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Dutch farmers hopeful of future blooms despite flower market crash
Dutch flower growers are looking ahead to next year’s crop, as the business falters this year because of COVID-19.Munster Flowers, run by Sandra Munster and her husband, sells 12 million flowers or bulbs a year, with April and May usually the high season for...
From bloom to doom: COVID-19 sees flower harvest heading for the bin
In almost every direction, row upon row of brightly-colored tropical orchids stretch into the distance at a Thai flower farm.The Thai orchid crop is highly sought after by people. Half of them go to the home market and half are exported, in an industry worth millions...
Washington’s Tulip Town Closes To Annual Festival-Goers
Every year in April, hundreds of thousands of people visit Skagit Valley, Washington, for the Tulip Festival . The annual festivities have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, sending tulip growers into a frenzy.The Tulip Festival — which officially...
Tulip farmers in Netherlands spell out messages of support with flowers
Tulip farmers in Netherlands spell out messages of support with flowers Dutch tulip farmers are using the flowers to share supportive messages (Getty) Tulip farmers in the Netherlands are using their famous flower beds to share supportive messages as the coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Mothers’ Day could be saving grace for beleaguered flower growers
Greytown flower growers Theo and Elsa Van der Put delivered a trailer load of gladioli and freesias to Wairarapa Hospital this week instead of letting it go to waste. Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories are more important now than ever. Support our...Latest News
