Flower Circus

Tulip season is coming up soon, but the bulb harvest was poor, very poor. How will this affect the upcoming season? Will there be enough quantities? what about the quality of the bulbs? How will it affect the prices (in presale) We discuss all these questions with Mark-jan Terwindt from Royal Anthos, Arjan Smit from Smit Flowers and chairman of the Tulip Promotion Netherlands, and Winfried Verslui...

In this first episode of London's Calling Caroline and John discuss the IFTF and Flora Holland Tradefair which were held last week. What were the highlights, and how was the overall atmosphere? But before we go into that, we go from the Eurovision to the current prices at the Dutch auction. Enjoy the podcast and let us know if you like this format!

120 episodes with great guests from all over the world. From China to Colombia, and from Australia to South Africa. In almost 2,5 years' time, we talked with so many inspiring people. What started out as a way to share ideas and knowledge to try to overcome the pandemic, became a show where inspiring people told their stories, passion, and goals. It was great to see the reactions of all the people...

In this episode of Flower Circus Talks we have two icons from the flower industry: Holly Chapple and Joey Azout. Together they created someting really wonderful: the Alexandra Farms Certified Designer course (AFCD).   What started out as an idea between the two soon grew out to a full scale course specially for garden roses. During the 12 chapters of the course you will not learn how to desig...

In this Talks we have the floral entrepreneur Khrystyna Didukh.  She is a woman full of energy and ideas, and is running several projects in Lviv in Ukraine; from flowerwholesale to flowershop and weddings.   Like for all Ukrainians from the 24th of February her world turned upside down. Just having bought a huge amount of flowers for Woman's Day the day before, she soon realized that sh...

In this Talks we have the wonderful (and good looking ;-) ) Dr van Bloom! Last year Dr van Blooom was already doing some video's for Flower Circus, and now, live from the flower fields in Holland he has good news to tell!!!   Dr van Bloom will show us around in Holland, showing the beauty of the flowering fields with Narcussus and Hyacints.   Join to hear the incredible flower stories an...

For this Flower Circus Talks episode we have a really bright guest. We might even say the brightest one in the flower industry that we’ve ever met!  Henck Röling is a really expressive personality and an outstanding florist you can’t forget. He told us about his professional path, interesting projects, participation in Netflix TV Show ’The big Flower Fight’ he took part in, how he became so e...

International Women's Day is around the corner. A day that is celebrated in Russia and Eastern Europe with a lot of flowers. We talk about the huge flowerday with Naila and Moses from MM Flor. MM Flor is specialised in selling flowers and plants to Russia and Eastern Europe.    We speak about what this day means for the people, and that giving flowers is a must. Not only to your direct f...

We are in the middle of all big flower holidays, Valentine sales are done for the export, and Women's Day is already around the corner. Time to talk with Kjell Duijvesteijn, the co-owner of Flower Force. A Dutch export company which exports to over 40 counties worldwide.   Kjell will tell us about the challenges this Valentines, and we look forward towards the upcoming holidays.

Our Flower Circus Talks are about promotion of unique flower companies and services, top quality growers, and innovators of the industry. This time we will have an insightful conversation with Jurjen Ilsink from The World of Spray roses.  The World of Sprayroses is unique collective of leading and passionate spray rose growers with the ambition to represent the showcase of the endless possibi...

Last week CalFlowers launched a spectacular new campaign to promote flowers: That Flower Feeling.   We talk with Steve Dionne, the executive director of Calflowers about the campaign, how it started, how the project came to life, and what the future plans are for this campaign. Of course, we will also show the official video of the campaign.   Calflowers really pulled off a great job wit...

"All signs are on green for this Tulip season" In our Flower Circus Talks we had Jeroen Windt from Polderpride as our guest. Saturday the 15th it's the official start of the Tulips season in Holland, so it's time to talk about Tulips. Polder Pride is a strong brand of quality tulips in the market. With Jeroen, we talk about his expectations for this season, the challenge of the high energy prices,...

To end the year with a laugh and a tear, we have a Flower Circus Talks Special. John and Jhon will talk with friends of the Circus about their year, and we will be looking forward to 2022. An absolute fun show which you shouldn't miss!!! In the Show we have Mr Plantgeek Michael Perry, Harold van Eendenburg, (Alstroemeria) Ben Cross, Juan David Lecuona, Max Hurtaud, Geertje Stienstra, Mark Frank, C...

In this Flower Circus Talks we have Bas ter Laare from Flower Exchange as our Guest.  Flower Exchange is an innovative initiative between Kenya's best and largest flower farms.  They combine an incredible selection and quality with seamless freight forwarding and transparent pricing.  With Bas we talk about of course Flower Exchange, the Kenyan flower industry, the challenges and op...

Growers in Holland are facing more and more challenges, gas prices are sky-high, raw materials are getting more and more expensive, and logistics are also a big challenge.     How does Beyond Chrysant cope with all these challenges, and how does the gas price affect individual growers? Wouter will tell us.     We also talk about how Beyond Chrysant focuses on florists...

Last weekend in Dendermonde in Belgium there was a wonderful flower event: Féerie Florale : Floral Christmas Dreams. The best Belgium Flower designers were there to show their skills. Belgium Champion Stefan Van Berlo will tell, and show! us all about this fantastic event.

Seafreight as an alternative for airfreight for Kenia is more relevant than ever. At the moment it's not only from a sustainability point of view, also because of the lack of space with airfreight. Last Tuesday there was a webinar about this theme. Jeroen was one of the speakers, and will tell us about the challenges growers from Kenia are facing to make sea freight work. Join our other social med...

Ed de Groot is an icon in the Dutch flower industry. After a short break working outside the floral industry, he is back again. With 247flowers.online they are ready to conquer the market with their new way of doing business. Ed will explain how 247flowers works and how both growers, as well as buyers, can benefit from this short chain. Listen to the FC Talks via podcast: Spotify - https://spoti.f...

In this Flower Circus Talks we have Huib van Veen from Four Seasons Quality as our guest.  At the moment they are in the preparations for the Tradeshows in Holland. FSQ will be both at the FlowerBazar as well as at the IFTF 2021 - International Floriculture & Horticulture Trade Fair  They will show their roses (and other flowers there).  With Huib we talk about the company, how...

It has been 2 years ago that the last flower exhibition was held by HPP Exhibitions, and now it is finally time that the floral industry from (almost) all over the world will meet again during the IFTF.   With Dick van Raamsdonk we talk about the upcoming edition, what has changed, and are there any extra rules for this edition.

In this Flower Circus Talks we have Tom Vermeer, managing director of Xpol as our Guest.   For all parties in the flower industry, it are challenging times. How does Xpol handle this?   What started as a unique approach on how they synchronize the market, instead of buying and selling, turned out to be a great formula, that also helps them in times where all costs rise, especially airfre...

For this special episode: #100 we have the CMO Marcel Zandvliet from the Dutch Flower Group.  With Marcel, we talk about marketing in the floral industry. Why is marketing so important? Flower prices are already high, why should we promote.   Dutch Flower Group does a lot of research in consumer behavior, and they see a real change in behavior in how consumers look at flowers and plants....

'A whole new generation of florists is created due to Covid' With Sahid we Talk about how the industry is changing, and how florists are reacting to it.   Sahid has been at the SAF and saw that a lot of florists attended the seminars about online sales/marketing etc. The rooms were filled with florists. Most of them see it as a new/extra way of sales.    After the crisis of 2008 a n...

After a period of 16 months without any flower exhibitions in Holland, The FlowerBazar is happening. Rudi Tuinman and Pascal Koeleman from 2dezign tell us about their first event in Holland, and we have a quick look around as well!

There is a huge shortage of roses at the moment. What is going on? We talk with Michael Black from Jet Fresh Flowers and Jet Fresh Growers, and Alejandro Henao from Naranjo Roses to find out.   There isn't just one reason why the market is so stressed at the moment, it's a combination of different factors. Lots of farms have been bought by the big supermarkets (suppliers). These roses normall...