There will be no Litoměřice spring horticultural fair Tržnice Zahrady Čech this year

"We basically lost the whole spring season, it is a very serious situation for us at the moment," said Michaela Mokrá, sales, marketing and operations director of Zahrady Čech.

Vendors from all over the country regularly come to the spring exhibition. "Normally, up to 350 sellers will come, we have already contracted around 250 stallholders," added Mokrá.

The cancellation of this or other exhibitions will cause them problems, most of the stallholders with the gardening assortment have no other way to sell their goods. "Most of the vendors who go around the exhibitions generally do not have an online store. The current situation is not easy for them, "says Michaela Mokrá.

At the moment, it is not clear whether other planned events will take place at the fairgrounds. "We are waiting for what the government will announce, then we are ready to take further follow-up. So far, it is premature to talk about them, "Mokrá said.

Some garden centers are also completely closed. The Dvořák and Son Horticulture in Teplice, which has a government exception, is one of the open stores in the Ústí nad Labem region where gardeners can go, for example, for trees, planted vegetables and strawberries.

"I think we can be open mainly because of the mourning of mourning bouquets, because there are things that can't be put off. And also because strawberries, potatoes or fruit trees have to be planted now, "says Stanislav Dvořák, CEO and owner of the company.

Teplice gardening offers shoppers only thirty carts

They have prepared for the quarantine sales regime. Thus, shoppers currently have only thirty shopping carts at their disposal, and everyone gets disposable gloves, and the operator wipes each cart with disinfectant before the customer.

"We have been open since Friday and not many shoppers have come," adds Dvořák. There is currently no interest in cut flowers, so the offer will be limited. In contrast, vegetable seedlings will be plenty. "We are waiting for a big order with vegetable seedlings. I believe that customers will be satisfied, "assures Dvořák.

The Gardening Garden Other Garden in Chabařovice near Ústí was also an exception. "We sell seeds, but supply is stuck due to transport problems. Several contracted contracts were canceled. The offer will not be as large as in previous years, "says Jiří Bartoš, the company's managing director.

Here, too, they had to prepare for a different sales regime. "There are never more than 30 cars in the parking lot. If this number is exceeded, we close the gate and let the car out, the car in, "Bartoš explains the way they want to prevent more people in the store, saying that in addition to potatoes, apples and livestock feed, the demand for vegetables increases with the arrival of spring. seedlings.

“Herbs to the kitchen are also on the course. So far, shoppers do not have to be afraid, there are enough of these goods, "Bartoš mentions.