Visit Garden to PT. Bina Usaha Flora and PT. Alam Indah

ASBINDO is once again organizing visits to members' gardens. The garden visit activity is one of the Organizational Program initiatives aimed at strengthening relationships, exchanging information, insights, and learning from each other among members. This event took place on September 19, 2024, at PT. Bina Usaha Flora and PT. Alam Indah Bunga Nusantara, located at Jl. Mariwati Pataruman, Kawungluwuk Sukaresmi, Cipanas, Cianjur.

PT. Bina Usaha Flora, established in 2006, offers a variety of ornamental plants in pots, ground cover plants, landscaping, seedlings, cut flowers, and plant souvenirs. PT. Alam Indah Bunga Nusantara is a company that produces cut chrysanthemums, pot chrysanthemums, and fillers.

During this garden visit, the agenda included presentations from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and Dummen Orange. Dr. Suskandari Kartikaningrum from BRIN discussed consumer preferences for hybrid Impatiens plants developed by BRIN researchers. Meanwhile, Mr. Kevin from Dummen Orange provided information on the market and trends for cut chrysanthemums in Japan, as well as cut chrysanthemum exports to Malaysia and Vietnam, and business opportunities for flowers in Indonesia. Dummen Orange, established in April 2015, specializes in the breeding and propagation of cut flowers, bulbs, tropical plants, and potted plants. Based in the Netherlands, Dummen Orange has over 300 hectares of production area across Africa, America, Asia, and Australia, employing more than 6,600 staff worldwide.

It is hoped that this garden visit program, scheduled every 3-4 months, will serve as a platform for exchanging ideas, information, and knowledge, as well as facilitating discussions among ASBINDO members, particularly regarding various aspects of ornamental plant businesses, and provide benefits to ASBINDO members.

Visit Garden to PT. Wilis Ago Lestari

ASBINDO again carried out a garden visit on May 15 2024 to the PT. Wilis Agro Lestari is located at Kp. Babakan Tisuk, Cipancar Village, Subang Regency, West Java.

PT. Wilis Agro Lestari, known as Wilis Agro, was founded in 2012. This company is engaged in the cultivation and flowering of orchids, in particular, Phalaenopsis. In 2017, Wilis Agro modernized the Green House to ensure the products produced were truly the best superior products. This is what makes Wilis Agro products quickly accepted and liked in the Indonesian market. Wilis Agro has a flowering greenhouse in the Subang area, West Java with an area of ​​20,000 m2 and a production capacity of 480,000 orchids/year. The orchids produced are mostly to meet local market demand on the island of Java. Meanwhile, the orchid market outside Java and for export is still wide open.

Garden Visits are one of the Organizational Programs which aims to strengthen relationships, exchange information, open insight and learn from each other among ASBINDO members.

Preparations for Tomohon International Flower Festival 2024

In the New Year 2024, Tomohon City begins improve yourself and beautify yourself again with decorate Tomohon City as the City of Flowers and organizer of the Flower Festival level International, namely Tomohon International Flower Festivals (TIFF). Tomohon City Government remains collaborating with ASBINDO Tomohon City, in fact ASBINDO (Jakarta Center), as a working partner in making the Tomohon event a success International Flower Festival (TIFF) which will be held in early August 2024.

In 2024, ASBINDO Tomohon City planning the formation of the ASBINDO Management Tomohon City has 5 sub-districts and 44 sub-districts which is in the Tomohon City Area, so cut flower farmers, decorators and flower arrangers / Florists can develop the production of ornamental flower plants cut and cut leaves, and develop creative decoration of fresh flower arrangements in happy and sad events, because they exist increased demand for fresh cut flowers every year, with many activities or events from the Tomohon City Government and Churches in the city of Tomohon, including churches - church in Manado City, Minahasa Regency North, as well as in South Minahasa Regency.