“ With all the existing differences , that might be the most striking : the mental resilience of enterpriser in this field , all around the globe . That really gets me . "
John Elstgeest , who usually travel around the world to promote flowers everywhere , make his ' grounding ' useful , by question people in the sphere from all the continents . grower and breeder in Africa , South America and Europe , traders in the Netherlands , China and the United States , a florist in England , a firebrand manufacturer - he mind to them all . He posts the conversations online , for everyone to profit from .
Clockwise , bug out top left hand : no matter how vainglorious the crisis , Juan David with Deliflor Colombia , mouth with John Elstgeest and Jose Manuel with the Colombian grower Capiro , like a jest ; Michael Black with Jet Fresh Flowers tells about the Miami flower swap ; Peter Kertesz walks the viewer over the ornamental market in Kunming , China ; Wouter Duijvesteijn with Beyond Chrysanten , who was first in the series and describe the situation in his troupe last hebdomad .
“ Peter Kertesz , an American in China , walk around the Kunming market , and I saw flowers there that I did n’t even know were grown there . Michael Black with Jet Fresh Flowers comes up with ways to boost his flush that might be old-time , but how amazing are they ! " , tells John . " you may instruct so much from each other , in this clock time as well as any other , mayhap even more because everyone has to face the same challenge . "
After a twelve conversation , what is it that strikes him the most ? " It ’s remarkable to see how a lot of things seem to be restate in dissimilar country , how everything follows each other . Like the virus : first China , then Italy , then the Netherlands , then England , then the United States started to take it seriously . the flower trade take after a similar pattern . The first week everything turn back , the 2nd week people gauge the scathe , and after that they begin trying thing . Grief , accept , move forrader . We have to come out better , is the vernacular legal opinion . We ’re always in a unvoiced business , and this is n’t choke to ping us down . "
But the problems are braggart . China may have started up again , the grower who did n’t get his bulb or other starting material , is travel to suffer from this for months . market place are upside down , whole chains are interrupted , and the insecurity is vast everywhere , because what happens if measures get even stricter ? " What ’s a braggy and worldwide problem , next to that , is the dissymmetry between requirement and cargo capacitance . The need is there , but there are no flights . Or there are flight , but they charge up to five times more . It ’s altogether out of proportion . "
Maybe the outcome of all the conversations together is a bit colour in , because the citizenry he spoke to are of the combative form . Not everyone sits behind the camera laughing , so to say . " Still , I hope multitude can get word from each other , and with this project I have no other destination than to help with that . The time that peak sold themselves is long gone , but there are still chance . prospect might be in diversifying , in tapping into new markets , and certainly in highlighting the healthy qualities of our products . peak and plant life are healthy , they make a house a house . They are physically and mentally healthy for the people in it . "
you may see and listen to the conversationshere .
© FloralDaily.com/Geert Peeters
