Our story
Florists in the Netherlands, gardeners in Brittany: the story of Hanneke and Erwin.
From cut flowers to living gardens
They fell in love with this corner of Brittany, so deeply that they left their florist trade in the Netherlands behind. After twenty-five years running their own flower shop, Hanneke and Erwin Straalman chose the Trieux valley.
In 2010 they bought an old farm at the hamlet of Kerfouler, on the road to Saint‑Clet: a hectare of land, granite buildings and one plan, to open a holiday cottage and create a garden of inspiration.
Four years of work later, in June 2014, the gardens opened to the public. Fourteen garden rooms at first, then seventeen, and twenty today since 2022, linked by a signposted route where everyone travels in their own way.
Press photos: L'Écho de l'Armor et de l'Argoat (2014), Ouest-France & Le Télégramme (2014).
« We wanted to create several gardens where everyone can find their own delight, children as much as adults. »Hanneke and Erwin Straalman, in Ouest-France (2014)
Purchase of the old farm and its hectare of land.
After four years of work, the first garden rooms welcome their visitors.
The Garden of encounters, Taste of the sun and the Oasis of greenery complete the twenty.
20 garden rooms, a tea room, a cottage and the « Jardin remarquable » label.
Writing the next chapter
After more than fifteen years growing Kerfouler, Hanneke and Erwin are looking for its next owner: someone who will love this place as much as they do. And they will be there to hand it over.