Fourth Generation in Agriculture at the Same Location.

A Journey to the 21st Century

At the turn of the last century two young Czechoslovakians, Paul Lukas and Mary Klimek  made their separate ways to America in search of a new life in a free land. Mary arrived in 1899 and Paul in 1905. They met in Cleveland Ohio, and were married there in June of 1908. Working and saving, they looked forward to the day when they could leave the crowded industrial city. In 1912 they realized their dreams and, with six other families, they traveled to Florida, settling in the rural and largely empty flatlands around Oviedo. Here, in what is now Seminole county, they farmed and raised their families. To retain their ties with their European heritage, they named the area Slavia, which in the Slovak language means "glory". This community of devout, practicing Christians at first held services in their homes. They later built a formal house of worship, St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Following the death of Paul Lukas in 1939, one of his sons, Paul martin, carried on the family truck farm and at the same time looked after his younger brothers and sisters.

History

We salute our present employees and those who have gone before them. Without them what you see today would not have been possible. It is with hard work, sacrifice, and an unselfish desire to serve our fellow men that we continue to GROW GREEN plants and expand our agricultural services.

We are thankful to God for blessing the labors of our hands and for guiding our lives. Green survival and the beautification of our environment -It's the concern of all of us!