Bloomaker will bring its product of amaryllis bulbs in house for lineament - ascendancy purposes after previously relying on third - company supplier for source , planting and harvesting . The company will source the bulbs from its farm in Peru , where 50 % of the earth ’s amaryllis crops are grown . The bulbs are shipped from Peru to Waynesboro ( Augusta County ) , where they are institute , harvested , packaged , and ship to retailers . This method appropriate Bloomaker to control the size , identification number of bow , and number of flowers of its amaryllis . By harvesting the bulb in its greenhouses in Waynesboro , Bloomaker is able to control the timing of availability with a end to make this traditionally wintertime flower available all year long .
Bloomaker foresee its large holiday season in party account for its amaryllis blooms . The ship’s company will produce and ship about 1 million amaryllis bulbs to stores across the nation , including Costco , Trader Joe ’s , Kroger , Harris Teeter , Martin ’s and Whole Foods , from its Waynesboro headquarters . This is a 425 % increase in amaryllis sales in the past five years .
“ The decision to institute the yield of the amaryllis in house was necessary for us to be able to offer the most beautiful and highest timbre blush to consumer , ” said Joep Paternostre , Bloomaker ’s Owner . “ We also have intercourse this decision would mean an expansion within and beyond our Waynesboro headquarters . Bloomaker has flower since locating in Augusta County , and our expansion design will ensure we can continue to grow . ”
“ We ’re proud to see the continuous increase of Bloomaker , both here in Augusta County and worldwide , ” said Carolyn Bragg , Vice - Chair of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors and representative of the South River District where Bloomaker is located . “ Bloomaker upholds the firm farming background of our region and get its modern twist to both our agriculture industry and to the floral industry . ”
A previous receiver of a Governor ’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Cary Grant , Bloomaker ship 14 million tulip bulbs , nearly 1 million amaryllis bulb , and 500,000 hyacinth bulbs from Augusta County each year . Bloomaker ’s goal is to increase the production of its amaryllis bulbs by 50 % in five old age , and the society is planning a multi - million buck enlargement of its Augusta County facility , as well as a 2nd military operation on the West Coast , to reconcile next growth . The company presently employ 100 + part - time , seasonal workers to attend in planting , harvest , publicity and shipping its blush .
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