“My passion is to make people happy with our product”
The cheerful colours explode from the greenhouse on this summery day in May. At the gerbera nursery of Mike Zuidgeest (25) in Honselersdijk, it's hard work to get ready for the French Mother's Day.
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Grower Rene van Dop: "Always looking for unique opportunities on the market"
Together with his father, Rene van Dop has run the modern kalanchoe nursery, Solis Plant in 's-Gravenzande, since 2008. The nursery occupies 3.1 hectares and grows more than 6 million plants a year.
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“Organic is the future” says summer flowers grower Annemieke de Haan
Annemieke de Haan (47) is an organic summer flowers grower in Hillegom. She has a pick-your-own garden covering 3.000 m2 that shares personnel and mechanisation with the summer flowers nursery of her husband, Pieter Damen (51). They cultivate an extensive assortment, from dahlia to scabiosa.
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Peony grower Niels Molenaar: “Growth is unbelievably important”
Niels Molenaar has a peony nursery in the North Holland town of Hensbroek. Together with his brothear, he runs the 30-hectare company, which also has a French branch in Avignon.
Read moreBlog of grower John van Ruijven: “Something always happen in a vase of lilies”
John van Ruijven is a lily grower and partner at Qualily. He started working at the age of 18 in his father's nursery, which he then took over early in the 1990s. The firm in Kwintsheul is 2.2 hectares in size and produces 45,000 to 50,000 stems per week.
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