2011 saw the land purchase and soon after the first imported Dutch root stock was planted.

The goal was to follow the Dutch flower model 'economies of scale' with a kiwi twist that involved engineering our own solutions.

2015 After the second harvest, we the planting of our early and mid varieties. Red Charm, Henry, Bowl of Cream and Command Perfomance.

2016 was the year the family swapped Amsterdam city life to rural New Zealand farming. It was certainly a change for Barbara and our two daughters Suzie and Harper.

The girls needed to adopt an orphan lamb for their first 'pet day' at their new school.

2017: The growing volumes of stems required the need for mechanization and automation.

2018 we finally had all the elements in place for the first Dutch sea container shipments.

2019 we embarked on the construction of our new chiller.

It's by no means a romantic whirlwind of growing amazing flowers, quite the opposite where long days were invested in the farm followed by late evenings continuing our roles in IT.

But the foundations were all in place for the export of climate friendly flowers via sea.

2022 Frost protection for our early varieties.

2023 Aunt Rosie realized the need to invest in building relationships for direct shipments.

America, China and Australia. Each country brought different challenges and learnings.

Methyl Bromide fumigation required for Australia.

2025 Long storage requires technology. Aunt Rosie embarked on trialing nitrogen infused long store testing.