mail order gardening founded 1818 boston massachusetts us headquarters guilford indiana us noordwijkerhout netherlands products dutch bulbs perennials tulips irises lilies website www.brecks.com breck s is a mail order gardening company and importer of dutch flower bulbs . based in guilford indiana and noordwijkerhout netherlands breck s was founded in 1818 . originally a family owned garden supply business breck s gradually expanded into a catalog company . 1 breck s is now the largest u.s. importer of dutch bulbs . 2 history edit joseph breck 1794 1873 was born in medfield massachusetts . 3 he founded his business joseph breck & company in 1818 in boston massachusetts . 4 from 1822 to 1846 breck was the editor of the new england farmer one of the earliest agricultural magazines established in the u.s. and the first of its kind in new england . 5 in 1833 breck wrote a book called the young florist which is an ongoing dialogue between two young gardeners in order to present information about flowers and natural history as it relates to flower cultivation . 6 in 1840 breck published his company s first catalog the new england agricultural warehouse and seed store catalogue to promote his company s products . 7 the catalog included illustrations and horticultural literature to accompany product listings . in 1856 he published the flower garden a book about the cultivation of ornamental plants such as perennials annuals shrubs and evergreen trees . 8 one of the founding members of the american seed trade association breck was the president of the massachusetts horticultural society from 1859 to 1862 . 7 breck bought a house in brighton ma in 1854 and lived there until his death . 3 the company continued through the years as a garden supply company . in the 1950s luther adams bo breck the fifth generation breck transformed the family business into a dutch bulb importer and flower bulb catalog company . 1 in 2001 breck s was acquired by gardens alive when then parent company foster & gallagher went bankrupt . 9 references edit a b the breck of breck s dies multichannel merchant . gardens ; what s best for bulbs ; the choices you make now will color your millennium the washington post . a b oak square brighton allston historical society . nursery sample books university of delaware library . new england farmer and horticultural journal 1822 1846 proquest . the young florist library of congress catalog record . a b biographies of american seedsmen & nurserymen smithsonian institution libraries . the flower garden ; or breck s book of flowers by joseph breck chestofbooks.com . jim tierney november 1 2010 . how gardens alive is digging a new niche . multichannel merchant . retrieved january 10 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title breck % 27s & oldid 732056947 categories agriculture companies of the united statescompanies based in indianacompanies established in 18181818 establishments in indiana 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 09 04 . 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