Orange City Magazine - Spring Summer
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TULIP FESTIVAL<br />
Brett and Nora Mulder<br />
started Mulder Tulip<br />
Town Company 11 years<br />
ago after Sioux County's<br />
main tulip supplier<br />
retired from the<br />
flower business.<br />
“We couldn’t have a Dutch community without<br />
somebody selling tulips,” said Nora, who also<br />
works as a loan officer at Iowa State Bank in <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>.<br />
Since 2006, the Mulders have planted about<br />
50,000 tulips each year in the Sioux County community<br />
of about 6,200.<br />
The couple works closely with the city and various<br />
businesses in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> to maintain a variety<br />
of flower beds, which are spread over several locations<br />
throughout the town.<br />
The tulip bulbs are imported from a supplier<br />
based in Noordwijerhout, Holland.<br />
“That’s where 90 percent of the bulbs we buy are<br />
from,” Brett said.<br />
“We have a couple of other suppliers too, but<br />
he’s the primary one, and he works with the different<br />
growers.”<br />
The bulbs arrive each September, and the Mulders<br />
typically plant in October.<br />
22 OC | SPRING/SUMMER 2017
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