Hello Huverba

I can't believe that there are only 2 weeks left with my time in Holland! It just continues to fly by, especially this week.

This week I started my new placement for 3 weeks with another nursery called 'Huverba'. The nursery is bigger than Batouwe, as they have working sites in Dodewaard and Opheusden. They also specialise in trees and shrubs, but are bigger in size. Batouwe also supply plants to and work closley with  Huverba, so it's been great to see how the small plants at Batouwe go on to be mature/bigger at Huverba.


I am working on the Huverba site at Opheusden, which is the next town to where I live (Dodewaard). This is a 20 minute bike ride, but it is also pleasant. Most of the people who work at Batouwe live in Opheusden, so I cycle pass and quickly say hello to some of the people who I have worked with before, which is a nice.


The working team on the site where I have been working this week is small, but again, it's been great fun to meet and talk to new people. I do pretty much the same tasks at Huverba that I did at Batouwe. I have been collecting orders for most of this week, with one order going to a nursery in London, which was exciting. I was amazed to learn how quick that the order would be in London once all of the plants were collected for the order (4 pm dispatch in Holland the same day, and arriving into the London nursery at 8 am the next day!)



I must admit that this week has been very tiring, but as always, it's been great fun. I am continuing to enjoy the Dutch life everyday. Rik (one of the people I have been working with this week) was trying to teach me how go count to 10 in Dutch, but my attempt was appalling (I did try!)!


I am planning on going to Nijmegen tomorrow. This is a city near Dodewaard, which is attracts lots of tourists. I am going to continue with the Dutch spirit inside of me by cycling to Nijmegen (about 17 km away). I also did a bit of research the other night, and discovered an Irish bar within the city.

A long and well deserved pint of Guinness may be on the cards!

Have a great weekend everyone. God Bless, Josh

Panoramic picture of Huverba before starting work 

Rosemary within the nursery 

Getting the order ready for London