Nieuwe oogst Amaryllissen - fluwelnl

The New Amaryllis Harvest

You can order them again!    This year, we are a little bit earlier than usual, but we have noticed such a broad interest in the Amaryllis collection this year that we would really like ...
Daar ga ik een nieuwsbrief over schrijven - fluwelnl

That’s What I’ll Write About In The Newsletter

This week, I drove down to Lisse to pick up the last of the Daffodils that are going to be shipped to England this year. They have to leave the warehouse on Friday, and as I’m going to get them, it...
Beter Leven met vrije uitloop - fluwelnl

Free Range Office

No, the free range isn’t for our dear flower bulbs. I won’t try to tell you that we are sticking a vague supermarket promise about the life of cattle onto our bulbs—as you know, we love all of our ...
Vijf keer de Hamburger en een vegetarische - fluwelnl

Five Regular Hamburgers and One Veggie Burger, Please

It’s always great fun to take our Dream Team to Land van Fluwel for lunch. They spend their days elbow-deep in Daffodil bulbs, so they very much deserve a made-by-Linda-pancake-lunch every once in ...
Groot en groter nieuws en een catastrophe - fluwelnl

Big news, bigger news, and a catastrophe

Today’s good news: As of today, the Peonies are back in our web shop and are ready to be ordered. Last year, we received many happy messages about them, and we’ve been sent lots of great stories an...
Ouwe mannetjes - fluwelnl

Old Men

Last week, I told you all about the new generation slowly starting to take over from us old men. With Karel busy at home, I thought I could give myself an hour to go visit BolleNoord. BolleNoord is...
Fluwel Special Narcissus - fluwelnl

Fluwel Special Narcissus

I’ve never seen them this great :)   This is a quote of one of my neighbours. Everyone in the area knows he says this every single year, every harvest season. He was right to do so: The bulbs...
This is the captain speaking - fluwelnl

This is the captain speaking

As I was driving down the road this week, I saw my neighbour Guustaaf getting water from the ditch to refill his watering equipment. I hit the brakes and stopped to talk to him: Come rain or come s...
Een goede foundation komt uw make-up ten goede - fluwelnl

A Good Foundations Does Wonders For Your Make-Up

I’m curious whether this first sentence is going to make my readers curious about the contents of this week’s newsletter. I could not really think of anything else to introduce our newest mixture t...
And the Biet goes on - fluwelnl

And The Beet Goes On

I feel like I am experiencing a bit of a writer’s block, where I have to wrestle the words out of me to get them onto paper. But let’s just start typing, my delete button may be a little busier tha...
Geen nieuwsbrief, wel huiswerk - fluwelnl

No newsletter but homework

No newsletter, but today some homework. The assignment is as follows: Step into the garden (or the park, if you don't have a garden of your own), look around you. Look at the sky, look at the cloud...
Een dikke week te laat - fluwelnl

Over A Week Late

It was just a little bit of bad luck, I think. I just returned from Kazakhstan, where I was going to look at Tulips in their natural habitat. When we arrived at the airport, we already knew what w...
Eindeloze bloemenvelden - fluwelnl

Neverending Tulip Fields

Since Carlos is away to see tulips in Kazakhstan, I have the privilege to write another story for you. Spring here in the North Holland province is just wonderful this year and since it is my first...
Dahlia-voorbereidingen - fluwelnl

Dahlia preparations

But what I often forget in all my enthusiasm in the spring is to remind you that we also have some Dahlias in the shed for you. Now I have to remember not to accuse all my dear readers of having a ...
2025 US Open - fluwelnl

2025 US Open

This week, the answer is yes, it does get better. Last week, I found myself in an airplane being jetted off to the US of A again, this time for the National Daffodil Convention in Reno, Nevada. The...
Bloembollen in potten - fluwelnl

Growing flower bulbs in pots

Dear readers, I have the honor to address you again, as Carlos is in the US, taking part at the National Daffodil Convention in Reno, Nevada. Today I would like to write about growing flower bulbs ...
Les geven - fluwelnl

Teaching

But let's start with a housekeeping announcement. Today and tomorrow are the last days you can order Lilies from us.
Biet in wording - fluwelnl

Beet to Be

It is currently the most frequently asked question after my news blog of about 5 weeks ago in which I wrote about the world championships Beet growing. I truly don't understand, beautiful stories a...