mail order gardening founded 1983 eagle lake texas usa headquarters fredericksburg texas usa products seeds plants garden art and accessories website www.wildseedfarms.com poppy field at wildseed farms wildseed farms is a wildflower farm near fredericksburg texas united states . it is the largest working wildflower farm in the country . 1 the farm won the garden center 2001 innovator award . 2 the farm opened in 1983 in eagle lake as a seed producer and initially only allowed the public to visit in april of every year . these visit days proved to be extremely popular so much so that the owners john and marilyn thomas decided to relocate to a more accessible location . in 1995 they purchased the plot on texas state highway 290 . development for a retail facility and visitor center was completed in 1997 . because the farm is located near fredericksburg a town that has a 19th century feel to it the main buildings of the farm were also constructed to match the decor of the town . 2 wildseed farms does about 4 million in sales each year with approximately 1.5 million coming from the retail facility which can see roughly 100 000 visitors between march and may of each year . 2 besides plant sales the farm also has a butterfly area and hosts live concerts and other attractions . references edit wildseed farms . travel texas . state of texas office of the governor economic development and tourism . archived from the original on june 2 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 14 . a b c davis todd 2001 . wildseed farms . greenbeam pro . retrieved 2008 07 14 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to wildseed farms . wildseed farms coordinates 30 13 21.9 n 98 46 5.7 w 30.222750 n 98.768250 w 30.222750 ; 98.768250 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wildseed farms & oldid 738810498 categories farms in texasvisitor attractions in gillespie county texasvisitor attractions in texascompanies established in 1983seed companiesprivately held companies based in texascompanies based in texasagriculture companies of the united statesbuildings and structures in gillespie county texashidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 05 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view