An Overload of Options

Time flies! If you ask me, it would be nice if there were a few more weeks in a day. Every day feels like Sunday: there is always an entire week to prepare for. If you stand up on your toes, you c...
Nu te bestellen en alleen bij ons: De bloembollenbijbel van Jacqueline van der Kloet - fluwelnl

Available now and only from us: The Flower Bulb Bible by Jacqueline van der Kloet

There is no Dutch garden designer who has been so internationally renowned for years as flower bulb queen Jacqueline van der Kloet. Garden lovers who travel to the neighbouring country know her fam...
Nieuwsbrief van Pien - fluwelnl

Piens Newsletter

If you’ve been reading the newsletter for a few years now, you’ve probably been waiting for the moment of the summer at which my dad decides he is too busy to be writing a newsletter this week, an...
Neus vol stof - fluwelnl

A Nose Full of Dust

Eight days and fourteen hands. That’s what it took to get us through the Daffodils this year. The ones that we sort by hand, that is. There were more than a thousand varieties, seedlings included, ...
Lekker werken in de bollen - fluwelnl

How Is It to Work in the Bulbs? 

Hi, I'm Bregt Hopman, and this week, I'm writing the newsletter. I'm going to tell you about my fantastic life and, of course, the amazing holiday job at Fluwel.
Freesia Fields Forever - fluwelnl

Freesia Fields Forever

I have no idea what to talk about this week, so I decided to take a little drive to check out the Narcissus at my neighbor's place. It's a nice little outing, and I still have the whole evening to...
Had je mij dat niet eerder kunnen zeggen? - fluwelnl

Why didn’t you tell me this sooner?!

I’m not usually like this, but if you are a real Tulip enthusiast, I would like to advise you to order your Tulips as soon as possible, especially if you normally save this task until later in the ...
Laatste oproep voor de snoepwinkel - fluwelnl

Last call for the Candy Store!

The time to dig up the Daffodils has arrived again.
De kluiten zijn best - fluwelnl

The clods are best

It is time again for the annual harvest forecast, now an annual column in the Fluwel News Blog. The entire bulb sector has set their alarm clocks for a quarter past half seven on Sunday morning, to...