Welcome to Alpen Gardens

Alpen Gardens is a family owned dahlia business.  Alpen Gardens originated in Kalispell Montana by Bill and Lois McClaren over 25 years ago. John and Carla Stables purchased the business in the Fall of 2004 and moved it to Gaston, Oregon. Bill McClaren still hybridizes several wonderful Alpen dahlias as new introductions each year.

John and Carla started a greenhouse business named CJD Gardens in the Fall of 2000. Out of the greenhouse they sell annuals, perennials and cut flowers. John is a high school teacher at Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. He is an agriculture teacher with a technical education degree. He teaches horticulture, woodshop, welding and fire science.

Carla works part-time at a the local hospital. Her full time job is as a stay at home mom to two children. J.D. turned 7 last Fall and is in the second grade. Cydney will be six in February and is in Kindergarten.  Both children love to work with the dahlias. They help to plant the tubers, cut the flowers and mail the catalogs.  They also enjoy playing hide and seek in the dahlia field.

As always, we do our best to offer you top quality flowers. We grow over 400 varieties on about 3 acres of land. Due to inventory we do not list every variety for sale. If you are ever looking for something and do not see it, please let me know and we will do what we can to get it for you. We have a great line of new introductions, from top hybridizers, that are sure to look great in your garden and on the show bench.

Our Guarantee:
We guarantee that our tubers are true to name, disease free and that they will develop a good eye for growth. Any tubers not conforming to this standard will be replaced or substituted the following season.

Please open and inspect your order immediately at arrival. Report any concerns to us within ten (10) days. Amount of loss is limited to the cost of the tuber(s). No cash refunds. Alpen Gardens cannot be responsible for the loss of stock due to the customer's storage and/or growing conditions nor for plant performance in the following year(s).

Note that tubers shipped prior to April 1st are at the purchaser's risk as our established shipping dates are April 1st through April 28th/29th.

The Stables Family

John, Carla, J.D. and Cydney

12010 NE Flett Rd

Gaston, OR 97119

503-662-3951