Gardeners Go Europe

Well, it was my fourth day at Randers Regnskov but still I explored so much new areas and animals. I've been to the snake-temple after work and it was kind of scary seeing all these snakes without any windows between them and me, especially due the fact that I don't like snakes too much (I fear them to be honest).. But it wasn't half that scary than it was yesterday to go into the monkey-cave to dig over the hard-packed soil while the monkey watch you very close..
That may sounds like I don't like it there but I really enjoy the work! In the morning, as long as there are no visitors, we clean up, the ways of cause but also we remove old leaves, clean the windows that you have a clear view into the aquaria and so on.. After a short break at 10 o'clock -when the visitors are there allready- we continue with different jobs, which are to do like planting new plants/weeding/cleaning backstage/... Today we've been weeding at the outdoor-area called "DenmarkPark" (with some very pleasant wind and rain), where there are also some animals like goats, pigs, cows,.. The last days used to end with cleaning backstage, so I was quiet happy to stay there till end today, so we could also have a short look at the baby-jaguars (which don't really look like baybies any more).
So that was enough for this week and I wonder what we'll do next week.

Here you can see a mantled guereza how he was staring at me during work yesterday

Sophie, David and me arrived Aarhus on Sunday at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was pretty good, only it was a little bit windy and stormy.

I have a really nice flat in Barbrand next to two lakes and a great view. The house is 4,5 km far away from Aarhus centre and I have to drive only 2 minutes to the next supermarket. My flatmates, two woman, are very cool and friendly but not very often at home.

Every day at 7 o’clock I start to work at greenhouse Graff in Sabro and stop at 3:15 pm. The work really interesting and they try to show me everything in the 24 000 square meter big greenhouse.


On Monday I cleaned out the yellow and bad leaves in the cuttings propagation (Poinsettia & Hibiscus), and sprayed it against brownish-grey mildew (Botrytis) with calcium( 0.05%). In the next 3 weeks I will check it two times per week alone.

On Thursday it was also very interesting at work. I filled up 13er pods and then I was sticking Hibiscus cuttings in this. After that I was sticking poinsettia cuttings into quick pods. Before, we watered the pods, because the earth was very dry. Then I was prune 9 weeks old Hibiscus ( 13er pod) and a machine shifted the pods to the right distance.

Today I checked the cutting propagation again. Then I brought out some different kinds of useful plants in a experiment house. ( For example: Amblyseius cucumeris against Thrips)

So I am really curious to the next 2 weeks.



PS: That`s my boss and me at the picture

Hey
My name is Levin and I`m working at OKNygaard.
My arraival was a little bit difficult because i missed the car with the other guys and so I had to take the train and so I arrived first at 11pm at Sunday in Aalborg.

Like I mentioned at the beginning I´m working at OKNygaard. This company have 8 subsidiaries in different cities and I´m at the branch in Aalborg.

Today I was with the Teamleader Joachim at a big site in Sundby. There we have to plant about 1000 Fagus sylvatica.

After work all guys cooked together and then we went to the beach near Nibe. The beach there is very nice only the water was cold and the weather windy.
The people and the collegues are very friendly and helpful.
The work is like at home only the worktime is shorter than at home.

We are lookingf forward to the next three weeks and are very excited.

C U next Time :)

We arrived Aalborg!
After a long journey from southern Germany we reached the northern Denmark.
The weather is sunny but for our feeling a little bit stormy.

So let's get out and discover Aalborg!!!

And tomorrow we will be the first time in our host company.

by Michael

Next Sunday our trip to Denmark finally starts!
I'm really excited about our traineeship.

Gug will be my host company for 3 weeks. And it seems to be quiet similar to my own company Hans Schmid GaLaBau GmbH.
They also have their on nursery and a own garden centre.

http://www.gugplanteskole.dk/
http://www.schmid-galabau.de/

by Michael

http://oknygaard.dk/7/referencer

My company is OKNygaard in Aalborg.

When I'm looking on their website I'm amazed.

The projects are very big in contrast to ours.
The buildings are beautiful and modern.
The references, whisch you can find in the link, speak for themselves.

I'm looking forward to work with the colleagues in Denmark and build such beautiful things like places and parks.

Schade dass wir nicht alle beisammen sind aber ich denke wenigstens einen Besuch wäre es mehr als wert:
http://www.regnskoven.dk/
Mit diversen Aquarien, einem 15m hohen Wasserfall unter Dach, einem Baumkronen-Pfad und vielen, vielen anderen Attraktionen ist die Formulierung "ich freue mich auf das Praktikum" mehr als untertrieben... Wer will kann sich ja auf der Homepage ein wenig rumklicken und neidisch werden ;)

Durch eine Kooperation mit dem Agri College Aalborg in Dänemark ist es uns gelungen, ein Austauschprogramm für unsere Auszubildenden des Erwerbsgartenbaus und des Garten- und Landschaftsbaus ins Leben zu rufen. In den kommenden zwei Jahren können bis zu 20 Schülerinnen und Schüler aus den Einzugsbereichen der Berufsschulen in Stuttgart, Göppingen und Heilbronn ein dreiwöchiges Auslandspraktikum in Dänemark absolvieren.

Die praktische Arbeit in einem dänischen Betrieb wird die fachliche Qualifikation unserer Auszubildenden stärken und ihre Fremdsprachkenntnisse fördern. Neben der fachlichen Weiterentwicklung werden die neuen kulturellen Erfahrungen auch die persönliche Entwicklung der jungen Menschen positiv beeinflussen.

Die Teilnehmer/innen werden seitens der Berufsschulen auf den Auslandsaufenthalt vorbereitet und vor Ort bei Bedarf durch unsere dänischen Kollegen unterstützt. Des Weiteren erhalten sie vom europäischen Förderprogramm Erasmus+ finanzielle Unterstützung.

Im Ausbildungsjahr 2014/15 ist der Zeitraum vom 13.06.2015 bis 04.07.2015 für den Auslandsaufenthalt vorgesehen. Die Teilnehmer werden täglich über ihre Erfahrungen in diesem Blog berichten.

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