PRODUÇÃO E COMERCIALIZAÇÃO DE FLORES NO SUL DA AUSTRÁLIA: ESTÁGIO PROFISSIONAL NA EMPRESA JONG'S NURSERY

Abstract

The curricular internship was carried out over a period of one year, from March 2025 to March 2026, at a flower farm, JONG’S NURSERY, in the city of Mount Compass in the southern state of Australia. It was based on the production and marketing of different varieties of flowers according to the season. Among the activities carried out, the following stood out: transplanting seedlings (plugs) and planting seeds, evaluating development, spacing the pots according to the future size of the plant, preparing the plant and packaging for distribution. During the work period, knowledge was acquired in various sectors, such as maintenance of structures and operation of the Greenhouse, identification and disposal of plants unsuitable for sale, evaluation and identification of insects, cleaning and chemical treatment of the stalls and management of an olive grove such as pruning and thinning. Also, cultural and linguistic knowledge was undoubtedly important, since the way of conducting and solving different situations can vary according to the nationality of each person, being this an internship in another country, the contact with different ethnicities and customs showed me variables that can be extremely useful in various crops.