Aaron Van Wingerden
Company
Dutch Heritage Gardens, Larkspur, Colo.
Job Title
President
Accomplishments
Purchased empty greenhouse with no infrastructure and turned it into a $7 million business in seven years; Helped create and market companys own brand of soil media that is sold to consumers
Extracurricular
Favorite cuisine: His wife is Bulgarian and has an arsenal of AWESOME authentic dishes. Hobbies: Skiing and Xball, a tournament-style paintball game.
Fun Facts
Aaron has 22 siblings, 17 sets of aunts/uncles and well over 100 cousins and most of the family is in the greenhouse business in some way.
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