Werder flies the flag at the Green Week
Today, Werder (Havel) was the centre of attention at the 100th International Green Week. At the Werder Day in the Brandenburg Hall, regional companies, associations and products presented themselves in a varied stage programme.
Welcome and first impressions
Manuela Saß welcomed the guests together with the reigning tree blossom queen Saskia Schwadtke and the cherry queen Heike Runge. Many visitors stopped to chat and took the opportunity to get to know Werder as a city of pleasure and fruit growing.
The musical kick-off was organised by the marching band of the Werder (Havel) volunteer fire brigade - including „Alt wie ein Baum“ by the Puhdys. Immediately afterwards, it was all about fir trees: Dr Christian Mai, Managing Director of Tannenhof, talked about his new Tanntastisch product line and its journey into television. He whetted the appetite for a visit to Tannenhof outside of the Christmas season. The season starts again at Easter, when the football golf course in the centre of the plantation will also be open.
Stage and businesses in rotation
Performances by the Pirates cheerleaders and the Vizavi dance school got things moving on stage. The good mood quickly spread to the visitors in the hall. Dr Reinhard Schmidt, Managing Director of the Werder Fruit and Horticultural Association, then gave an insight into the work of the fruit growers. He announced the upcoming fruit pruning seminar and explained that the fruit growers would soon be starting to prune trees on the plantations again.
The upcoming tree blossom festival was already echoed in many of the contributions, including Reinhard Schmidt's. In addition to the harvest, fruit wine production also plays an important role for the tree blossom festival on many farms. It begins with the rhubarb harvest and ends with the quince harvest.
Regional products and clear messages
The Werder Carnival Club and the Glindow Carnival Club provided entertainment with their dances and songs and presented the carnival side of the town. This was followed by the topic of sea buckthorn. Dorothee Berger presented the work of her Petzow sea buckthorn garden and explained how sea buckthorn products, with their high vitamin C content for example, can contribute to health. The farm responds to customer requests with fruit spreads that contain 30 per cent less sugar.
Finally, Petra Lack appealed to the guests to buy locally. At her Werder Frucht GmbH, Werder is the programme: the company not only markets fruit and vegetables, but also operates its own greenhouses and large orchards on the Glindower Platte.
The Werder Day once again impressively demonstrated how the regional economy, agriculture and club life are interlinked.
