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Dutch Garden Berries is a local start-up business that specializes in growing natural strawberries in a protected environment. Bas Van Buuren, the owner and grower of Dutch Garden Berries, started planting in January and has been experimenting to find the best conditions for the strawberries ever since. Van Buuren is passionate about growing fruits and vegetables, but especially fruits, in a controlled environment.“I believe that growing in a protected environment is the future, ” he said.

StoriesGuest ContributorMay 17, 2017Jackson TN, Tennessee, Dutch Garden Berries, strawberry, Shelby Kee, Josh Garcia, agriculture, Bas Van Buuren, greenhouse, produce, fruit, organic, Humboldt TN, West Tennessee Farmers' Market, Grubb's Grocery, local business

Rita's Gold

Among a greenhouse full of sprouting and thriving plants and hanging baskets overflowing with carefully attended vines, Rita Randolph meticulously places a cutting of a plant into its own compartment of soil so that it will take root and grow. I am at Morris Nursery on accident, because a warm spring afternoon convinced me I could learn to keep a few plants alive.