Easy to Setup
All Ginseng farmers build their gardens a little different, which is why we provide the tools and hardware to make it as easy for them as possible.
Extreme Durability
As expected, we only purchase the highest quality materials for our customers with a large majority of our materials being produced in Canada and the USA.
Phenomenal Quality
We provide our customers with a premium 81% Ginseng shade cloth, which can last up to 30 years, and hydro grade Class “A” EHS guy strand cables.
Ginseng Supplies
We supply our customers with only the highest quality products ordered to fit each garden’s needs. Browse our Ginseng supplies and contact us for more information.
Ginseng Poles
Aircraft Cable
Woven Cloth
Ginseng Cloth
Our History
In the early 1980’s ginseng gardens started sprouting up in Norfolk County. Bill Huffman, an electrical contractor, with wife Elizabeth planted their first ginseng garden in 1983. Being a shade loving plant that requires 80% shade to thrive, local growers like Bill made the shade for their gardens from wood lath.
That fall, Bill learned ginseng growers in Wisconsin had been shading their ginseng gardens with a polypropylene fabric. After much research, Bill believed the fabric may be a viable alternative to wooden shade which led him to introduce the synthetic fabric to growers in Ontario.
The Oakland Shading Company was incorporated in 1986 to meet the growing need of these shade products by ginseng growers. We are proud to say that we exclusively provide fabric that is extruded and fabricated by Synthetic Industries (now Lumite, Inc.) in the United States.
Oakland Shading has been owned and operated by the Huffman family for 30 years and we are dedicated to helping you grow your beautiful Ginseng garden.