Hello, see you again, Lindy from De Flor Floral Design
This episode is different from the previous episode
I'm on a garden tour at WKF
or what we usually know as Wahana Kharisma Flora
Next to me is Lana from WKF.
We're having a great chat today
want to know our excitement, follow our journey
Hello Lana .. can I know how and when WKF was started ?
WKF started 30 years ago
It is my mother Mrs. Listya Natalia, and she is one of the WKF' s founder
She's been in the floral industry since 1981
Forty years ago, she was a florist and ran a flower shop.
During the time,
the demand of flowers was high,
but the supply from the local market
was not satisfying in terms of durability.
And the colors, and type of flowers were very limited.
Then she came up with thought how to get flowers with good quality.
So she can supply to customers.
At the time, there were some exhibitions of flower seeds from Holland came up.
Then she has desire to have a flower plantain of her own.
She was accompanied by her friends,
that later on become her partners.
There are 5 partners and all are women
Four of them are still active in works and another one is only do assisting her.
They're all amazing women,
who able to manage this farm
from the early stage until it grows bigger until now.
At the beginning,
those partners were hesitate about the future's business, and many obstacles faced.
Such as whether it would be profitable or not, etc.
But those obstacles could be resolved due to the trust factor
and the cooperation works well until now
I heard that WKF just celebrates its 30th birthday anniversary
This April, anniversary 30 years
What kind of flowers planted at the beginning ?
We plant gerberas and chrysanthemums with various colors
Is that because gerbera in high demand at the time ?..
The demand for local roses was high too
Until now, how many types of flowers in WKF ?
it's quite a lot of flowers produced by WKF, and becoming more and more.
Eg. Mathiola, alstromeria, snapdragon, and lisianthus
We have not only main flowers,
but also filler flowers,
and various of foliages too.such as dusty miller, silver dust, ivy, etc
We were already traveling, wandering around, like that
When we walk through the farm, i saw area of nursery here
How long does it from the nursery periods until become a flower ?
All flowers that we plant here the seeds are originally imported
Generally the process from implantation until become a flower
and ready to be cut takes approximately 2-3 months, depends on the type of flowers.
What is the process involved after the flowers were cut until received by customers ?
There are special treatments,
the supply of enough water,
then packaging, and delivery service to all cities
How many branches of WKF in Indonesia now ?
There are 3 branches now, 1 is in Malang and 2 branches are in Surabaya
But we have many customers from Aceh and all cities in Indonesia.
The flowers are supplied from Malang.
The treatment is important,
we make sure the flowers received by our customers are in good conditions,
and not withered, so customers are satisfied.
How long is the life cycle of cut flowers ?
When the flowers arrived in our branches,
there are treated again.
Such as cutting the stems,
and put them in a clean water, etc
so the life cycle could be longer.
The would be last for about 7 days
After 7 days, what did you do with the left products ?
When the flowers are not good already,
they are sent back to the production place, which is this farm.
We'll do recycle , and they become fertilizer compost,
and we reuse it again. So, back to the nature way
So, from the seed,
until become cut flowers,
even when they're withered, are all very useful
We know that WKF is one of the biggest flower supplier in East Java,
how many variety of flowers that have been produced ?
The number is almost hundred varieties
Wow, more than hundreds ...
Every flower has different color and names
Since last year, we're facing pandemic, Is there any effect to WKF ?
This pandemic does brings effect to our business, such as less events
Normally big events need lots of flowers. Then suddenly stop order
This is a big shocked for us
But WKF then has an idea to plant vegetables
because at this time,
people want to have healthy life and good quality of food
We have an organic farm which is free of pesticides
Everything is plant naturally and no pesticides
So all the vegetables grown are the result of this WKF, pesticide free and safe for consumption
During pandemic,
the demand for vegetable products increase a lot,
and many people like our products
Where do you sell them ?
We sell to direct customers, restaurants, big supermarkets, etc.
The demand of flowers tend to be normal.
There are few events coming up, such as wedding in small scale
We'll try to supply all kinds of flowers
but the volume is managed well to follow the customers' needs and requests
After we go around the farm, and see all WKF flowers here,
yes, lots of pretty flowers of all colors
we want to give you a challenge to make an arrangement
So, by using all flowers from this farm, we hope you could create a beautiful arrangement.
please follow our next garden tour part 2,
which i will create an arrangement by using the flowers from the WKF farm.
See you in the next video part 2. Bye..