. It was built using modified post and beam methods with wood milled from my father’s farm and rocks gathered from the shores of..Read More
OCF introduces Black Tulip Magnolia. Haunted maze added to Pumpkin Patch. Start construction of barn.
In 2018 Oregon Coastal Flowers introduces black tulip magnolia branches into the floral market. We have planted nearly 500 of these trees on our farm. A very small 2′ tree goes for $65, wow! That’s why it’s so frustrating when a tourism runs over one! Please be careful. We are..Read More
Hydrangea Ranch pivots into OR Coast’s premier farm recreational events center. OCF is a leader in the industry.
2017 is marked by a 2nd straight girls cross country state title in one of the lowest point total ever at the State meet. The Ultimook Race additionally hosts nearly 100 teams from across the Northwest. The Hydrangea Ranch hosts 9 weddings this summer. While the public eye mostly only..Read More
Tillamook Cross Country wins State. Lunaria & double flowering petaled hydrangeas introduced.
Tillamook High School girls cross country team wins state for the first time every, the 4th state title for the combined cross country program. The Hydrangea Ranch is home to the THS XC team. Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch continues to develop boasting of the largest corn maze on the Oregon..Read More
OCF introduces yellow magnolia, pink snowball viburnum, &
In 2015 we continue introducing new products to the marketplace–many of which are being developed and offered for the first time from Oregon Coastal Flowers. These include yellow tulip magnolia, pink snowball viburnum, and double red quince. We are busy planting the Hydrangea Ranch with the most profitable and best..Read More
OCF finds new niche with Flowering Branches and Agritourism.
Oregon Coastal Flowers has developed into one of the country’s premier suppliers of flowering branches. The Chinese New Year is the busiest season of the year (late January or early February–different each year). For the Chinese New Year we sell forsythia, quince, tulip magnolia, peach, and pussy willow. By the..Read More
OCF introduces Pistacio Hydrangea & holds 1st ever Ultimook Race
In 2013 Oregon Coastal Flowers continues to diversify with products as well as agritourism focus. Some of the crops added this year: snowball viburnum, snowberries, ornamental kale, limelight hydrangeas, viburnum berries, and many more. We plant our first pistacio hydrangeas which is a major part of our hydrangea offerings (as..Read More
Our first corn maze. OCF helps organize Seattle Wholesale Growers Market.
We continue to diversify our offerings. 2012 is marked by our first corn maze with the design below. We book 6 wedding this summer. We continue shipping our hydrangeas and specialty cut flowers & forest products, as well as our flowering branches across the country. Because of our success in..Read More
OCF loses 85% of calla lily income over 3 years. Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch is born.
It’s been a challenging year financially. It takes time to change, plant crops, and then make money doing it, so we are working hard to diversify. Flowering branches is very intriguing to us now. We are cutting flowering branches early, putting them in climate controlled rooms to force blooming early,..Read More
Hydrangea Ranch builds 30′ x 40′ open sided pavilion and hosts wedding & class reunion.
2010 is most significantly marked with the demise of the calla lily market. South American growers have really bumped up their production and they can offer their calla lilies year round and for about 25% the cost of what we’re trying to sell them for. We are faced with the..Read More
OCF opens up booth in the Los Angeles Flower Market & holds the first wedding on the Hydrangea Ranch.
As usual, we stay kind of busy here. We opened up the year with a new venture–we opened up a booth in the Los Angeles Flower Market. The LA Flower Market is made up of two full city blocks in Los Angeles. We started out by driving our 18′ box..Read More
We ship our first crop of Peonies prior to Mother’s Day. We source additional peonies from all around Northwest to ship nationwide.
WE enjoy our first crop of peonies, we timed the Mother’s Day Market perfectly. We cover about 50% of our peonies so that we get flowers prior to Mother’s Day. If we don’t cover, they won’t bloom until after the holiday, and they are only worth 1/3 the amount. Nina..Read More