The tree and rose nursery Strobel & Co. is founded in 1927 in Pinneberg by Gustav Storbel as a producer of bedding plants | In 1951, Strobel & Co. takes over the successful rose breeding company Meilland. Garden and greenhouse roses widen the range of products | The groundwork is set in 1963 for the production of woody plants in containers | 1971 Hanns-Henning Kähler and Dieter Schakat found the company, BaumschulenKontor Nord, in Rellingen | In 1981, BKN purchases Strobel & Co. | Both companies consolidate in 1987 to form BKN Strobel | 2002 marks the opening of BKN Strobel's new nursery in Holm / Kreis Pinneberg | 2005 Hannsjörg Kähler and Hajo Steinmeyer become the Chief Executive Directors of the company | 2006 BKN Strobel is granted the Taspo Award for the category “Nursery of the Year”.