Our Story

We have been globally recognized as the best producers of chrysanthemums. Our family, our history, our flowers, and our dreams are weaved through the art of cultivating flowers, bringing hope, and fulfilling aspirations. "We aim to adapt emerging technologies from various industries to our processes."

Our Family

We believe in providing safe and friendly working conditions, making our people feel "at home," to build a better present and future for our collaborators. Our family consists of the 2,500 employees who care for and nurture our teams every day, achieving results that meet the highest quality standards. We take pride in seeing our people happy and passionate about their work.

Our Dreams

Over the past 42 years,2 we have cultivated dreams and flowers. We believe in the power of flowers to express emotions and bring hope from one place to another. Since 1982, we have focused our flower production on the east of Antioquia,an ideal location for cultivating quality flowers. We have always believed that doing things differently generates unique results.

Our Flowers

To let our flowers speak for themselves about their origin, we provide constant, environmentally responsible care. Our flowers are sealed with thousands of smiles and the certainty of growing in a place where people are our greatest treasure.

Through Time

Through flowers, we tell stories. We understand the sentimental value of a flower.

Therefore, with a high level of responsibility, we have developed a productive, innovative, and conscious way of transporting flowers around the world.

In the last fourteen years, we have sent over 11,547 containers filled with flowers worldwide. We have persisted in our ideals to preserve the best why our flowers reach farther each time.

1982

The company was founded under the name "Geranios," with the main purpose of cultivating and marketing horticultural products.

1985

We started producing flowers such as roses, carnations, and chrysanthemums.

1997

We acquired the company Flores El Capiro and decided that this would be our name from then on.

2001

We started with three new production centers, representing growth for our company.

2006

When entering to compete with the Dutch companies in England, we were driven to create our flagship product: the "Capiro-type pompom" and to expand our portfolio with bouquets.
Aiming to be a socially, environmentally, and economically responsible company, we began working to improve our daily practices to achieve certification in different international standards that promote safe and sustainable cultivation.

2008

To improve the quality of life for our employees, we created the FOEC Employee Fund. Through this fund, we provide our employees with the opportunity to save for studying, traveling, and improving the well-being of our collaborators and their families.
We started researching and creating new logistical processes, resulting in the shipment of our first containers of flowers to the United Kingdom and Chile.

2013

We started shipping our flowers in maritime containers to Australia, which was another significant achievement for our company.

2017

We won the "Gold" award in the Cut Flowers category and the "Gold Rose" for the best producer of the year, awarded by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH).

2020

We decided to grow and surpass 100 hectares under greenhouse.

2022

We celebrated our 40th anniversary, attended by the President of Colombia, Iván Duque. There, we were awarded the Order of Business Merit.

2023

We shipped the container number 10,000 and celebrated with an artistic event with our collaborators. On that day, the container was painted as an urban art piece by prominent figures in Medellín's commerce, making it a unique piece.
We were certified as Carbon Neutral.

2024

Innovation

Today, we are leaders in Colombia of chrysanthemum production with over 42 years of experience growing satisfaction.
We are global leaders in the maritime transportation of cut flowers, with over 16 years of experience dispatching containers worldwide. Maritime transport has a lower carbon footprint and less impact on the environment.

Did you know that a container to Australia takes 25 days to travel from port to port?

We are committed to preserving our environment. Therefore, we work every day to reduce the use of pesticides in our soils, replacing them with bio-rational elements that care for our flowers, controlling pest populations and protecting beneficial ones, such as bees (pollinators).
We use LED bulbs as a source of artificial light to reduce energy consumption.

We have a research laboratory, a place where constant studies are conducted with our engineers, agronomists, and student interns to apply different academic elements to our processes.

Mission

We grow satisfaction.

Vision

By 2025, Capiro will be the leading high-quality chrysanthemum-producing company, with comprehensive logistics to supply the world's most important supermarkets and e-–commerce channel. It will be based on technological innovation, social, environmental, and economic sustainability.

Corporate Values

We are dedicated to people

We smile
We support our teamwork in completing tasks
We share achievements and benefits
We understand the reality of our stakeholders

We do it as if we were the owners

We explore our creativity in finding solutions
We aspire to long-term goals in the company
We motivate our colleagues with our example
We improve our performance period by period

We work thinking in the long term

We take care of our physical integrity and that of the people around us
We are inclusive, accept differences, and reject discrimination
We address others with good terms and polite language
We report fraud
We fulfill what we agree upon with different stakeholders

We cultivate and protect our reputation.

We face problems with transparency
We are fair with people.
We act with honesty
We report fraud

We do and demand everything well done and with quality

We are punctual
We perform assigned tasks with commitment and discipline
We verify that everything we commit to is well done
We finish everything we start

Recognitions

In 2017, Flores El Capiro won the "Gold" awards in the Cut Flowers category and the "Gold Rose" for the best producer of the year, awarded by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) in Essen, Germany.

DFG is one of the world's largest flower suppliers to retailers and wholesalers. In 2007, it awarded Flores El Capiro as the best supplier in the world for them

The British supermarket chain awarded Flores El Capiro as the best producer of the year in 2009

The Presidency of the Republic of Colombia awarded us the Order of Merit for Business, which aims to recognize the most outstanding companies in the country and the visionary leaders who innovate to evolve and transcend, driving the economic and social transformation of the regions.

It is the largest floral fair in Latin America and the meeting point for the flower industry. It takes place every 2 years in Colombia, and we have been winners on different occasions as the best cultivators of varieties. We have also been awarded several times for having the best stand

Asocolflores awarded us the Sustainability and Shared Value Lucie de Vélez Award during the Proflora 2023 event. This recognition was given for implementing our beneficial fungus laboratory, aimed at cost reduction, soil health improvement, biofertilization, and pest control.