NL: Peek inside state-of-the-art Campanula nursery Ten Have
The nursery has traditionally been a family business, originated in 1920, which has grown a lot of different products all over the years: from lettuce and potatoes to roses. The cultivation of Campanulas has always been a specialization of Ten Have Plant, and since the late 1980's the focus has been on this beautiful 'indoor-outdoor' plant. Campanula is a seasonal product that is mainly bought in spring and summer, so in the autumn and winter cyclamen are grown at Ten Have Plant.
The total area of cultivation of the company is 4 hectares, and around 2,700,000 Campanulas leave the nursery on an annual basis. To lead this great production, Ten Have Plant have a state of the art WPS Plant Order System. A totally robotized system whereby the plants are selected by width and height via a chip.
The nursery has a continuous digital system that connects from the cuttings till the transport to the customer. This system is entirely managed, because Brother Dion Ten Have has programmed the whole system.
The nursery is unique in its 'one-stop-shopping' concept, customers can go for a very wide assortment (7 types of Campanulas), which are all of their own cultivated plants. The brothers also work together with a pot supplier, which enables them to deliver a total concept of Campanula.
You would say that with three brothers disagreements will appear eventually, but nothing could be further from the truth. Rob: "None of us three are hotheads, if there should be some kind of a disagreement, we can always work it out. And if we can’t, we’ll let it rest for a while and sort it out later." Perhaps the smooth cooperation with each other is caused by the mutual division of tasks. The three brothers all have their own role in the company, Dion focuses mainly on cultivation and programming, Vincent on sales and Rob on the financial aspect.
Sustainability is an important part of business operations. The Campanula is grown in an environmentally friendly manner. By using geothermal heat, fossil energy is used as little as possible. Electricity is generated by a CHP installation, using the residual heat for cultivation. These and many other sustainable initiatives within the nursery are reflected in the certificates that Ten Have Plant has: MPS A+, MPS Florimark Production, MPS GAP, MPS Quality en MPS SQ: Social Quality.
The 3 brothers continue to look forwards and develop. In the coming years, they will focus on more LED lighting in the nursery, as well as the plan to bring an improved type of Campanula to the market next year.
OZ Planten is proud of her partnership with this beautiful nursery and looks forward to many years of fine cooperation with the 3 brothers Ten Have.
For more information:
OZ Planten
Magnolia 11 VBA Zuid
1424 LA De Kwakel
Postbus 1076
1430 BB Aalsmeer
The Netherlands
+31 297 380 780
E: info@ozplanten.nl
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