11/02/13 TODAY PHOTO ***WITH VIDEO ON REQUEST **** MOBILE CONTACT 07765 242650 A worker cycles through the auction warehouse in typical Dutch styl
11/02/13 TODAY PHOTO ***WITH VIDEO ON REQUEST **** MOBILE CONTACT 07765 242650 A worker cycles through the auction warehouse in typical Dutch style. On their busiest day of the year, workers at Flora Holland, in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Holland, rush to ship millions of flowers to florists across Europe ahead of Valentine's Day. In the week before Valentine's the giant building will export Û17M worth to the UK - that's a staggering 32 million flowers and plants. Trucks loaded with flowers, bound for the UK face an uncertain trip as snow in the UK may delay the flowers getting to British florists. In total the auction house will sell 100 million roses, 100 million tulips and more than 100 million other flowers. Many of the specialist roses and tulips are grown nearby in Holland while many others are flown in from Kenya before reaching Aalsmeer. Flora Holland employ 1,200 people on the auction room floor alone. Hundreds of these buzz around on tractors and scooters in a that is carefully choreographed, but looks totally chaotic. There are four amphitheatres full of buyers, who bid on the blooms using laptops as they pass through the auction room. All Rights Reserved - F Stop Press. Tel: +44 (0)1335 300098.
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