Our Farm

Greenhouses
Greenlabels
The Harvest Process
Post-Harvest Process
The Packing Process
Shipping

Interior View of greenhouse with hydroponic cultivation

Our greenhouses are built to protect the final product. They are covered with plastic to get an optimal environment with the highest luminosity, good soil and excellent spring water. In our farm we have an ambitious and experimental program to take advantage of the newest technology.

Large reservoirs provide water to the greenhouses and this fact guarantee us the permanent water disposal. The reservoirs have a three months water capacity with high quality water that comes from the nearby mountains. In our greenhouses we handle our plants with the utmost care for the environment. Our qualified personnel receives continuous training based on the ultimate rose growing techniques.

Our plants come from the best foreign and local breeders and propagators.
All royalties have been duly contracted with the corresponding breeders.

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Certifications= ISO 9001, Green Label FLP, Max Havelaar, MPS, "La Flor de Ecuador", EurepGap, Basc, Veriflora, FFP

	The ISO 9.001 certificate, which we received in March 2002 guarantee the continuity of our work techniques.
	We have been awarded the German FLP certificate in Oct.2000, and since then we have been re-certified periodically.
	The Swiss certificate MAX HAVELLAAR was obtained in June 2002 opening sales to the most important supermarkets in Switzerland. It is now included in FLO certification. The Dutch certificate MPS A was obtained in 2003. and is being extended yearly since then.
	Since 2002 we work under the conditions of the certificate FLORECUADOR awarded by Expoflores, The Association of Flower Producers in Ecuador. The English MPS GAP certificate was obtained in 2004 and as all other certificates it is a certificate whose aim is to ensure integrity, transparency and harmonisation of global agricultural standards.
	The BASC (Business Alliance for Secure Commerce) certificate, awarded by the US Customs authorities guarantees that our working methods will hinder smuggling in our boxes for the best security of our clients. It was obtained in 2002 and extended yearly. The certificate VERIFLORA , for the USA market, was obtained in April 2005.
	We registered for the FFP (FAIR FLOWERS FAIR PLANTS) certification (from the Union Fleurs) during January 2006.

The Harvest Process

The maximum care of the rose begins at the moment of the cutting in order to avoid mechanical damages.

Through the fast system of railing cable, our roses arrive to the post- harvest room in buckets filled with treated water in less than ten minutes, which helps to keep the freshness of our roses.

Post-harvest process

Our two post-harvest rooms have 1384 m2. The first hours of the day are of greatest activity, since roses are cut very early in the morning.

We classify our roses in sizes from 40 cm to 150 cm. The workers control the opening stage and bud size of each rose.
We bunch our roses in 10, 12, 20 or 25 stems per bunch, or according to our client's needs.

On each bunch, you will find several labels, for instance one with the barcode and the day of cutting the second with the  name of the lady that did the bunch, etc.

Our 36 premium varieties of roses are bunched and after the last quality control, the final results of the selection process is shown.

Packing in boxes is also done at 5 ºC before they are placed in the last chamber at 1.5ºC where they will stay until their short trip to the airport.
We pack our roses with several different boxes as shown here. If the client wishes, we pack them in his own boxes.

The weight of a full box (two half boxes, also called tabacos) is between 22 and 24 kilos depending on the length and variety.

Shipping

This is the final stage. The roses are ready for a long trip to Hong- Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Miami or Milano, where they will captivate the final consumer for their beauty and their average 15-day vase-life.