As we look back on 2022 , we ’re so pleased to have been capable to partake in a fruitful year of blossoming opportunities and share experience with new supporter . It was a yr that let us to get back to our heat and partake peach across the globe through new varieties and darling staples .
One such experience occurred from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 , 2022 , when the first - prize succeeder of our annual Garden Rose Design Contest were invite to institute a guest for an all - expense - pay up trip to Alexandra Farms . It was a momentous occasion for everyone need , peculiarly because it ’s the first time in year that the farm has host visitors from our coveted competition after global Covid-19 concerns .
visitant include Nicole Braghin and Jaclyn Dowdell ( Florida ) , Alicia Schwede ( Washington ) , Quynh Nguyen ( Washington ) , Shallima Turizo ( Colombia ) , Jorge Ivan Uribe ( Connecticut ) , Galina Serebriakova ( Colombia ) , Dennis Kneepens and Mick Stubbe ( Netherlands ) , Tobey Nelson ( Washington ) , and Alina Neacsa ( Romania ) .
Lottas Floral Studio Design Partner Shallima Turizo was shocked to learn she was invited to visit the farm this yr and anxious to meet with other manufacture master .
“ Alexandra Farms , as a favorite garden rose supplier , has always been a stop I seek to include when I visit the farms in Bogota , ” she says . “ Joyful federal agency visits but never an in - astuteness farm tour . However , when I learned that I would take part in their international gathering this summertime , I got butterflies in my stomach . ”
‘ Like Alice in Wonderland’The guests of honour arrived in Bogota on Aug. 28 and were escorted the following day to the farm , where they step into a zoological garden of garden rosiness .
“ It was like Alice in Wonderland , ” Shallima say . “ My eyes danced . It was magical , and the air was filled with many wonderful perfume released from these brilliant roses . ”
Varieties of raw and beloved favorites were curated in a showroom to greet the radical as they made their innovation to the location of originative invention and increase . The remainder of the day admit new garden rose variety previews , dejeuner , and meeting where guests could touch base with their peer .
A Multicultural ExperienceThe remainder of the trip consist of visits to both farms ( including El Jardin , the larger of the two farm ) , design sessions , and legion opportunities to cooperate , share impression on new miscellanea , and share personal experiences . For Shallima , the discussions with the group about design inspiration and aesthetics were a high spot – fascinating and equally enlightening .
“ I realize in the group coming together that different designers and unlike cultures have different perspective on how they see , evaluate , and pertain to a particular rose , its form , and coloration , ” she says . “ It opened up doors and different channels in my own creativity , allowing me to explore my reach even further . ”
Alexandra Farms President Jose Azout says this year ’s trip was especially elucidate with the number of international attendees because they all represented unlike aesthetic and points of view . He notes the visitant brought unlike perspectives from countries such as Holland and Romania but also varying perspectives from unlike ends of the United States ; Seattle and Miami .
“ It is always nifty to have room decorator visit the farm , as it provides unbelievable perceptiveness into the prayer of new products and colors and textures and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe , ” he say . “ Each designer has his or her own style , which is ostensible in the designs they made at the farm but also in the feedback they gave for the different varieties . ”
But among the hands - on design experience and discussions with the group , Shallima was proud of with the overall Department of Education she encounter at each of the farms , learn the elaboration of all aspects of cognitive process that happen in each section of the farm . She says the interaction between the group and the farm worker was a antic experience .
Next time , she skip to see the harvest appendage in actual time . A tripper to Bogota for another day . But she remains grateful for the in - depth sojourn she experienced this class and the friends she made along the agency .
search forward , Alexandra Farms is excited to connect with friends far and spacious , provide extra educational experience on the farm , at event , and wherever we might fill , and introduce varieties that ’ll take your breath forth . Cheers to 2023 !
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