Bachman’s Eden Prairie will host a free 140th birthday party Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bachman’s Floral, Home, and Garden was founded in 1885, when Henry Bachman Sr. started a vegetable farm on their original homestead on Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis. The Eden Prairie location opened in March 1994.
Saturday’s birthday celebration at the Eden Prairie location will include live music by The Gated Community, door prizes and birthday treats. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions.
Birthday celebrations will take place at all Bachman’s retail locations on June 14. The Lunds & Byerlys Bachman’s retail locations, including Eden Prairie, will provide birthday treats to the first 140 customers at each store that day.
Bachman’s Eden Prairie is located at 770 Prairie Center Drive. Lunds & Byerlys Eden Prairie is located at 970 Prairie Center Drive.
“For 140 years, we have been honored to serve Minnesotans throughout all of life’s events, from births, to weddings, to anniversaries, funerals and everything in between, celebrating triumphs and providing comfort during challenging times,” said Susan Bachman West, CEO and president of Bachman’s. “We are grateful to our customers for welcoming us into their lives over the past 14 decades, and we look forward to continuing to be a part of the community for decades to come.”
In addition to Bachman West, two other fifth-generation family members now help run the business: Karen Bachman Thull, director of public relations and business development; and Adam Bachman, director of delivery and logistics.
Many of the plants, flowers and landscaping products sold by Bachman’s are still grown locally in seven acres of greenhouses and on a 670-acre growing range in Farmington. The flagship retail location in Minneapolis sits next to the original homestead where the family lived and started growing flowers.
It was there that Henry Bachman Sr. gave each of his five sons a portion of the garden to grow whatever they liked. His son Albert decided to grow carnations for his mother, and he would also sell them at the cemetery across the street. Albert’s flowers quickly outsold the vegetables, and flowers became the future of Bachman’s.
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