从 1908 年起的三代人
布尔尼耶苗圃的起点在卢特里的拉孔韦尔松。1908 年，维克多·布尔尼耶在那里开出第一片苗地。1949 年，儿子爱德华接手；1972 年，孙子热拉尔成为当家人。1985 年，热拉尔另起一座花园中心，把面向散客的生意从专业批发里分出来单独做。
花园中心与苗圃分开经营
2012 年，花园中心搬到拉克鲁瓦叙吕特里，就挨着苗圃。公司改名为拉沃花园中心股份公司，股东是热拉尔和两个孩子马修、萨拉。面向专业客户的生产和销售由热拉尔的儿子弗雷德里克和露丝·费接手，两人另行成立布尔尼耶苗圃有限责任公司，股权和经营都归他们。
苗圃种的都是木本和多年生
主营的是露地栽的木本植物和多年生植物：乔木灌木、针叶树、绿篱苗、行道树、杜鹃一类喜酸植物、匍匐地被、竹子、攀援植物、花卉多年生、蕨类和观赏草、果树与浆果灌木，还有本地野生植物，都在自家地块里种。多数苗木由苗圃自己繁殖，或下地栽或上盆，起点是从自育幼苗或从同行处买来的苗；缺货的品种再向同行补，优先在瑞士境内买，必要时也从国外进货。根系质量是苗圃反复强调的事。
专业客户与散客各走各的门
买苗的主力是园艺工程公司、市政部门、景观设计师，还有本地和瑞士德语区的同行苗圃。散客则去对面的拉沃花园中心，那里有植物、园艺材料和工具，周一到周六营业，春天星期天也开。需要特殊规格和大规格植物的人，包括高干乔木、针叶树、竹子、杜鹃和做绿篱的苗，可以到苗圃的地里自己挑，但要先约好时间。苗圃的口号是把沿湖一带能活的植物和更耐寒的植物放在一起卖，耐寒的那批养在海拔 700 米的高处。
营业时间和冬季存放
三月到十一月中旬，工作日早上七点到十二点、下午一点到五点开门；十一月中旬到二月，上午推迟到八点开始。周六要事先约。圣诞到一月中旬之间歇业三周。冬天另有越冬存放服务，柑橘、棕榈、夹竹桃和橄榄这类怕冷的盆栽可以寄放在这里过冬。网上的商店同时挂着 22 件商品，针叶树 8 件、落叶树 8 件、多年生 5 件、独株大苗 11 件，另有 2 件特价，分类之间有重叠。
Three Generations Since 1908
The Burnier nursery began at La Conversion in the commune of Lutry. Victor Burnier opened the first plot of ground there in 1908. His son Édouard took over in 1949, and his grandson Gérald became the owner in 1972. In 1985 Gerald set up a separate garden centre so that retail customers would be served apart from the trade business.
Two Businesses, One Family
In 2012 the garden centre moved to La Croix-sur-Lutry, right beside the nursery. It became Garden Centre de Lavaux SA, owned by Gérald and his two children, Mathieu and Sarah. The growing and the trade sales were taken on by Gérald’s son Frédéric and his partner Ruth Fäh, who registered Pépinières Burnier Sàrl and own and manage it.
Wood and Perennials, Mostly Grown Here
The nursery deals in woody plants and perennials for planting outdoors: trees and shrubs, conifers, hedging plants, avenue trees, acid-loving plants such as rhododendrons, ground cover, bamboo, climbers, flowering perennials, ferns and ornamental grasses, fruit trees and berry shrubs, and native plants. Most of the stock is raised on the spot, either in open ground or in pots, from young plants multiplied here or bought in from other nurseries. Gaps are filled from colleagues, Swiss suppliers first, and from abroad when needed. Root quality is what the nursery keeps stressing.
Trade Buyers and Garden Customers
Most of the plants go to landscape contractors, municipalities, landscape architects, and to other nurseries in the region and in German-speaking Switzerland. Garden customers shop next door at the Garden Centre de Lavaux, where plants, garden materials and tools are sold from Monday to Saturday, and on Sundays in spring as well. Anyone after something unusual or of a large size can pick it out in the fields themselves, whether that is a standard tree, a conifer, bamboo, a rhododendron or hedging material, but an appointment has to be arranged first. The nursery’s own slogan is that plants for the lakeside and hardier plants are both on offer, the hardy stock being raised at 700 metres above sea level.
Opening Hours and Winter Storage
From March to mid-November the nursery opens on weekdays from seven to twelve and one to five; from mid-November to February the morning start moves to eight. Saturday is by appointment only. It closes for three weeks between Christmas and mid-January. There is also a winter storage service for tender container plants such as citrus, palms, oleanders and olives. The online shop carries 22 items at the same time, 8 conifers, 8 deciduous trees, 5 perennials and 11 specimen trees, with 2 items on special offer, and the categories overlap.
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