" Valentine ’s Day is not as significant for us as it is for the flower growers . For us , Easter and Mother ’s Day are the highlight of the yr , " says Peter van Beurden of Westland Greenhouses , based in Canada . " In spring , there ’s never enough blank in the greenhouse . “For year he has been cultivating various spring plants , cyclamen , pot chrysanthemum , gerbera and genus Pelargonium , pot begonias and Christmas cactus in Jordan , Ontario , and also 40,000 unit of 25 centimeter hanging plants are grown . From vegetables to pot plantsIn 1968 Peter emigrated from Schipluiden in the Netherlands to Ontario . He had built up experience in polish in his uncle ’s vegetable cultivation company . " These were very dissimilar times . In the Netherlands , it was all about cucumbers and tomatoes in summertime and lettuce in winter . I had never heard of capsicum . " When he arrive in Canada , he started working in the company of his cousin Andy Olsthoorn , who had finalize there in the 1950s . They cultivated potted plants , and in summer tomatoes .
In 1976 , the two founded a young pot industrial plant baby’s room : Westland Greenhouses . In the years that follow , the industrial plant also found their means to the consumer after Mother ’s Day . They stop the cultivation of Lycopersicon esculentum to focus entirely on the plants . Erfgoed FloorOver the yr , the companionship grow to around 2 hectares , with the latest construction having been completed last year . The newfangled construction is designed with the time to come in mind , because the water supply is built in such a mode that eventual further university extension can also be provided with body of water . For this new nursery , Peter take a base from Erfgoed , which has a Canadian branch not far from Westland Greenhouses . " Many growers school here on concrete floors . The disadvantage of this is that it easily can become 30 to 35 degrees here in the summer and then the floors become spicy and do not cool down down . ““First I corrupt a traditional black trading floor cloth , but when Erfgoed informed me of the origination of a grey cloth , I go for that . The floor is being moderate with a Hortimax estimator . The result was excellent , the smoke chrysanthemum that I grew on it were simply stunning and the plant that are on it now await great too . “Service around the cornerIn 1982 , the first clime computer was purchase by Peter and Andy . " Priva opened a branch 5 minute from here . That was a godsend , because we had the service within easy reach . The climate here just is dissimilar , and that is why the software was adjusted in such a way that computers of Dutch origin could perfectly do their job here as well . To give an exercise : we sometimes have electric storm that can erupt within three moment . Then of course everything has to be put in a hurry . "
on a regular basis to HollandMeanwhile , most Dutch suppliers have a outgrowth in the neighborhood , but like many growers in his region , over the years Peter on a regular basis jaunt back to Holland . To visit the National Horticultural Trade Fair ( NVT ) and to see the technological innovations . Looking back , Peter concludes : " Every twelvemonth there is something that changes , but horticulture remains largely the same . “For more entropy : Westland Greenhouses ( Jordan ) Ltd.4428 15th StreetJordan Station , OntarioCanada L0R 1S0 + 1 905 - 562 - 7022[email protected]www.westlandgreenhouses.caErfGoedBredeweg 592751 GH Moerkapellewww.erfgoed.com
