Mervans. The French leader in lily of the valley is in Bresse Louhannaise: it has just delivered 250,000 bouquets of bells

In this shed in the heart of Bresse Louhannaise, as every year since 2007, it's a rush. Seasonal workers empty the wooden crates and get to work preparing lily-of-the-valley arrangements. Why such pressure? May 1st is fast approaching , and the company "Horticulture des petits bois" must have lily-of-the-valley arrangements ready by then.

In Mervans, seven days a week, around fifty seasonal workers are hard at work creating various types of arrangements. With precise movements like an atomic clock, the bouquets are packaged in pots, sprigs, wickerwork, or cellophane. "For us, it's a habit every year," smiles one of the seasonal workers, without stopping work. David Colin, one of the two partners of...

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