Flower Circus

Deliflor Chrysanten is the largest chrysanthemum breeder worldwide. The Deliflor assortment consists of more than 300 different cultivars which are grown all over the world. So there is no better person to talk about Chrysanthemums than Peter Zaat. How does he see the market moving, what developments are there in terms of breeding and growing, and much more! Join our other social media: Facebook:...

"The future for the floral industry in Australia looks bright" In this episode of Flower Circus Talks, we have Bas Kamp as our guest. After traveling all over the world as a florist Bas ended up starting a wholesale business in Brisbane Australia. Running the business already over 25 years now, Bas is the man to ask about the Australian flower business, and how it differs from other markets. Altho...

Nicu is driven by his passion for floral design, he completed his story by perfecting his art with the most prestigious florists in the world.    During the 50th anniversary of his family being in the floral business, they came up with a project of showing 50 days in a row a special design in Bucharest: it started with an arrangement in a whole in the road, and quickly more places in the...

Ben Cross from Crosslands Flower Nursery is a specialist and a 4th generation Alstroemeria grower, as well as the Founder of the British Flowers Rock Campaign.  Ben is an exceptional man and true flower lover who won the 'Empowering Communities Award' which recognizes people who make an outstanding contribution towards conservation, biodiversity, and climate change.👏🏻 Listen to the podcast...

After making 121 magazines in 20 years Fusion Flower stops. All these years the magazine was a podium for young floral designers and an inspiration source for florists and designers all over the planet. We are talking with Alison Bradley the editor of Fusion Flowers; about the adventures she had over the years. Highlights with meeting designers, winning awards, and much more. By the reactions of a...

Now that weddings start again, it is time to talk with Joey Azout from Alexandra Farms. The boutique farm is growing fantastic garden roses. This year they added 9 new varieties, some of them are sprayroses. Joey will talk us through all the new varieties, and what makes them so special. One thing is for sure, there is a great story behind every variety! What a lot of florists still have in mind i...

In this Flower Circus Talks, we have the very talented Keith Lin.    It doesn't matter if it is a flower, plant or tree. You can make sure he can something extraordinarily out of it. Multiply price winning at several big shows around the world like the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Singapore Garden Festival, and designer at the Petal Garden at the Jewel Changi Airport.    Great to l...

Now that the weddings are finally getting started, it is time to talk with a grower of cut Phaleanopsis. A typical flower for weddings and events.  Carlo Scheele from Ichtus Flowers and Plants takes us through the greenhouse to show what it takes to grow these wonderful flowers.   Did you know they grow 17 different varieties? So there is a Phalaenopsis that fits every bride and occ...

Lani Callister of Ensign Wholesale Floral is telling us how they experienced the pandemic.  One thing is for sure, the love for flowers got them through. Feeling the need to help the whole industry: from growers to their customers.  This to make sure that at least there were some flowers for the people who needed them so badly.   They kept their standing orders running, although mos...

Arnold has broad experience with supplying supermarkets in both Europe and the USA. What are the differences, changes, and how did Covid change the way of buying?    Arnold is live from a greenhouse of a lily breeder, as they have open days. It is all about catching up this month with a lot of open days.   With his experience with selling flowers to supermarkets both in Europe as we...

"There is a big disbalance in demand and supply in the bulb market at the moment" In this Flower Circus Talks, we have bulb specialist Arjan Poland from Lilies and More. The prices of flowers are still quite high because of the big demand worldwide. This is what we see now, but also in the bulb market prices are much higher than last year. Will we see the consequences of that next year? Arjan will...

'Lisianthus one of the most versatile flowers out there' Lisianthus- The Special flower is a cooperation of the Dutch Lisianthus grower to promote this wonderful flower.  Their promotions always stand out, they made several beautiful inspiration books for florists and came up with a great flower truck display last year. This week it was time for a new photoshoot for more wedding inspiration....

"The quality of at least 20% of flowers is unacceptable due to systematic underperformance across the chain" In this Flower Circus Talks, it's all about the quality of flowers, and how to improve and preserve them better. This to make sure the consumer will enjoy the flowers, and not buy a disappointment. Jeroen van der Hulst, founder, and owner of Flower Watch will share his knowledge with us. Fl...

"Sending plants to the UK is still a challenge, as you can only send plants produced in 3 countries" Flower Circus Talks with Merel van den Burg - Flowering Direct. A really interesting story about what Flowering Direct does differently than most exporters, transparency, social media. Of course as well how Brexit and Covid changed their business and their customer's business. Plants are still a ch...

"People shouldn't be afraid working with plants, they should chill out and enjoy them" In this Flower Circus Talks we have Michael Perry - Mr Plantgeek. The man responsible for making gardening and plants cool again! Michael has an unique way of working and showing plants. It makes plants and gardening much more accessible for a big group of people. We talk about how people shouldn't be afraid of...

In this Flower Circus Talks we have Peter Kuijt, a flower sales expert.  Peter works for the flower export company, Anton Spaargaren, and regularly visits lots of growers and auctions.   Peter shares the beauty from the greenhouses on his Instagram account, so check it out   👉🏻 https://bit.ly/3sp5tl6 Watch more talks with top specialists from flower industry  https://www.yout...

"Designing bouquets for the mass market is much more than putting nice flowers together" What was supposed to be a 3 month job in America, became a working there already there now for many years. Martine is now designing for the mass market and tells about her job, what she likes about it.  Designing for mass markets requires more than making good looking bouquets. Because of the enormous amo...

"The higher prices are mostly demand driven, not because of supply" In this Flower Circus Talks we have Arie van den Berg, owner of Berg Roses. Berg Roses grows roses in Holland, Kenia and China, So if somebody knows about roses worldwide it is Arie. In Holland they grow 12 different varieties, and Arie says it's topsport to grow Roses profitable in Holland with a cost price that is very high. Thi...

Dimitris is a floral designer, and owner of Flowers Papadakis in Athens Greece. He is also the Vice President at Athens Florists Association Greece. With Dimitris talk about his business, and how it is affected by not only Covid, but also before that the economical crisis in Greece. He will explain on which principles he has build his flower business which help him to continue to do business. He w...

In this episode we have Danny van Uffelen from Zentoo. Zentoo is the biggest growers association in Chrysanthemums in Holland. Recently Zentoo increased it's growth ambition. Zentoo wants to achieve a market share of 35% in the spray chrysanthemum, disbudded chrysanthemum and santini segments.  With Danny we talk about their ambitions, the current market (8th of March and UK Mother's Day).&nb...

In This episode we have an absolute icon in the Flower industry: Niek Oudendijk. With Niek we talks about he ended up in the flowers, after a short career in fashion. He started to work for the company his father started, who started his business by selling flowers on his bicycle. The company quickly grew, and Niek was involved in the trade part of the business. In 2020 Oudendijk existed 75 years,...

In this Flower Circus Talks we have Shabistan Khan as our guest. Shabistan was during her study already attracted to flowers, spending half her money on buying flowers. No wonder that this woman had to end up in the floral industry. After started her own flower shop, she worked for Soex Flora, and is now working for Black Tulip Group. Next to this she also writes her own blog (flowerandeverything....

Porta Nova is a rose nursery that specializes in cultivating top quality Red & White Naomi roses. In their modern and environmental friendly greenhouse in the Netherlands, they do everything in our power to assure our roses grow to perfection. Stefan will tell us about how this Valentine's Day went for them, and how it was different then previous years. He will also explain that they not only...

We are 4 weeks in with the Brexit now. How did it influence the floral trade in the UK. We talk about this with Caroline Marshal-Foster, Director of the Good Florist Guide and editor at the Florist Trade Magazine. John Davidson, the finance director at Tom Brown Wholesale Florist and Kosta Foufas from FMA Ltd. After waiting and preparing for it for about 4,5 years the Brexit was a fact on the firs...

In this Flower Circus Talks we have the multiple award winning Bill Schaffer. As a third generation florist, at young age Bill was sure he wouldn't end up as a florist, after sweeping the floor of the flower shop when he was young. Now years later he is a renown floral designer, found his wife via his work, and now they run Schaffer Designs. With Bill we talk about the special events and designs t...