As of: March 10, 2024, 1:14 p.m
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Flowers are his passion.
But now Peter Meier is closing his business at the age of 81.
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Poet, painter, florist: multi-talented Peter Meier (81) has not found a successor and is now giving up his flower shop in Vaterstetten.
Vaterstetten – Peter Meier is a poet, painter, inventor, former local councilor and florist.
With his beard and his hat, he is a well-known personality in Vaterstetten.
At least his main job, which he used to help finance his other activities, is now over.
The 81-year-old is closing his flower shop “blumobil” near the Vaterstetten town hall at the end of March.
There are many reasons for that.
He doesn't have a successor.
His son Roland has supported him in recent years (“We live in the same house.”).
However, he didn't want to get into the business.
“He has his own space.”
Meier has been in the industry for ages.
“I’m actually a trained flower arranger.
Today it’s called a florist.” Born in Munich in 1942, he went to school in Freimann.
He started his training in 1955. He always enjoyed it, he says.
But now the smaller shops are having a hard time.
Flowers would be very cheap in discount stores or gas stations.
No trace of doom and gloom
“We can't really keep up with that.” Advice is no longer as popular today as it used to be.
Being at the wholesale market in Munich early in the morning at five o'clock and standing in traffic for an hour and a half on the way back to Vaterstetten is simply too much for him.
However, he would still advise young people with a passion for this profession to get into the industry and perhaps open their own business despite everything.
“You should try it out.” For him, despite all the changes, there is no sense of doom for the industry.
“But it's nothing for me at my age anymore.” One of the triggers for the decision was the death of his best school friend a few months ago.
“I won’t get bored,” says Meier.
There will continue to be readings and exhibitions by him – as an author and as a painter.
So far, his paintings have hung in his shop and were part of the special decoration.
And his books in Bavarian dialect were also offered there.
He once wrote on his Internet homepage: “I would like every person to declare their environment a violence-free zone.
From Vaterstetten around the whole world.”
Maybe he'll write a floristry book
“Pictures of me still hang in the flower center in Parsdorf,” he says.
A new book is almost finished.
And maybe he will also write something very specific about floristry.
“That would also be a plan.
Now I have more time.
Many ideas are still on hold.”
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There is still sadness, however.
His regular customers were not happy about the closure.
“I’ve known some of them for generations.
I accompanied them from births to baptisms and other celebrations to funerals in the family.
I would like to thank you for your loyalty.”
The business was an important part of his life.
“Flowers are simply the joy of life.” He will continue to spend a lot of time in nature.
“Looking for mushrooms in the forest is also part of it.”
According to his information, there could be a wine shop in the future as a successor to the rented premises.
“That hasn’t been decided yet.” He would be happy about the development.
Wine is also an expression of an attitude to life.
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