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Bookette flowers Ecologische bloembinderij en plukveld. In niet- corona tijden kan je bij ons terecht voor bruiloftsb

Bio snijbloemen verwerkt tot boeketten en feestelijke bloemarrangementen

Let me explain to you guys why I keep bothering you with my posts about the Ukraine war😉 please tap for translation beca...
01/05/2022

Let me explain to you guys why I keep bothering you with my posts about the Ukraine war😉 please tap for translation because I'll write in Dutch, it's easier for me

Van bij de start was het voor mij duidelijk dat Bookette niet zomaar een bloemeninkel zou zijn. Het is mijn hoogstpersoonlijke manier om in de wereld te staan. De wereld en ik, dat ging nooit zonder slag of stoot. Ik heb een licht ontvlambaar temperemant, ook al lijk ik rustig aan de buitenkant.
Bookette is zo wat het enige domein in mijn leven waar ik koppig mijn eigen ding wil blijven doen. Ik weiger te werken met bloemen die niet lokaal en niet ecologische geteeld zijn. Ik weiger om de helft van mijn tijd te besteden aan marketingmechanismen.

Er is iets bij mij veranderd sinds vorige zomer. 100% bio, 100% lokale belgische teelt, het is niet makkelijk. Het is zelfs ontzettend moeilijk. Het tulpen seizoen is nu zo goed als afgelopen, onze belgische bio-telers zijn stik kapot. En het seizoen is nog maar net begonnen.

En toch wil ik het blijven proberen: een echt lokale economie ontwikkelen. Los komen van het idee dat we machteloos zijn tegen over grote supermachten en mechanismen waar we niets meer van begrijpen.

Mijn goeie vriendin .a.telier zei me gisteren dat als ik de dingen anders zou verwoorden, zachter misschien, Ik meer mensen zou kunnen bereiken dan nu. Dat het wat te drammerig is allemaal.

De fluwelen handschoenen, de zachte bewoordingen... Ze zijn op bij mij. Ik begrijp het niet dat mensen stilvallen. Dat ze niet weten wat te doen. Dat ze zich machteloos voelen. Dat ze zeggen: we zullen ervan profiteren, zo lang het nog kan. Er is hier zo veel werk te doen: onze grond weer vruchtbaar maken, ons onze economie weer toe eigenen, onze zorgsector weer op de rails krijgen, onze jongeren inspireren, humanitsire hulp bieden, de oorlog boycotten, etc etc etc. Ja ik ben boos over deze stilte voor de storm. Sorry voor mijn drammerigheid. Het moet eruit.

Oh ja en ook nog: er zijn nog boeketten te koop voor moederdag.

Our series of bouquets today - onze boeket abonnementen gaan vandaag de deur uit. Special thanks to  for this tulip coll...
28/04/2022

Our series of bouquets today - onze boeket abonnementen gaan vandaag de deur uit. Special thanks to for this tulip collab!

Hi! This is me, last June, right after the flood. I was asked for an interview for Knack Weekend]. I was terribly tired ...
07/04/2022

Hi! This is me, last June, right after the flood. I was asked for an interview for Knack Weekend]. I was terribly tired and discouraged at that moment. The interview appeared last weekend, together with other projects: en . Look those projects up, they are making a litlle revolution here.

Just wanna share some more thoughts about aesthetics and beauty:
They are incredibly important to me. I think you share that feeling.
But...
We may not confuse beauty with goodness. A very bad person can have a very fine sense for beauty and art.
I can relate to the intention of sharing beauty as a reaction on cruelties. But it can also become an empty box. What I wanna say is that
The function of something beautiful as a flower is super important because it can ease pain, it can distract our minds and souls from things we aren't able to handle yet. But something very ugly can touch us in a very beautifull way. That is the real definition of beauty to me.
Beauty is not the glitter and gammer of a foto shoot, it's not in the pictures of big glamourous weddings. It is in our souls. If you can share what is in there, what is moving you, what is sometimes ugly, sometime happy, than you are sharing beauty.
I know you do already and just wanna say keep doing. We're making a little revolution here.

Pic by for Knack Weekend]

Another reason to go slow: spring days with frost and snow. We even can't say : late frost, because this normal for spri...
01/04/2022

Another reason to go slow: spring days with frost and snow. We even can't say : late frost, because this normal for spring. The ranunculus and anemones stand the frost, as long as there are no flowerbuds on them. There is a time for everything, and now is the time for hardy annuals and tulips. Those guys are happy with this cold wet days which only make them stronger. And so am I! 🎉🎉🎉

Hello again! It has been quite silent on my side here on IG, but the reason was simple: I was moving my perrenial garden...
17/02/2022

Hello again! It has been quite silent on my side here on IG, but the reason was simple: I was moving my perrenial garden to the garden in St Joris weert. Quite often I was thinking: I should take a picture of what I'm doing and post it. But you know what : I cannot work with a phone in my hand. So I left it in my pocket. At the end of those days filled with heavy work, I always feel very happy and satisfied. Now that most plants are moved I have to go back to my computer and IG to fix my selling part. I'm trying to make people warm to participate in our CSA self cutting project. It feels like pulling a heavy bag. There is so much work to do in the garden, that any hour spent on trying to motivate my audience feels like wasted time. I need my time. I need my hands. Outside. So please, don't make me repeat my offers to you a thousand times. I f you're interested in our self cutting project, come to our information moment on March 13 in St joris weert. There is a glorious flower season waiting for us.
Link in profile 👉

It took a while before I started with this one. All my energy and attention went to the gardens lately. We are moving ou...
28/01/2022

It took a while before I started with this one. All my energy and attention went to the gardens lately. We are moving our perrenial garden and I will keep only one plot, one garden instead of three gardens. After all these years there is still the silent fear that the voles will have eaten every bulb and every root that I've put into that plot at the time that the blooming should start. Going through my photographs of previous years I realise that that fear is totally absurd. There will always, always be enough flowers.

Af en toe mag een mens eens wat reclame maken, zeker als het gaat over een goed boek. Na veel gepieker over de teloorgan...
08/11/2021

Af en toe mag een mens eens wat reclame maken, zeker als het gaat over een goed boek. Na veel gepieker over de teloorgang van het klimaat en de natuur is dit het eerste wat ik lees dat me opnieuw wat moed en hoop geeft. Een zeer moedig boek, eentje wat iedereen zou moeten gelezen hebben en waar beleidsmakers dringend aandacht aan zouden moeten besteden.

Call me obsessed, just I can't get enough of the enchanting beauty of this tiny dried anemone
01/11/2021

Call me obsessed, just I can't get enough of the enchanting beauty of this tiny dried anemone

Nature has thought  me some hard lessons in humility last year. Have been thinking a lot about our/my needs, about our/m...
28/10/2021

Nature has thought me some hard lessons in humility last year. Have been thinking a lot about our/my needs, about our/my consumption habits, about what choices to make about time, energy (my personal energy and energy sources). About how I want to spend the time and energy I have. Too much ideas in my head to accomplish, so choices have to be made. About our/my need for flowers also: do we really need them, and if yes, in what way than? Thinking also about my relationship with the soil, our soil and soil on a larger scale. Also thinking about the confusion that exists nowadays between 'mildness' and 'innacuracy'. In my chest there is something that is severe, perfectionist, fighting the idea that 'good is good enough', and on the other hand there is something that is longing for simplicity. It's all about doing less but doing it in a really good way. Why is that so hard to accomplish? There is too much too much.

Oh yes, by the way, fresh flowers season has come to it's end, check my webshop for dried flower orders!

Have a nice day, take it easy
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Got intrigued by this giant colchicum in a local shop. Very poisonous.
23/10/2021

Got intrigued by this giant colchicum in a local shop. Very poisonous.

Are you ready for our late summer bouquets? We are! Our series of bouquets are sold out, ready for take off             ...
03/09/2021

Are you ready for our late summer bouquets? We are! Our series of bouquets are sold out, ready for take off -joris-weert

Saving as much time as I can to work in the garden. But a nice bridalbouquet from time to time makes it all worth it    ...
31/08/2021

Saving as much time as I can to work in the garden. But a nice bridalbouquet from time to time makes it all worth it

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