Behind the Violets at Bluebird

We are blessed with incredible talent behind the flowers at Bluebird. Helping to propagate, plant, fertilize, pack ship and mail thousands of beautiful and fragile Gesneriads and Orchids requires a team of dedicated and talented individuals. Pictured here are the best of the best in the world of violet growing. Photographs were taken on a Monday which is shipping day at Bluebird. (All pictures are "clickable" for a larger size.)

Janet receives an Orchid from a customer for the Orchid Spa. At the spa this plant will get the full TLC and returned to the customer in full bloom.
Jennifer planted this table full of violets while tending her starter tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, squash, lettuce, spinach, marigolds, petunias, begonias and impatiens in the greenhouse..
Jennifer gets a box ready for violets.
It takes a lot of tape to hold this baby together.
The one with the best handwriting gets to fill out the address labels. Here Desiree fills out a label.
Janet gets into labeling boxes as well.
Janet and Desiree check to see what's next.
Of course Jennifer has to get into the middle of this.
Jennifer, Janet, Desiree and Libbie. Missing from the photo is camera shy Nancy. Nancy's picture will be coming soon!.
Working among the flowers!
Janet and Desiree assemble bags of leaves to be shipped to a customer.
Label this photo.
Libbie hands off a finished tray of packaged violets across the aisle for boxing.
The latest in greenhouse ware. The jazzy apron is coordinated to the violets being shipped that day.
Help I've fallen and I can't get up.
A number 4 box should do here.
The team at work.
Jennifer and Libbie engaged in a lively discussion about shipping violets
They look like they're having fun.
Libbie and Nancy working on the Phals