About Us

CARNIFLOR - GROWN UP TO GROW UP!™ - ABOUT US

BUT FIRST OF ALL TO ME:

My name is Fabian, I was born in 1996, studied Horticultural Phytotechnology, and am currently pursuing a Master's degree in Urban Plant and Open Space Management at the Berlin University of Technology. I currently live in Berlin and passionately cultivate various plant rarities. Additionally, I have been keeping a selection of different frog species in terrariums for some time.
In my childhood, I spent a lot of time in nature and/or experimented in my grandparents' garden. My curiosity was never to be stopped. The green infrastructure of my hometown Oranienburg and the many abandoned places after the reunification offered a lot of potential to satisfy my adventurous spirit.
The older I became, the more I realized that there is much more to our nature than we can perceive at first glance. Consequently, when I discovered a dwarf jug in a video that I liked so much because of its quirky appearance that I wanted to take care of it, my interest in plants was rekindled and a pronounced passion for collecting all sorts of exotics developed. A short time later, I also began my studies in the field of horticultural phytotechnology, which I successfully completed in 2022.

After several years of searching, I finally managed to find a nursery in the Berlin area at the beginning of 2020, where I could lease some space for the cultivation of my plants. The area available to me from then on allowed me to expand my collection and finance my studies at the same time. Unfortunately, I had to give up the greenhouse at the end of 2023, as the nursery is being demolished and replaced with residential buildings. Since then, the range is mainly limited to selected plants and suitable accessories. Currently, I am studying for a master's degree in urban plant and open space management at BHT Berlin. Therefore, I am currently only running the plant shipping as a side business in my free time.

Since 2018, I have also been a member of the Society for Carnivorous Plants e.V. (G.F.P.), an association that is committed to the preservation of the highly endangered natural habitats of carnivores, as well as promoting research and the exchange of experiences for the ongoing optimization of cultivation conditions. Since 2020, I have also been a member of the German Society for Peat and Moor Research e.V. (D.G.M.T.). The commitment of these associations is particularly close to my heart, as there are also native carnivorous species that are severely threatened by industrial peat extraction, and peat is currently regarded as an indispensable raw material for horticultural substrates, independent of the carnivores, based on my own experiences. As the world population continues to rise sharply and peat reserves are increasingly depleting, I am convinced, regardless of the awareness of the importance of moors as ecologically valuable habitats, that sustainable alternatives to peat are mandatory in the long term. On the other hand, the natural growth spaces of many plant and animal genera and species have been increasingly diminishing for years. Particularly sought-after specimens are also heavily threatened by poaching.

Your Fabian