24 december 2011
Jan van Tuijl passes keys AQ 500 to Van Duyvenvoorde
This month Van Duyvenvoorde received the keys of the AQ500. Van Duyvenvoorde is one of the biggest Arctic Queen buyers worldwide. Jan van Tuijl (Nursery Monnikenwaard) is so happy with this, that he decided to award Van Duyvenvoorde as "client of the month". He received a special price which is driving around in the stunning AQ 500 for the time of one month! The AQ 500 is a Fiat 500, all in an Arctic Queen look. And this was not the only surprise for Van Duyvenvoorde. Also the Ice Truck Mobile stopped at his door. All employees were invited to enter the Ice Truck enjoying tasty snacks, including a glass of "Arctic Queen" champagne!
November 16th 2011
Flora Holland Trade Fair 2011 contest winner
Our expert jury, led by Jan van Tuijl announced Ben Durieux from company Wesseling as the winner of the contest. Ben counted 1200 stems and the jury under the assistance of Piet Dekker counted 1178 stems. Only a small difference of 22 stems. Actually, the winner was Nico van Wijk, but the jury stated that members of the Quality Flower group were excluded from participation. Nico, no prize for you, but eternal glory!
Developments Quality Flower Group
The Quality Flower Group is heading for its two-year anniversary. During the trade fair in November 2010 in Aalsmeer growers of the QFG have said goodbye to their relationship manager Toon van den Heuvel. Toon did a very good job by leading the group through the first turbulent years.
During the Trade Fair QFG had organized some sort of a competition. Mr. Zaat of Deliflor was drawn as the prize winner. The prize was recently awarded by our new relationship manager John van Santen. Mr. Zaat donated the cheque to the foundation "Doe Een Wens".
John van Santen will from now maintain contact with new and existing customers. The Quality Flower Group represents approximately 40 acres of spray chrysanthemums and Santini's in a diverse assortment. For more information This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Bloemen QFG in guinnes book of records
Yesterday at Plantion in Ede men worked on a huge pie of flowers. To enter the Guinness Book of Records the cake should be 3.25 meters in diameter. The notary checked the cake this morning and he measured a diameter of 3.326 meters.
Yesterday seventeen people were working on the flower cake. The bulk of the work was done by students of the Wellant College from Montfoort. According to Agnita Brink, marketing and communications specialist, there are about 71,000 flowers used in the cake. "These are mainly roses, gerberas and tulips." This morning there was a notary and an official measurement team to see if the cake deserved a status in the Guinness Book of Records. Agnita Brink was confident. "Yesterday, we have measured the pie ourselves and we saw a diameter of 3 meters and 32 centimeters."
The flowercake continues to stay here today and tomorrow. Tonight there is a relation day in Plantion and tomorrow is a walk-in day for anyone who wants to know Plantion better. These meetings (including the making of the cake) are organized to celebrate the one year aniversary of Plantion in Ede.
Chrysanthemums of the Quality Flower Group are incorporated into the cake and we are happy to have contributed to the great result!
1st prize Flower Nursery v.d. Westeringh
Dekker Breeding congratulates Flower Nursery v.d. Westeringh from Varik for winning the first prize at the Chrysanthemum Parade at Keukenhof 2011. The comments of the jury: "Nursery v.d. Westeringh from Varik proves us every year again to be a Santini specialist. This year he won with the Madiba Tanga Pink, a pink chrysanthemum with an intense colour, rich in flowers and fine dark clean leaves. The first prize was no doubt for this entry!"
Quality Flower Group contest
During the Trade Fair in Naaldwijk the Quality Flower Group awarded a contest.
Visitors to the exhibition were able to guess the average weight of a vase of spray chrysanthemums Artic Queen. The correct answer was 107 grams. Among the contributors were two participants closest to 105 grams.
Wim Verlaan of H.I.P. was found as the final winner through a lottery. Friday, May 13 our relationship manager John van Santen awarded a dinercheque to Wim Verlaan. For more information This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
