Flower Friends

Employee: Han Katerberg

At the end of the 1980s, A. Heemskerk B.V. was one of the fastest growing companies. That meant that it was looking for new employees almost every day. Hence Bert (Sr) words standing next to Han in the toilet in early September 1989 and spontaneously said: “You’re going to come and work for me!” This direct approach appealed to Han, and after a brief interview that same afternoon he joined the company.

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Bulb grower: Flowerboost

One of the core values of this family business is ambition. “We want to supply high quality products that makes everyone who buys them happy,” says Brigitte. And we are definitely happy with the cheerful potted bulb products from Flowerboost. They bring Spring into gardens and living rooms. We would like to tell you more about Flowerboost’s approach.

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New products: Glazen Tulp Award

The Glazen Tulp is an Oscar-like award for the best market launch in various categories within the floriculture sector. The campaign ran all year, products were nominated, votes were cast and we now know who won the Glazen Tulp Award 2022. Winners were announced in five categories: cut flowers, flowering houseplants, green houseplants, garden plants and concepts. Let us highlight the winners for you and tell you more about the products and concepts.

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Colleague Gerda de Bruin

Our colleague Gerda de Bruin has been employed for so long that she has the so-called yellow-blue blood of Heemskerk Flowers. She has been employed for almost 25 years. In 1998 she started on the conveyor belt in the bouquet department. Since then, she ensures every day that all incoming flowers are distributed to the right departments. We would like to tell you about her 'road trip' through our company.

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Supplier of the month: Odilia Flowers

Odilia gather together the world’s most exceptional flowers. They specialise in unusual flowers that make your heart beat a little faster. With a sharp eye they select the best varieties from the fields of master growers in South Africa, Portugal and beyond. We would love to show you these beautiful ‘pearls’.

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Theme of the month: scented flowers

It’s lovely to come home to be welcomed by the fabulous scent of flowers. A feast for your nose. Every flower has its own fragrance and colour. For example, a hyacinth has a very strong scent, while a tulip is scentless. Why do flowers actually have a fragrance? We would like to answer that for you in this blog. We would also like to tell you more about two scented flowers, namely the freesia and the lily.

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Supplier: Odilia Flowers

Odilia gather together the world’s most exceptional flowers. They specialise in unusual flowers that make your heart beat a little faster. With a sharp eye they select the best varieties from the fields of master growers in South Africa, Portugal and beyond. We would love to show you these beautiful ‘pearls’.

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Topic of the month: interiors trends

October has been a real home month for years. After the summer holidays and the warm months, we are entering a period when people will spend a lot of time indoors. In order to take advantage of this, would like to tell you about a number of interiors trends relating to flowers, plants and decoration.

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The cultivation of the (disbudded) chrysanthemum

Every day we're delighted that we are able to work with such beautiful products. And as a florist you are able to turn them into an even more beautiful end-product! But how does the cultivation of a flower actually start? Let us take you on the journey from tiny chrysanthemum cutting to full flower. We will thereby tell you the story of the (disbudded) chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum breeder Deliflor often works with chrysanthemum growers Arcadia and chrysanthemum cooperative Zentoo. Together they strive to develop cultivars that surprise in terms of colour, shape and applications. A fun and informative journey!

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Employee of the month: Leo Kromhout

Paragraaf

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Employee of the month: Jaap Freke

Paragraaf

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Meet the grower: Grower Zeurniet

Grower Zeurniet is a name that fits the company and the family perfectly, a company without fuss, where people work on the things that matter - lovely products of high quality and long life. Products like the special Lova plants. In this blog, you can read more about this company and their products.

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Styletrend: Traditional Sentiment

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Tour of Freiland rose growers

A Freiland rose is an unusual rose that is grown in the open air in Germany. Because we wanted to find out how this works, we went to visit two Freiland growers. Marketing executive Macy and rose buyer Marco would like to share their trip to the Freiland growers in Germany with you.

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Employee interview: Jolande, bouquet department

This month we’re chatting to Jolande: a cheerful lady who has worked in various departments, and now feels right at home in the bouquet workshop. She creates beautiful bouquets four days a week. Along with her husband, who is often away at sea, she also manages a household with two children, a dog and a cat. Jolande thinks this is easy to do when working at Heemskerk Flowers. You can read more about this in the interview below.

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