History

Pro­duc­tion process­es are adapt­ed, sales and dis­tri­b­u­tion are expand­ed. The cus­­tomer-ori­en­t­ed ser­vice com­pa­ny with some 130 employ­ees cul­ti­vates high-qual­i­­ty plants on an area of 650 hectares of open land.

Dieter Lap­pen takes over the tree nurs­ery as suc­ces­sor and assumes man­age­ment respon­si­bil­i­ty. Spe­cial­i­sa­tion in avenue trees and the large tree sec­tor is afford­ed high pri­or­i­ty. The tree nurs­ery grows to become one of the largest in Europe and employs a work­force of over 100.

Gertrud Lap­pen returns to the fam­i­ly home at ‘am Her­renpfad’. The build­ings and tree nurs­ery fields are severe­ly dam­aged through artillery attacks. Dur­ing the post-war years the tree nurs­ery kept its head above water by cul­ti­vat­ing veg­eta­bles and util­is­ing the pre­vi­ous­ly plant­ed orchards.

The begin­ning of the war brought an end to rapid devel­op­ment. Friedolf Lap­pen was called up for ser­vice in the Ger­man armed forces. Two sons result from the mar­riage with Getrud Lor­bach: Ado (born in 1941) and Dieter (born in 1943).

Cul­ti­va­tion of fruit and avenue trees; spe­cial­i­sa­tion in this kind of cul­ti­va­tion is accelerated.

Cul­ti­va­tion of stock plants for fruit trees, berry bush­es and the in-house selec­tion Tilia europaea ‘Pal­l­i­da Typ Lappen’.