Hydrangea Ranch
OCF ships flowers to all 50 states as well as London, Hong Kong, and India. Collaborates with South American growers with trip to Colombia & Equador.
IN 2005 we ship our flowers and bulbs to all 50 states and as far away as London, Hong Kong, and India. We meet with growers from South America to offer them cultural help in return for access to purchase flowers since they can produce calla lilies year round. Our..Read More
We introduce black calla lilies into the U.S. market. Patrick visits and partners with farm in Colombia, South America.
As our farm continues to develop into on of the nation’s premier supplier of calla lilies and hydrangeas, we continue expanding our flower markets, farmer’s markets, and flower shows. We rent a truck and drive our products all the way to the Philadelphia Flower Show (3 day drive!). We also..Read More
Exhibit our calla lilies in the Javits Center in New York City.
In 2003 we exhibit our calla lilies in the Javits Center in New York City. Companies were exhibiting from all around the world and visitors came from all around the world as well. In 2001, Sept. 11th, we were on a plane to New York City to this same flower..Read More
Oregon Coastal Flowers is largest producer of colored calla lily cut flowers in the US.
By 2002 we have established ourselves as the country’s largest producer of colored calla lily cut flowers shipping nationwide. We have a major elk problem on our farm. The elk cross our fields twice per day and we have to try to break this habit, we applied for a US..Read More
Baby Nina is born & we buy our new farm up the Kilchis River.
2001 was a busy year. We buy our farm, 64 acres of beautiful land up the Kilchis River, which is now known as the Hydrangea Ranch. 1 month later baby Nina is born. Our farmer’s markets continue to expand. We now sell at garden shows. We also add vegetables to..Read More
Form strategic alliance with New Zealand Calla Company.
2000 was a busy year. We form a strategic alliance with Bloomz, a leading New Zealand calla lily company. We become their favored US grower of new varieties of calla lilies and help distribute their product world wide. Here is a photo of Bloomz with their associate from Japan as..Read More
Monika graduates from Oregon State with horticulture degree.
In 1999 we planted our first calla lilies. We started with one acre of large white calla lilies (Zantedeschia aethiopica). The next year we started our first colored calla lilies (Zantedeschia hybrids). Monika took her horticulture degree from Poland and took 1.5 year of classes at Oregon State to have..Read More
We plant our first hydrangeas.
We planted our first hydrangeas in the spring/summer of 1998. We propagated in a greenhouse and then planted our first outdoor crop in September on my father’s dairy farm on 3rd St. We planted blue, white, and purple varieties. We planted our own crop of artichokes–20 acres–renting land from Bub..Read More
Start roadside flower stand.
In the summer of 1996, Patrick & Monika started a roadside stand selling annual and perennial plants. This operated for only 2 years.
Artichoke planting of 50 acres.
in 1996, fresh out of college, Patrick Zweifel planted 50 acres of artichokes in a partnership. That year, April 6, Patrick & Monika Zweifel got married, during the artichoke planting season (our honeymoon was short)
Monika & Patrick meet in Switzerland in the summer of 1994.
In 1994, after graduating from college at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, studying Dairy Science with a minor in Ag Business, Patrick went to Switzerland to work for six months on a dairy farm and cheese factory. Monika Zawada was studying horticulture at Agriculture Academy in Lublin Poland, was also..Read More