{"id":4378,"date":"2020-05-20T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T18:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/?page_id=4378"},"modified":"2020-06-29T18:38:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T23:38:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;30%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;90%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/About-Hamstra-Gardens.jpg&#8221; background_position=&#8221;bottom_center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;||75px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Make Page Zoomable on Mobile&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; global_module=&#8221;4202&#8243;]<script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  jQuery( document ).ready(function() {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->let viewportmeta = document.querySelector('meta[name=\"viewport\"]');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->viewportmeta.setAttribute('content', \"initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=3.0\");<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->console.log(document.querySelector('meta[name=\"viewport\"]'));<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; horizontal_offset=&#8221;-187px&#8221; position_origin_a_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; position_origin_f_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; position_origin_r_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; positioning_tablet=&#8221;none&#8221; positioning_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">History<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;ds-vertical-align&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Having spent the past 64 years developing and adding on to Hamstra Gardens, Wilbert and Peggy Hamstra started with about one acre and has expanded to 6 \u00bd acres of formally landscaped garden.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;ds-vertical-align&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;3.6em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 45px;\">Established<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 110px;\">1960<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Wilbert was raised on a farm, playing in the dirt. As he grew up and got married to Peggy, his desire was always to have a formal garden. After being married about two years, he built the house where Hamstra Gardens is located. You can hardly tell the house is there because it is covered with so much landscaping<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;ds-vertical-align&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>When Wilb started the garden, it was a cornfield. They dug the pond, and transformed a field into a garden. In fact, the Chicago Magazine called Hamstra Gardens, \u201cEden in a Cornfield,\u201d in an article some years ago.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;ds-vertical-align&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-01.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Hamstra Gardens History (01)&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; width=&#8221;95%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial author=&#8221;Wilbert Hamstra&#8221; portrait_url=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wilbert-Hamstra-square.jpg&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; quote_icon_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#161616&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My passion is developing and working in our garden. I don\u2019t go out in the garden without shears, trimmers, and saws, to do things that make the garden better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||75px||false|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Hamstra Gardens was developed in phases, but the first big change was done by Landscape Architect Lawrence Hoyle.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||on||||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.web-landscape-design-ideas.com\/HamstraGardens.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thank you to Lawrence Hoyle\u00a0for history photos and descriptions below.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][dica_divi_carousel item_width_auto=&#8221;on&#8221; item_width=&#8221;315px&#8221; arrow_nav=&#8221;on&#8221; item_spacing=&#8221;50px&#8221; advanced_effect=&#8221;1&#8243; arrow_nav_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; arrow_bg_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; dots_active_color=&#8221;#424242&#8243; arrow_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; carousel_container_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Pond&#8221; sub_title=&#8221;The pond was dug during the fall of 1975 and the gravel edge was installed early spring of 1976.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-01.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Brick Patios&#8221; sub_title=&#8221;One brick patio was constructed near the bridge, and the second across the pond.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-02.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Grass and Gravel&#8221; sub_title=&#8221;Grass and gravel mulch design with plants being installed.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-03.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Relocating Existing Tree&#8221; sub_title=&#8221;An existing tree has been hand dug and burlapped and rope tied ready for relocating to another location on the site.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-04-.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Barn&#8221; sub_title=&#8221;The barn in this picture was located in the middle of the largest area of the new lake.  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The brownish area just above the water is Purpleleaf Wintercreeper. 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This picture was taken in 1978.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-15.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;East of the House in 2004&#8243; sub_title=&#8221;This the same area in 2004, 26 years later.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-16.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Japanese Garden Fence&#8221; sub_title=&#8221;In 1977, this fence was built between the house area in a new Japanese Garden being installed to the left in this picture.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-17.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Japanese Garden Beginning &#8221; sub_title=&#8221;This is the beginning of the Japanese garden area.  A dry creek was installed and the walk over bridge.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-18.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][dica_divi_carouselitem title=&#8221;Japanese Garden 1996&#8243; sub_title=&#8221;This shows the Japanese Garden in 1996.  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This picture was taken in 2008.&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;1&#8243; image=&#8221;https:\/\/hamstragardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hamstra-Gardens-History-26-b.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; subtitle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/dica_divi_carouselitem][\/dica_divi_carousel][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>At that time, the garden was maintained by Wilb and his four children. They took care of the property, and did all of the mowing, trimming, weeding, etc. until they got moved out and got married.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The search for a trained and experienced person to take over full-time began. Wilbert found a woman from Wheatfield named Joyce Bierma-Thomason who was a graduate of Purdue University with a horticulture degree. 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Visiting other gardens helped me learn what to do and really appreciate gardens. I visited an extended family member in Lancaster, PA and that helped me with different ideas for our garden because of all of the gardens I visited in that area. I heard about Longwood Gardens that was developed by the DuPont Family which is probably the most marvelous garden I visited and that really inspired me. I learned about a lot of different plants there and we used some of those in our garden. 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It is a very popular spot for photo shoots. In the spring there are many people that come to take their prom pictures. In fact, in 2019, there were two local high schools that had their prom on the same day, and there were over 2,000 students and family members at Hamstra Gardens taking prom pictures. <em><strong>The day of the KV prom is the only day appointments are not required. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15vh||false|false&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_vertical_motion=&#8221;0|25|75|100|2|0|-2&#8243; scroll_fade_enable=&#8221;on&#8221; scroll_fade=&#8221;0|25|75|100|0|100|100&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Although there are some family weddings hosted, Hamstra Gardens is not a wedding venue at this time. 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