Flower Port a gardener's paradise - by Douglas Williams
Emerging in the Nanhui istrict between Pudong International Airport and the new Yangshan Deep-Water Port is a floral oasis and an explosion of color called the Shanghai Flower Port.
The man with the plan for this horticultural extravaganza is a Dutchman by the name of Co Bushman who has been visiting China since 1997 to lend his considerable growing ability to this enormous project.
"I've been coming to China as part of a joint Sino-Dutch project to assist bulb and flower producers here while also assisting Dutch producers looking to do business in China. It's been a win-win situation for both parties," says Bushman who comes from a rich tradition of flower producers and sellers. Both his father and grandfather were in the business and, as a war baby, he was even weaned on a soup made from tulips.
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