2 Fat Guys Talking Flowers
Join Mike Black and Fernando "The Fern Show" Ortega as they dive into the floral industry's hot topics. Always bringing you the good, the bad, and the ugly about flowers. Each episode is filled with flower topics, jokes, and knowledgeable guests. This podcast is always entertaining and sometimes educational. The goal is to enjoy a conversation and meet the people behind the flowers.
2 Fat Guys Talking Flowers
Ep. 56 - Dubai Dune Races, African Rifts, Colombian Farm Hunting and Ai Advantages with Willum Van den Hoogen of Florius Flowers
In this week's episode of 2 Fat Guys Talking Flowers, we were a Fatty down, but we had a great guest to fill in his place. Willum Van den Hoogen, Managing Director of Florius Flowers, a family-owned and operated breeder and farm best known for breeding and growing the Smart Veronica and Coco Hypericum series.
With over 27 years of experience in cultivating flowers, Florius, supplies an amazing variety of fresh summer flowers grown from the great highlands of Kenya, Ethiopia and now Colombia.
As we got to know more about Willum, we also discussed his work/home life living in Dubai for the last 10 years, the Dubai flower market, the African Rift Valley, Willum's sand dune ralley racing, artificial intelligent apps like Chat GPT and MidJourney and much more!
Learn more about Willum and his family, and all of Florius' flowers and farms at:
https://floriusflowers.com/
Submit your questions, guest suggestions and Fatty gear requests to 2FatGuys@JetFreshFlowers.com