Floriculture
Japanese brides like white orchids, so Pieter Rensen grows them
28 Sep 2018
Every year, Pieter Rensen grows more than 300,000 stems of white miniature cymbidiums in his greenhouses near Pukekohe. Three-quarters of them are exported to Japan for weddings and funerals. Audio
Blooming Gerberas
29 Aug 2014
Bernie Kay has been growing flowers commercially for 35 years. He grows 660,000 gerberas a year in Ramarama south of Auckland and has 4 hectares in irises. Audio