HVH’s History
(hook vän hôl´änt) or Hook of Holland: district of Rotterdam, W Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is an outer port of Rotterdam, with which it is connected by the New Waterway. It is a terminus for ships that cross the English Channel from Harwich, England.
My father named the original business after the town of Hoek Van Holland where he worked on the ships when he was a teenager. He wanted a company name that reflected his Dutch heritage. My father emigrated to Canada from Holland in 1957.
Hoek Van Holland Nursery and Landscaping was created and built-in 1972 by Peter Strybosch located at Steeles Avenue and Brimley Road in a suburb of Toronto called Milliken. It was created after Peter had created and sold a successful landscape/maintenance business called Agincourt Lawn and Landscaping which maintained the grounds of several large commercial properties in Toronto, Honeywell, Rockwell, Dad’s Cookies, and IBM included.
Steven’s youngest brother Kevin Strybosch operates Hoek Van Holland Landscaping in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.
Steven James Strybosch
Steve is passionate about Landscaping.
He has a lifetime of Horticultural – Landscape experience, born and raised around his family’s Landscape Nursery business.
He is an experienced hard surface and soft landscaper, utilizing a wide range of horticultural practices, with a particular emphasis on the preservation of the natural landscape and the protection of native species (reduction of invasives and increase of native plantings).
He places a strong focus on water conservation within his practice, by utilizing his experience and knowledge of plants, drainage and irrigation .
Qualifications : 1987 – Landscape Horticulturist, Certificate of Qualification, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced learning, Ontario.
Over the years has worked collaboratively with a variety of experts, including completing a 5 year project with renowned Landscape architects Anne James and Richard Haag from Seattle Washington and Dr Olaf Ribeiro, plant pathologist from Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Steve is flexible and works together with his clients to respect their personal choices and the environment. He utilizes modified equipment and tailors his work to fit the unique situation of every job.