A London, Ont., garden centre has reached a new milestone.
This weekend, Heeman’s is celebrating six decades in business.
“Sixty years, three generations, that’s a lot of time that’s gone through,” said Will Heeman.
His grandparents immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands in 1958 and opened Heeman’s in 1963.
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Heeman says the business started as an half-acre patch of strawberries and expanded to grow more fruit, plants and began selling food such as pickled products and honey.
“It’s been a journey,” he said. “It’s really special.”
Heeman predicts around half a million people have visited the garden centre over the past 60 years.
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To celebrate, Heeman’s is hosting a garden party on Saturday and Sunday.
There will be garden tours, live music, face painting and food.
More information is available on Heeman’s website.
— with files from 980 CFPL’s Devon Peacock
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