Malin Lüth earlier comes from the vegetable sector . Near Freiburg , between the Black Forest and the Vosges Mountains in the border triangle , she has been cultivating cut flowers sustainably and pesticide - gratuitous on her modest field since 2019 and co - institute the Slowflower motion in Germany . " With vegetables , I ’ve always been stunned at the beauty of how a carrot or a lettuce can bloom . "
Slowflower movement in Germany"Via an article in a mag , I read that you may make a living from growing flowers . That ’s when I thought ; I ’d wish to give that a shot , too . " Inspiration came via social media and through the sustainable flower movement in the U.S. - the Slowflower motion . Sustainable flower farm , Lüth says , is not yet as common as it is , for example , in wearable or solid food . In 2019 , the GermanSlowflower movementstarted small and informal with 10 penis ; today , after almost four years , there are 208 in the now register connexion .
Malin Lüth on her field . Foto : Marcia Friese
The path to modernizationWildling Blumen : that means no pesticides and cultivation and harvest home in harmony with nature . In 2019 Malin Lüth put the first spring bloomers , and in 2020 she finally went into business sector for herself with her belittled company during the pandemic . " All my beforehand figure sale channels were abruptly uncertain or even closed , restaurants , florists , etc . All the customers were altogether cautious or bail . That was a big challenge , but that contribute me into modernization . " melodic theme to ship the efflorescence then came through Malin Lüth ’s social medium transmission channel . " So without further ado , I put up a introductory on-line store and was then able to ship the daffodil and tulip , anemones , and genus Ranunculus . That ’s how I realized I could pass on a lot of client all over Germany who had already changed their judgment about sustainable bloom . "
" Now I ’m starting my fourth grow season . In the beginning , I tried many varieties and adapted them to my grease condition . " In the future , there will also be peonies ; Malin Lüth has plant 1,300 of them as the next source of income , " they always need a bit until they come into the harvest home . " Her concept for Wildling Blumen also admit offering different and , above all , special color variations , as with her dried flower - for example , straw flowers in fuzz , rosé , and sunlight - bleached flowers .
Sustainable solutionsApproximately 130 different crop she has planted on her little 0.8 ha area . " Even if I lose a harvest sometimes , I ’m still in a good position because of the turgid number of crops . I recently had to replant 10 percent of the arena because I had a couch gage problem that I underestimated , " she say . To conquer that , Malin Lüth covered the area with silage film to smother the lounge skunk . " Noticeable is the loss , however , if you then have to rehabilitate an area after all . “The theatre is irrigated using an 8,000l tank for trickle irrigation . Malin Lüth acquire a lot from the drought summertime of 2022 . 2021 was a very wet year when she still did the finish with grime press pots . Now , she work with verbatim seeding to have more unchanging plants .
The field of force is fertilized with compost , which has already better the water - holding content of the grease - loess soil , which already has just piddle - holding capacitance by nature - compare to previous years . " This allows me to save up water , which may be very beneficial in the future should water supply costs also increase . " She has almost no energy cost due to the subject - air polish ; only in summer does she ladder a cold store in an sometime butcher workshop , where she also has her small workshop . Malin Lüth has set up a special solution for surplusage produce . " If there is ever anything left over , there is the possibleness in my on-line stock to donate to the project ' Aufblühen . ' For people in retreat nursing home and for refugee woman . It ’s a winnings - winnings position - The customer donate an amount so that the obstetrical delivery there etc . , is paid for , and you’re able to thus bring joy to people with blossom . "
For more information : Malin LüthWildling BlumenRömerstraße 279379 MüllheimTel . : +4915734385497Email:[email protected]www.wildlingblumen.deInstagram:@wildling_blumen
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