Veldkleur

By growing organic flowers, we support landscape diversity, closing more cycles and directly benefiting the land we cultivate. In this way, we contribute to the restoration of the land we cultivate and from which we, literally, reap the benefits.
The flowers are grown in various locations, here in Rummen, where we cultivate and create bouquets for CSA members with a flower harvest share and for florists.
At the East Limburg Hospital (ZOL), a therapy picking garden has been in operation since 2020. We plant and maintain it, contributing to the well-being of both patients and visitors, as part of a healing environment project.
In Rummen, we grow and harvest vibrant flowers for people and businesses who make climate- and environmentally conscious choices. By cultivating locally, biodynamically, and seasonally, we, as a team, contribute to this.
Since 2021, Veldkleur has been Demeter-certified. Demeter’s core values ​​are living soil, healthy nutrition, biodiversity, animal welfare, and agriculture for the future. But nature development on the farm and the development of relationships between people and the farm are also key.
Since January 2022, Veldkleur has undergone a transformation with their field. To better cope with heavy rainfall, they have chosen to go off-grid and plant trees. Veldkleur has two Thamworth pigs, which help remove overgrown weeds.

Primary production areas

• Use crop rotation/use animals for weed control/no tillage/use green manures/plant willows for baskets on wet areas/hedges and hedgerows;
• Use flowform/Agnihotra/hemp ground cover for planting/copper garden tools/rock dust/off-grid for the entire field.

There’s a focus on increased biodiversity, corners with “weeds” or hedgerows, which provide habitat for small mammals and beneficial insects, which we need to manage diseases and pests, since we don’t use chemical pesticides. Fertilization standards are also much stricter, and we strive for completely pure, organic fertilizers. A striking aspect of biodynamic agriculture is the use of preparations such as crystal or silica preparation for flowers, which has antifungal properties, strengthens cell walls, and supports heat and light processes in the plant. The cow manure preparation, the only one we make ourselves, supports the soil and its processes.

Furthermore, there is currently one flowform in the field serving as a watering hole for insects and birds, and a second is ready to be installed specifically for circulating collected rainwater and for potential use in the preparation process. The handmade flowforms set the water in a natural motion. This restores the water to its original, healthy inner structure.

We integrate Agnihotra into our daily lives; it is a healing fire from the ancient science of Ayurveda. It is a process of purifying the atmosphere using a specially prepared fire, performed daily at sunrise and sunset. Now more than ever, humanity needs a tool that can help purify the atmosphere, grow pure food uncontaminated by pollutants, and return to a state of balance and harmony with our fellow human beings and Mother Earth. The transformative effects of Agnihotra are documented in numerous scientific studies, personal experiences, and testimonies around the world. It is a healing tool that everyone can use, regardless of race, creed, or religion. Studies have been conducted on its beneficial effects on plant life, human health, atmospheric purification, and in the field of psychotherapy.

We work primarily by hand, using copper garden tools (for which we are also the official distributor in Belgium). The copper particles that wear off with use are very beneficial for plant growth (more so than the iron particles from steel tools).