Tuuli and Matti, the Kotaja couple from Finnish Plant
Tuuli and Matti KOTAJA run a small family farm in Vampula, Finland. The fields have been cultivated by Matti's family since his grandfather built the house near the family river in 1917, the year of the Finland's independence. Since then, the family has always grown wheat, barley and peas, but Tuuli's arrival brought with it a wind of change. In fact, her first name in Finnish means "wind" ''…
When Matti was a young man, he dreamed of a career as a professional musician. In the 80s he developed the Finnish Percussion (FP) congas which had quite a bit of international success. Unfortunately, the conquest of the world with the congas fell with the fall of the dollar, but the idea of doing something exceptional remained.
With the meeting with Tuuli, Matti found a companion who shared his passion for roses. They married in 1994 and the letters FP (Finnish Percussion, the congas) became Finnish Plant when the couple matured the idea of growing roses. professionally. Their first idea was to make a rose oil, but Tuuli's creativity in the kitchen and Matti's passion for trying new things led the couple to develop a test batch of jam made from the petals. of roses. The path to a marketable product had just begun: after a multitude of tests and years of development, they were finally ready to start producing roses professionally in 2012.
La Rosa Kotaja is Tuuli and Matti's legacy for lovers of culinary well-being
For years, the Kotaja have been developing the arctic variety Rosa Rugosa Hybrid to adapt it to the harsh Nordic growing conditions but also to the taste requirements. In the future, the Rosa Kotaja variety created as a result of the breeding work will completely replace the variety Rosa Rugosa Hybrid. It is important in breeding to use arctic growing conditions and take into account environmental values. Irrigation water from the family river, sunlight brightness from
Midnight summer 24 hours a day, and organic farming create the basis for the development of a healthy and tasty rose-based product.
