High-quality, sustainable plants through innovation

Amongst other things, innovation has brought us to where we are today. We are proud of our company and our staff. They know how to tackle their work, proactively suggesting how we can grow smarter and more sustainably, resulting in higher quality products.

We invest in precision farming within arboriculture. GPS is used for planting, pruning, root balling and undercutting. Using a soil scanner, we know exactly what the plot needs in terms of food and water, and where these are needed. Using a drone to scan our plots, we are able to count the plants and measure their sizes. We use an underground drip irrigation system to water the plants. We continue to invest in innovations, in order to achieve the best possible product.

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Joost Sterke Plant Nursery

Joost Sterke Plant Nursery was founded in 1993 by Joost Sterke. Over the past two decades, the company has grown into a strong brand. We have a permanent team of fifteen motivated Dutch employees. Our company’s core values are quality, speed, service, sustainability and professionalism.

 

Tricolor Plant

Over the last few years there has been an increase in demand for larger-sized quality plants. In 2008, we therefore started a new company – Tricolor Plant - with two partners.

Tricolor Plant specialises in the cultivation of large uniform batches of hedge plants through the optimal use of mechanisation, for example, through planting and tending to the plants using GPS. The fields where we grow our plants are in Udenhout, but sales and shipping take place from the Haaren-based nursery. Please visit the website for more information.

Tricolor Plant


Strategy

There is a constant increase in market demand for visually attractive plants and year-round supply. As a business, we have therefore expanded our product range considerably in recent years, allowing us to supply a wider range of garden plants, alongside our hedge plants, which have been very successful for many years. For the past few years we have been using a first-class field, where plants are grown in containers; this enables us to supply our quality plants not only as root balls, but also in pots. In turn, this enables us to supply our customers year-round.

Staff

We value a close-knit team that works well together, the reason why we are extremely proud of our staff. For years, we have had the same loyal team and, every now and then, students on day-release from college join our team.

Would you like to find out more about the work opportunities we have on offer, or perhaps you’d like to follow a course? Please feel free to ask us! We are always looking for good people. 

Sustainability

We have taken a variety of measures to enhance the sustainability of our business. We produce our own compost and use the innovative ‘mulching’ technique. This technique means that our plants grow better, have reduced susceptibility to disease, there are fewer weeds and the plants require less watering. We also use weeding machines, which weed around the plants in the rows and also between rows of plants, which reduces the amount of herbicide needed.



 



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