About us
Vilosa – Growing delight
Kalanchoë and Celosia: products that make us happy and with which we want to make people happy. Growing delight, because Vilosa grows fabulous plants. Pot plants that are a feast for the eye with their colours and unusual shapes, and are easy to live with due to their strength and quality. There’s a lot to be done when growing these products in order to be able to keep on innovating. Our love for the plants combined with the authenticity of our business and a modern automated nursery ensure that we can deliver the very best quality. The customer is king, we like to think along with our customers and we always adopt a customer-oriented and flexible approach. This enables us to serve both large retail customers and niche customers with special requirements. We are considered to be the experts when it comes to Kalanchoë – a title that we are proud of! Alongside the focus on the very best quality products and extensive service options, our goal is to offer the customer a choice from a unique and wide range. Hence we offer various varieties and sizes within the Kalanchoë range, but we also want to be known for our Kalanchoë Specialties and the various colours of Celosia.
The name Vilosa has been used since 2018, when two existing family businesses merged to create a blooming partnership. The basis was two dedicated Kalanchoë specialists with the same vision and a deep-rooted love of growing. The result was a flourishing collaboration as one company by joining forces. A nursery with ambition, where the craftsmanship of the past and today’s technology are used to grow the best quality plants.
Our locations
‘s-Gravenzande
The nursery on Laan van de Heilige Lambertus in ‘s-Gravenzande is Vilosa’s primary location. This location is known for having the most modern way of working thanks to the extensive automation in both cultivation and logistical processing. The main product at the ‘s-Gravenzande location is the double-flowered Kalanchoë in a 10.5 cm pot size.
Honselersdijk
The location on Nieuweweg in Honselersdijk is also a modern nursery. Vilosa grows Kalanchoë Specialties and the seasonal product Celosia here using artisan cultivation. Worth mentioning: this location in Honselersdijk is also where all the new products are developed.
Honselersdijk
The location on Nieuweweg in Honselersdijk is also a modern nursery. Vilosa grows Kalanchoë Specialties and the seasonal product Celosia here using artisan cultivation. Worth mentioning: this location in Honselersdijk is also where all the new products are developed.
Monster
Here on Waellandweg in Monster Vilosa mainly grows Kalanchoë in an 8 cm pot size. Single-flowering, double-flowering and large flowering Kalanchoë are produced at this automated nursery.
Our people
A team packed with people who match our ambitious nature
Sales team
Loek Ammerlaan
account manager
Fabian Noordermeer
account manager
Romy van Niel
sales back office
Rick van Luijk
marketing
Back office
Managing board
Monique van Luijk
administration
Albertine Coobs
human resources
Roy Groenewegen
production planning
Fred van Luijk
Rene van Dop
Nick Groenewegen
Location 1 – ‘s Gravenzande
Location 2 – Honselersdijk
Leon van Rijn
location manager
Edwin Staallekker
order coordinator
Roy Vijverberg
internal transport
William van den Ende
location manager
Location 3 – Monster
Tim van Luijk
location manager
Jaco Buitelaar
order coordinator
Peter van Leeuwen
cultivation specialist
Sustainability
Vilosa wants to produce high quality pot plants that make everyone happy
And by everyone we don’t just mean customers, but also the planet and our employees. We therefore take sustainability and being environmentally friendly extremely seriously. We generate part of our energy ourselves using a heat and power plant. This helps warm the crop, but also contributes to the electricity for the lighting. We also actively reuse CO2. The environment certificates that Vilosa has achieved show that we consistently apply sustainability within our operations and we produce a clean product. Our certificates are:
- MPS-ABC: a unique benchmark for monitoring the operations. Vilosa is MPS-A certified, which means that our organisation is the most environmentally friendly.
- MPS-GAP: this is a certificate specially designed for nurseries that supply supermarkets and retailers which allow traceability, safety and hygiene to be demonstrated.
- MPS-Socially Qualified: there are also requirements relating to health, safety and working conditions. Vilosa ensures good working conditions, as a result of which we are also certified in this area.
- MPS-ProductProof participant: a system where registration is used to show that particular active ingredients have not been used in the cultivation.
- PlanetProof: a quality mark for more sustainably grown products. Vilosa goes beyond the legal requirements for cleaner air, fertile soil, good water quality, more nature in the business and circular waste processing and recycling. That means we are on the way to PlanetProof!
- Grasp, which shows that Vilosa is a good employer and meets the highest requirements for employee welfare, health, safety and remuneration.
- See www.volgjebloemofplant.nl for more information. Vilosa’s MPS number is: 802927.
