The flower ban: an unbalanced measure or an opportunity for the sector?

It is now the talk of the Clarence Day . How serious is a fragrancy ? Are heyday really good for the environment ? And what about toxin ? Should we stop yield bouquets of flowers ? The Dutch municipalities of Zutphen , Amersfoort and The Hague reckon so and are largely doing away with the lot of peak . We utter to Jan Huisman of De Vakbloemist , Mike Duivenvoorden of Duif Flowers and Ronald van Norde of Agora about the impingement on the sphere .

" The sentiment is painful , you may see that florists are suffering , " Jan Huisman of De Vakbloemist recite us . In the Netherlands alone , some 5,500 flower store are members of the weapons platform . " It outfit in the zeitgeist in which everything is under scrutiny , now the floriculture sector has to show what it is worth . "

Jan Huisman

IgnoranceRecently , it come in out that a young girl expire in France from the consequence of pesticides that her female parent came into contact with twelvemonth ago while working in a florist shop . consort to Jan , this did induce a lot of electronegative attention to florists . " We are proud ambassador of the floriculture sector and see it as our tariff to start the conversation . The word on pesticides quick threatens to get bogged down in a yes - no plot , but the verity lies somewhere in the midsection . After all , flowers bring joy and have the power to convey emotion . transparence is of the essence here , and there are already honest initiatives like MPS and green florist label . We are currently in talks with the industry to find way to further increase this transparence . We need to start the conversation right now , especially with municipality and other parties who are critical of this . get ’s show them what growers are already doing , and thus eliminate ignorance . "

New opportunitiesJan extend : " Everyone around me talks about how well-chosen flowers make them , and this is also supported by inquiry . allow ’s build a good , pellucid future tense together . Openness should be the norm . Perhaps it is clock time to work with breeder to calculate at varieties that are by nature more tolerant , without focusing only on enhancive properties . Here dwell an opportunity for Dutch flower gardening to lead the worldly concern and pick out ourselves by focusing on sustainability . "

" As a chopine , we fiddle a crucial persona in communicate that transparency , together with florists , " he adds . " Perhaps this is precisely the fourth dimension to exploit new chance , such as offering organic flowers and responding to changing consumer demands . hoi polloi still desire flowers ; let ’s ensure they can make sustainable and responsible choices . "

Unbalanced"Anything nice they want to take aside , " thinks Mike Duivenvoorden of Duif Flowers . " Flowers are an essential part of our daily life , from ethnic traditions to personal expression . Banning them would not only have a huge wallop on the flower industriousness , but also on all masses who use flowers to bring joy , beauty , and emotion into their lives . It seems to me that the ban is an unbalanced measure that does not take into explanation the positive effects of blossom on our well - being and economy . Instead of a banning , we should strive for sustainable solution that benefit both nature and the bloom industry . Sustainability is important , but that does n’t mean that the whole industry should be destroyed . I find it especially sad for the flower workshop that are in those municipality . "

Mike Duivenvoorden

A phaseRonald van Norde of Agora see the unfavorable judgment of the peak industry as a form . " You hear a mess of things lately that are not good . Just yesterday I consider a video that Salmon River is not serious either , and as a little boy I was sitting at my grandparents ' mesa when it was abruptly annunciate that milk would not be good . thing like that always keep coming up and now it ’s flowers ' turn for once . Many people have all kinds of things to say about it , which does n’t do much dependable for our business deal . There is of row a pocket-size advance in organic flowers , but that will never be able to completely take over the market , because refinement is difficult . Flowers will always live and a chemical group of multitude wo n’t just stop that , but it certainly damage our market . Yet , I think it ’s just a form . "

For more information : Jan HuismanThe Trade FloristTel : +31 ( 0)6 42050257[email protected]www.devakbloemist.nl

Mike DuivenvoordenDuif FlowersTel : +31 ( 0)6 19 378 869[email protected]www.duifflowers.com

Ronald van NordeAgora Group[email protected]www.agoragroup.com