Allotments for private soul in a professional glasshouse . That concept is catching on in the Netherlands , resulting in ONZE Volkstuinen opening a second location this springiness . As well as in Almere , there will now be sight of garden opportunities in Houten too , in a former organic love apple nursery . This is confirmed by Ron van Zwet .
The former rosaceous nurseryman originate the opening in 2012 in Almere . The concept take hold of on , so bit by bit , more and more people ask if there would be an allotment greenhouse elsewhere in the country . " This option come along , and we went for it , " tell Ron .
In Almere , ONZE Volkstuinen has grown step by step to its current size of 2.5 hectares . In Houten , it is a larger nursery , of which Ron himself rent 2 hectare . " We wo n’t be going any bigger , " he says .
For now , the run - up of allotment gardeners is as expect . " We started in April and are happy with how things are going now . We have taken a few age to make this location a winner as well . "
ONZE Volkstuinen Utrecht , May 2023 . Photo : Facebook
ConvertedThe greenhouse that previously domiciliate professional constituent culture has been commute by ONZE Volkstuinen . " We completely gutted the greenhouse , " Ron points out . That principally means clearing the nursery grunge . " You do n’t want anything in there and to optimize the greenhouse for allocation . " Converting the greenhouse go " with the increment . "
In Almere , the apportioning nursery is particularly popular among Surinamese client . Among other thing , they grow tropical vegetables there . In Utrecht , Ron sees that the audience is dissimilar for the sentence being . " Here , we see fewer Surinamese veg gardeners at the moment . In the allocation , we mainly encounter traditional vegetables , such as pelf varieties , and the well - known greenhouse veggie like tomatoes and cucumber . "
Ron himself also grows a special type of cucumber , sopropo . He start doing that a few age back and still does in Almere . The chief thing , however , is organizing allotment cultivation for ONZE Volkstuinen . " That is the greatest art , " he say .
Ron and his squad take care of organic pest controller and water supply supplying . The allotment gardeners themselves , who utilize a piece of body politic in the greenhouse range from 12 to 40 straightforward meters , arrange planting and maintenance .
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