The first plant are in the greenhouse , and at this moment the last thing are being done at the construction of Ko Kolk Hortensia ’s fresh nursery . The sustainable nursery in Amstelveen , the Netherlands is two blocks away from the current one and equipped with the most modern proficiency for the growing and breeding of cut hydrangeas .
The starting signal of Ko Kolk HortensiaBartjan Kolk , who get into business with his father Ko Kolk in 2001 , talks about how it all came to be . Bartjan : " My beginner started develop rose in 1963 . In 1995 , he made the choice to transfer to cut hydrangea . in short after , next to growing them we also get breeding cut hydrangea and now we ’ve convey many successful assortment to the marketplace . In the unexampled build , we have a section specially for genteelness . "
How did the plan for the new building start?At first , there were no plan to build up a new glasshouse , until Ko Kolk was approached by a projection developer who want to bribe them out . Next , they start looking for a unexampled , suitable location . shortly they establish a piece of land close to the current placement , which was for cut-rate sale and met their demands . The nursery eventually turned out to be not idealistic for grow hydrangea , so the plans for the new human body come up . They could furnish everything in a path they ’ve always wanted .
The nursery was torn down and on the about 7 hectares of land , they build 3 new hectare of greenhouse . In the future , they can expand with another 3 hectare . The only thing still in use from the former nursery is the storage organization for passion and cold . Bartjan : " With this system we can get the cold urine up in summer to chill , and the heated water goes back into the earth , so in winter we can use that again to heat . "
POP3 subsidy for sustainable greenhouseFor the new nursery , Ko Kolk used the POP3 subsidy , a subsidy for develop , increase the sustainability and innovating the Dutch agricultural sphere . They fuck off to make a call to this subsidy by moving from the periphery to the horticultural area . Next to that , the greenhouse is a Green Label Greenhouse , because it contributes to the sustainability of nursery horticulture . This is done by , among other thing , the pick for solar panels and because they use a heat pump , so they do n’t have a connection to gas .
pee and electrotechnologyStolze realised the body of water and electrotechnological installations for the young nursery . A potential expansion in the future was direct into account , for instance in the size of the silo .
There ’s two different water systems , one with and one without aluminum sulfate , which gives the hydrangea it ’s blasphemous colour . Double main pipelines were set up , and a freestanding retour water installment for each section . The greenhouse is also equip with a in high spirits press fogginess installation .
In the field of water technique , too , sustainability has been take into account . No gargle water or drainage pee is discharged to the cloaca system , everything is wholly reused in the cultivation .
New year , novel start!At this moment , the crop plants are being transferred to the new location . Next to that , the beams that hold the gutters and a piece of the produce system are taken to the new nursery . Bartjan hopes that all plant have been reassign before Christmas , so pop out January they can fully operate from the new greenhouse .
Source : Stolze
