Over the last duad of age , the troupe of Dutch young industrial plant grower Maarten Bloemen expanded rapidly . It tripled in aerofoil and built a new adeptness . Also , his son joined the company as possessor , and the company recently deepen its name to Bloemen Young Plants .

Maarten , Jacqueline , and son Merijn

The company , Ornamental Plant Nursery Maarten Bloemen V.O.F. , was founded on October 1 , 1987 . After working for ten years with an panoptic mixed bag of plants , including quick - to - deliver products , they shift to acidophilous shrubs . Now , they only make reproductive materials such as rootle newspaper clipping and planting material , specializing in a circumscribed assortment . In the retiring years , they have been intensively hire in the product of newly patented variety .

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A peek into the fresh repositing and processing area

For many years , they did not have expanding upon plan , but in ' 10 , they started to mean about it and take the first steps in ' 14 - 15 . It took some time and paperwork to receive a go , but in ' 19 , they in the end invite it . And in ' 21 and ' 22 , they go from a production land area of 1.5 ha to 4 ha , of which a 2 hour angle greenhouse , a 2.5 ha container sphere , ha storage and processing country , loading sour grass , and a basin in which 1 million cubic decimeter of water system can be store . Production has grown from 900,000 to over 2 million plants , and the compartmentalisation has also expanded well ( with all kind of bush ) .

Container fields

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The focus now is on consolidation . " We have had(29 ) one time of year now , and it has gone well . We are very proud of with the output , processing and gross sales . And we intercept yield at two rental location , which has been a in force decision in terms of logistics . "

The Modern greenhouse is not being heated , but it is frost - proof

presently , Maarten , Jacqueline , their Word Merijn ( 29 ) , and twelve employees are launch the business . After function for more than a decade in the company , Merijn is now also atomic number 27 - owner . He in the main focussed on refinement , and his female parent on administration and H&R.

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" We are almost sixty , still too other to retire but at a good old age to let the new generation take it over gradually . We have now set up a nice , succeeding - proof society and also have about 40 year of experience to work up upon . We still have 2 hectares of empty land , which we certainly intend to develop in the coming years . We are only halfway to our potential in that respect because all the facilities are already set up for full production . "

For more info : Bloemen Young Plants[email   protected]www.bloemenyoungplants.nl

( The new website will go live next month . Meanwhile , the former website is still on-line atwww.maartenbloemen.nl )

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