Nursery Berlin Germany / Buy Plants Online from Lorberg (2024)

1843

Gottlob Heinrich Lorberg establishes the nursery with café attached.

Gottlob Heinrich Lorberg cultivated dahlia and founded the tree nursery at Gesundbrunnen in Berlin. Following strong demand, he also began to cultivate magnolia, blooming azaleas and rhododendrons.

1863

Max Richard H. Lorberg (*1840) takes over the business from his father

1874

Max Richard Lorberg acquires a manor in Biesenthal.

After coming into possession of a manor, it became possible to grow an even wider range of plants. After a few years, the business relocated entirely to Biesenthal.

1910

Eugen H. Lorberg takes over at the nursery.

After attending the royal gardening academy in Wildpark, he also gained success as a landscaper.

1920

Wolfgang H. und Antonie Lorberg

Wolfgang Lorberg returned from captivity in a P.O.W camp, resuming his position from his wife Antonie Lorberg, who had carried out the role in his absence. He left the nursery five years later for health reasons.

1925

Heinz H. Lorberg und Adolf Steffen

Mr. Adolf Steffen, a known specialist and a friend of the family, took leadership alongside Heinz Lorberg, son of the late Eugen Lorberg. The variety of flowers at the school has been enriched by roses and lilacs, which add vitality to the business.

1945

Escape and confiscation

During and after the Second World War, all that had been accomplished collapsed. In 1949, the nursery was repossessed and communalised as public property under the GDR.

1950

Rebuilding the company in Lichtenrade

Heinz H. Lorberg bought an initial two-hectare sized space in Lichtenrade, to which a further ten hectares were leased from the city.

1962

Dieter H. Lorberg enters into the fifth generation of the nursery.

Through much business acumen and the use of modern technology, the company began steadily to develop.

1966 - 1993

Establishing the production facility at Neudorf-Platendorf (Lower Saxony)

1987

Founding of the production facility Hankensbüttel

The purchase of a 100-hectare manor in Lower Saxony to expand the product range.

1988

Stefan H. Lorberg enters the business

Known previously as a regional provider, the tree nursery began to garner international through the following years.

1991 - 1997

Relocation of production facilities to Tremmen

In the early nineties, the Lorberg family relocated their home to Havelland. All of the plants at Neudorf-Platendorf and Hankensbüttel were gradually replanted at the new location.

2003

Moving from Lichentrade to Kleinziethen

For reasons of space the Berlin branch moved to Kleinziethen.

2007

Opening of the Baden-Baden branch

Following operations in Baden-Baden, a permanent branch in Baden-Württemberg was established.

2016

The diversity of our plants and shapes have been planted and praised from Quebec to Vladivostok.