March , April and May are some of the most important month for Danish glasshouse Gartneriet PKM A / S , but like almost all other industry , they are shinny due to the COVID-19 crisis in Europe and therefore need to discard many of their plant . They are refer by the friendly calls and emails they received from private citizenry with good and creative ideas to betray their plant directly from the nursery , but they decided to politely say no thanks . They require to support their sales television channel and so as to reduce the amount of discarded plants , they - together with five other nurseries - donated their plants to the senior and employee at several nursing homes .
Claes Bastrup
Claes Bastrup , Sales Manager at the caller shares their story . " At PKM we annually farm around 20 million potted plant , of which we sell 45 % in March , April and May . 90 % is exported to the European food market , but this is well complicated in the present situation . "
No direct sales from the nurseryDue to the large media vulnerability of the uttermost challenge in the heyday industry and the many plant they unfortunately can not trade and therefore have to toss out , they received and still obtain many friendly calls and e-mail from private people with ideas to sell the plants now from the baby’s room . " The many ideas are really good and creative . We really appreciate this and are touch by the fact that so many have a desire to help us through the crisis . However , we politely say no thanks . "
Campanulas of PKM : Fairytale Flowers .
keep going the sales channelsThe reason for saying " no thanks " to the ideas of selling directly from the garden is that they want to extend to support the sales canal , explains Bastrup : " We have a strong desire to continue to substantiate the sales channels ( sales companies as well as some with child garden centres and supermarket chain ) we have today . They have been our partners for many years , and we trust that they will also be so after the crisis . "
donate plants to breast feeding homesHowever , in Holy Order to reduce the amount of plant they discard , they have donated flowers to residents and employees at several nursing homes for aged people in the Municipality of Odense . " This was done in close collaboration with five other nurseries . We have also donated plants to a local windowpane cleaner who will place them outside the door of the elderly multitude who are isolated in their dwelling house to invalidate contagion . The flower can hopefully add some joy to the recipients in these difficult time . "
Donations of bellflower at nursing domicile in the province of Odense .
" Buy your flowers at shops"Bastrup : " Our call is clear : Back up the grocery storage , garden centres , DIY markets and heyday shops , and purchase your flowers there . These shop also need customer , sour - over and net . From our point of view , this is the best way to insure that as many mass as potential get through and have a business after the crisis . "
For more informationGartneriet PKM A / SClaes BastrupT : +45 2710 7808.Emaill:[email protected]www.pkm.dk
