Business Partners
The 2016 World Daffodil Convention is supported by donations, sponsorships and convention fees obtained from our membership and other supportive organizations and individuals. The American Daffodil Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all contributions to the ADS are tax deductible.
We wish to thank the following businesses for their generous support. Their donation for our conventions is important to our mission of encouraging widespread interest in daffodils, research into daffodils, and education of the general public.
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Joy W. Haeffner, CFP
Money Concepts - Financial Planning Center
Washington, Missouri
jhaeffner@moneyconcepts.com
At Money Concepts, we help YOU reach YOUR financial goals. Whether you are just starting out, mid-life, or approaching retirement, planning is vital to your success. As your Certified Financial Planner and Personal Wealth Coach, our process provides professional financial solutions. We assure you the widest diversity of opportunities to help achieve your financial objective in all areas:
Individual ♦ Business ♦ Retirement ♦ Estate Planning ♦ College Funding
“All securities through Money Concepts Capital Corp. Member FINRA/SIPC”
Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA
Ironstone Vineyards is a family-owned and operated winery that places as much emphasis on the natural beauty and history of our surroundings as we do on the quality of our wines. Located in Murphys, in the heart of the Sierra Foothills in California’s scenic Gold Rush Country, Ironstone is a state-of-the-art wine production facility.
The winery was built in the style of a 19th century gold stamp mill and has antiques and gold mining artifacts on display throughout the facility. Ironstone offers a Tasting Room and Music Room, where you can find the fully restored Alhambra Theatre Pipe Organ. The facility also boasts Meeting and Banquet Facilities, an Outdoor Amphitheatre, Wine Aging Caverns and a Culinary Demonstration Kitchen. With fourteen acres of Spectacular Lakeside Gardens, you can choose your perfect Wedding Venue.
Brent and Becky's Bulbs, Gloucester, VA
Brent and Becky's Bulbs is a seller and educator of quality flower bulbs, perennials and seeds. Located in Gloucester VA on the shores of the Mobjack and Chesapeake Bays, they believe in caring for the land and waters around them and have an 8+ acre display garden that is maintained without the use of chemicals or herbicides.
Since 1900, they have helped gardeners, small and large, to "Plant Bulbs and Harvest Smiles!" Offering 1000’s of different bulb varieties, they have enough to give you nearly 4 seasons of color in your garden.
The Gateway Gardener, St Louis, MO
The Gateway Gardener, founded in 2005, is family owned and located in St. Louis, MO. Their publication focuses on gardening and easy-care landscaping, and readers are 100% potential customers. They are found where your customers are found—in garden centers, nurseries, and garden specialty shops. Advertising and promotion campaigns are designed to drive circulation and reader interest. They are also one of the few affordable opportunities available to lawn, garden and landscape service and retail businesses of all sizes. The Gateway Gardener is Your Best Media Advertising Value!
COLORBLENDS is a third generation wholesale bulb merchant offering top-sized flowerbulbs directly to professionals and ambitious residential gardeners. Their highly-regarded bulb mixes allow you to coordinate your plantings to guarantee successful, car-stopping spring displays. Colorblends delivers premium-quality, commercially propagated, disease-free flowerbulbs of the stated size. They test all combinations, so you don't waste your time and money trying to figure things out. Your order will be delivered to your shop or home at the correct planting time.
Amsterdam Tulip Museum, Amsterdam – Netherlands
Enjoy the beauty of spring year-round at the all new Amsterdam Tulip Museum. Conveniently located in the heart of historic Amsterdam, near many fine shops, galleries and cafes, the museum features exhibits and films devoted to the tulip, the unofficial national flower of the Netherlands.
From Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and Dutch Merchants of the Golden Age, to gardeners today, the tulip has captivated people around the world for centuries. This fascinating flower has inspired artists and brought great wealth and even economic ruin to people who have fallen under its spell. Explore the tulip’s history and discover the remarkable journey it has taken from the wilds of the Himalayan highlands to a garden like yours.
Country Gardens, Des Moines, IA
Country Gardens is the what-to-plant, where-to-begin, what-to-do-next gardening magazine that helps you add a personal touch to your garden and lifestyle.
Country Gardens embodies what today’s gardening enthusiasts are looking for. From the award-winning gardens portrayed in their annual Country Gardens magazine Garden Awards contest, to their outstanding garden designs, garden styles, gardening basics, garden tools, recipes, and personal stories to inspire you.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis, MO
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum located in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine is home to a number of architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The cemetery contains 314 acres (1.27 km2) of land and over 87,000 graves, including those of William Clark, Adolphus Busch, Thomas Hart Benton, and William S. Burroughs. Many Union and Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War are buried at Bellefontaine, as well as numerous local and state politicians.
John Scheepers - Beauty from Bulbs,
Bantam, CT
John Scheepers, serving America's finest gardens since 1908, is one of the oldest and most prestigious flower bulb importers. Offering 700 varieties of the best tulips, narcissi, lilies, amaryllis and rare and unusual Dutch bulbs at exceptionally low retail prices with real volume discounts.
Widely acclaimed for the quality of its flower bulbs, its huge collection and the excellent prices, John Scheepers was founded over 90 years ago with a tremendous history of serving American's finest gardens.
The passionate dream of John Scheepers was to demonstrate the beauty of bulbs to Americans in the hope that they would incorporate them into their own gardens, homes, lives and, indeed, their very souls. John Scheepers and his prominent flower bulb company were credited with revolutionizing gardening through the wide use of flower bulbs in the United States. He tirelessly, passionately and convincingly promoted Dutch flower bulbs with indomitable spirit and energy. Through his efforts, the importation of Dutch flower bulbs increased tremendously for decades.
Van Engelen - Wholesale Flower Bulbs, Bantam, CT
Van Engelen, the best Dutch flower bulbs at the best prices, is a sister company of John Scheepers which is owned by Jan S. Ohms, a fourth-generation Dutch flower bulb specialist who grew up in the bulb fields and who spent his entire life importing and selling flower bulbs in the United States. In 1995, Konijnenburg & Mark, renowned Dutch flower bulb hybridizers, named a gorgeous Triumph Tulip after Jan Ohms in recognition of his life-long efforts to promote Dutch flower bulbs in the U.S.
John Scheepers offers flower bulbs in smaller units with significant volume price discounts while Van Engelen offers the flower bulb collection in larger, wholesale units with volume discount pricing. Although Van Engelen is considered a wholesale company, it very much caters to residential households as well.
Tenby Technologies, Belleville, IL
Tenby Technologies builds internet-based solutions to solve business problems.
We are a boutique internet marketing company focused on producing measurable and quantifiable marketing results. Our staff has developed solutions for organizations of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to startup non-profits. Tenby Technologies offers free consultations and quotes.
We have an extensive background in business and technology with 4 software patents, degrees in Accounting, Mathematics, an MBA, and a MS in Computer Science. Our personnel have taught at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and Southwestern Illinois College.
Pennings de Bilt, Breezand, The Netherlands
Pennings de Bilt flower nursery is situated in Breezand, The Netherlands, and grows very special varieties of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocuses.
Crowder Construction, Inc, St Louis, MO
Crowder Construction, Inc. has been providing landscape construction solutions in the St. Louis area for over 32 years. They are leaders in retaining wall and concrete construction, decorative paving, lake projects and erosion control. Crowder Construction, Inc. prides itself on giving their customers innovative and cost effective solutions on their projects.
Exhibition Flower Level | Garden Flower Level | Seedling Flower Level
Money Concepts - Financial Planning Center
Washington, Missouri
jhaeffner@moneyconcepts.com
At Money Concepts, we help YOU reach YOUR financial goals. Whether you are just starting out, mid-life, or approaching retirement, planning is vital to your success. As your Certified Financial Planner and Personal Wealth Coach, our process provides professional financial solutions. We assure you the widest diversity of opportunities to help achieve your financial objective in all areas:
Individual ♦ Business ♦ Retirement ♦ Estate Planning ♦ College Funding
“All securities through Money Concepts Capital Corp. Member FINRA/SIPC”
Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA
Ironstone Vineyards is a family-owned and operated winery that places as much emphasis on the natural beauty and history of our surroundings as we do on the quality of our wines. Located in Murphys, in the heart of the Sierra Foothills in California’s scenic Gold Rush Country, Ironstone is a state-of-the-art wine production facility.
The winery was built in the style of a 19th century gold stamp mill and has antiques and gold mining artifacts on display throughout the facility. Ironstone offers a Tasting Room and Music Room, where you can find the fully restored Alhambra Theatre Pipe Organ. The facility also boasts Meeting and Banquet Facilities, an Outdoor Amphitheatre, Wine Aging Caverns and a Culinary Demonstration Kitchen. With fourteen acres of Spectacular Lakeside Gardens, you can choose your perfect Wedding Venue.
Brent and Becky's Bulbs, Gloucester, VA
Brent and Becky's Bulbs is a seller and educator of quality flower bulbs, perennials and seeds. Located in Gloucester VA on the shores of the Mobjack and Chesapeake Bays, they believe in caring for the land and waters around them and have an 8+ acre display garden that is maintained without the use of chemicals or herbicides.
Since 1900, they have helped gardeners, small and large, to "Plant Bulbs and Harvest Smiles!" Offering 1000’s of different bulb varieties, they have enough to give you nearly 4 seasons of color in your garden.
The Gateway Gardener, St Louis, MO
The Gateway Gardener, founded in 2005, is family owned and located in St. Louis, MO. Their publication focuses on gardening and easy-care landscaping, and readers are 100% potential customers. They are found where your customers are found—in garden centers, nurseries, and garden specialty shops. Advertising and promotion campaigns are designed to drive circulation and reader interest. They are also one of the few affordable opportunities available to lawn, garden and landscape service and retail businesses of all sizes. The Gateway Gardener is Your Best Media Advertising Value!
COLORBLENDS is a third generation wholesale bulb merchant offering top-sized flowerbulbs directly to professionals and ambitious residential gardeners. Their highly-regarded bulb mixes allow you to coordinate your plantings to guarantee successful, car-stopping spring displays. Colorblends delivers premium-quality, commercially propagated, disease-free flowerbulbs of the stated size. They test all combinations, so you don't waste your time and money trying to figure things out. Your order will be delivered to your shop or home at the correct planting time.
Amsterdam Tulip Museum,
Amsterdam – Netherlands
Enjoy the beauty of spring year-round at the all new Amsterdam Tulip Museum. Conveniently located in the heart of historic Amsterdam, near many fine shops, galleries and cafes, the museum features exhibits and films devoted to the tulip, the unofficial national flower of the Netherlands.
From Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and Dutch Merchants of the Golden Age, to gardeners today, the tulip has captivated people around the world for centuries. This fascinating flower has inspired artists and brought great wealth and even economic ruin to people who have fallen under its spell. Explore the tulip’s history and discover the remarkable journey it has taken from the wilds of the Himalayan highlands to a garden like yours.
Country Gardens, Des Moines, IA
Country Gardens is the what-to-plant, where-to-begin, what-to-do-next gardening magazine that helps you add a personal touch to your garden and lifestyle.
Country Gardens embodies what today’s gardening enthusiasts are looking for. From the award-winning gardens portrayed in their annual Country Gardens magazine Garden Awards contest, to their outstanding garden designs, garden styles, gardening basics, garden tools, recipes, and personal stories to inspire you.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis, MO
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum located in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine is home to a number of architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The cemetery contains 314 acres (1.27 km2) of land and over 87,000 graves, including those of William Clark, Adolphus Busch, Thomas Hart Benton, and William S. Burroughs. Many Union and Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War are buried at Bellefontaine, as well as numerous local and state politicians.
John Scheepers - Beauty from Bulbs,
Bantam, CT
John Scheepers, serving America's finest gardens since 1908, is one of the oldest and most prestigious flower bulb importers. Offering 700 varieties of the best tulips, narcissi, lilies, amaryllis and rare and unusual Dutch bulbs at exceptionally low retail prices with real volume discounts.
Widely acclaimed for the quality of its flower bulbs, its huge collection and the excellent prices, John Scheepers was founded over 90 years ago with a tremendous history of serving American's finest gardens.
The passionate dream of John Scheepers was to demonstrate the beauty of bulbs to Americans in the hope that they would incorporate them into their own gardens, homes, lives and, indeed, their very souls. John Scheepers and his prominent flower bulb company were credited with revolutionizing gardening through the wide use of flower bulbs in the United States. He tirelessly, passionately and convincingly promoted Dutch flower bulbs with indomitable spirit and energy. Through his efforts, the importation of Dutch flower bulbs increased tremendously for decades.
Van Engelen - Wholesale Flower Bulbs, Bantam, CT
Van Engelen, the best Dutch flower bulbs at the best prices, is a sister company of John Scheepers which is owned by Jan S. Ohms, a fourth-generation Dutch flower bulb specialist who grew up in the bulb fields and who spent his entire life importing and selling flower bulbs in the United States. In 1995, Konijnenburg & Mark, renowned Dutch flower bulb hybridizers, named a gorgeous Triumph Tulip after Jan Ohms in recognition of his life-long efforts to promote Dutch flower bulbs in the U.S.
John Scheepers offers flower bulbs in smaller units with significant volume price discounts while Van Engelen offers the flower bulb collection in larger, wholesale units with volume discount pricing. Although Van Engelen is considered a wholesale company, it very much caters to residential households as well.
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Tenby Technologies, Belleville, IL
Tenby Technologies builds internet-based solutions to solve business problems.
We are a boutique internet marketing company focused on producing measurable and quantifiable marketing results. Our staff has developed solutions for organizations of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to startup non-profits. Tenby Technologies offers free consultations and quotes.
We have an extensive background in business and technology with 4 software patents, degrees in Accounting, Mathematics, an MBA, and a MS in Computer Science. Our personnel have taught at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and Southwestern Illinois College.
Pennings de Bilt, Breezand, The Netherlands
Pennings de Bilt flower nursery is situated in Breezand, The Netherlands, and grows very special varieties of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocuses.
Crowder Construction, Inc, St Louis, MO
Crowder Construction, Inc. has been providing landscape construction solutions in the St. Louis area for over 32 years. They are leaders in retaining wall and concrete construction, decorative paving, lake projects and erosion control. Crowder Construction, Inc. prides itself on giving their customers innovative and cost effective solutions on their projects.
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