Henry van der Lans was 20 when he traveled to France to glaze glasshouse for the first time . Last month he was back . At Kubo ’s invitation , he glass the new 25,000m2 Olivier glasshouse . A head trip that reminded him of the good old days .
Olivier ’s nursery , with the new built one on the left .
“ I think back it well . It was 1980 . I perish there with Willem Middelburg to glass several greenhouses for Serres Fleuries in Orleans , " Henry begins . " That was a subsidiary of the Dutch company , Voskamp & Vrijland , which is based in ’s - Gravenzande . "
" Back then , they were one of the Earth ’s largest greenhouse builder . Their Director , Bloos Gooier , was incessantly being addressed as Jean du Blois of Monsieur de Blois . Arnold Duijvestein was his right - hand adult male . He was sometimes called Micky Mouse . ”
Not a word of FrenchVan der Lans ’s first job was for Vinét in Haute Goulaine . This area is not far from Nantes . The Olivier company was situate there too . Henry : “ It was a glasshouse of around 8,000 m2 . In those day , that was a decent - sized glasshouse . Willem went home after only a workweek , leave my two proletarian and me behind . None of us spoke a word of French . However , as Willem said , ' With a trivial mental imagery , you will get there ' . "
The deliberately - chosen hotel in le Loroux Bottereau .
“ We had checked into a hotel in le Loroux Bottereau on the first day . I slept there for almost a year , with breaks if we went home for a weekend . I did not know how to book a hotel . The intellectual nourishment was not very serious . But I hear from Willem that ' a good boss ascertain everything good . Because if he does not , his personnel office will not either ' . "
These greenhouses have been digest for a good telephone number of years .
Three loony toons on your shoulderAs mentioned , Olivier was also ground in Haute Goulaine . Henry did his second task there . “ It pertain a job in a nursery of about one hectare . The priming was so soggy that the tractor kept getting stuck . What do you do then ? There was nothing else to do but walk . We put three window pane on our shoulders and leaned against the glasshouse beams . When I tell my faculty that now , they look at me as if I am insane . "
The latest reference .
Proud“We did another hectare In 1982 and , I think , in 1983 too . That was , however , in coaction with Jack Middelburg . Up to 1984 , I worked in different places in France , " say Henry . In 2016 , he returned . " Kubo asked me to glaze a greenhouse of roughly 25,000 m2 in the Nantes area . "
" Oh , I know that position , I spent a portion of time there , I said immediately . Do you know what the good affair was ? We kip in the same little hotel as in 1980 . Last calendar month we were able to again work at Olivier on a nice 25,000m2 greenhouse of Kubo ’s . I am , of course of action , a little proud of this , " conclude Henry .
For more info : Henry Van der Lanswww.vdlans.nl[email protect ]
© FloralDaily.com/Jobke Braber - den Hertog
