A modern, efficient organization. The Lazzeri agricultural group, led by its managing director Valentino Lazzeri, comprises the two Lazzeri Floriculture Division divisions, which supply young plants for the floricultural - nursery industry, and Lazzeri apple, which produces apples and fruit trees for the international market.

Lazzeri Floriculture Division is organized in two divisions located in different parts of the country - Merano and Sabaudia - to rationalize production and delivery. The surface area occupied by now totals 68 hectares plus over 20 hectares of greenhouses where young plants are grown. They are high-technology facilities set up according to the most modern standards and using the most advanced methods for obtaining top quality products.

Merano - Italy

Merano is where Lazzeri agricultural group has its executive, administrative and logistic headquarters. Long ago this town witnessed the birth of Lazzeri agricultural group, which soon succeeded in carving out a sizable niche for itself in the floricultural industry. The other two production centres are managed and coordinated from Merano and all company directives are issued from there. In Merano, there is also a research & development centre, site of the Elite programme for the reproduction of mother plants, and the impressive high-tech machinery used for the production of the Ecopot©.

Sabaudia - Italy

The production centres Sabaudia 1 and Sabaudia 2 are located in the "Agropontina" district in Lazio. The former was established in 1973, in proximity to the Circeo Natural Park, and occupies a covered surface area of 65,000 m², a large part of which is used for growing mother plants.

The "traffic" department oversees all the sorting phases and delivery of finished products; a test field is used for testing plant reaction to different climatic conditions, the greenhouses for growing certain plants are protected by special insect screens and access is allowed through special doors that create a buffer zone safeguarding against infestation by insects.

Plant health is guaranteed by the most modern integrated pest management techniques that are safe for the environment and the personnel. 20,000 m², which is used for rooting cuttings. Every day, climate controlled vehicles are loaded with cuttings that begin their journey to the greenhouses of Italian floriculturists, bearing all the quality derived from the research and passion that have distinguished Lazzeri© products for the last 40 years.

Vacaria - Brasil

The overseas division of Lazzeri Floriculture Division produces cuttings of geraniums, chrysanthemums and impatiens obtained from mother plants in accordance with European Economic Community standards. Cuttings are gathered all year round. On leaving the greenhouses, they are selected, refrigerated, packed and sent in climate-controlled cargo containers to the European continent.