ALEXANDRA FARMS
Alexandra Farms is a boutique grower specializing in nostalgic, romantic,
fresh-cut garden roses.
Our farm is located on the fertile savanna of Bogotá in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, where the warm days and cool nights are perfect for growing garden roses.
Our flowers are proudly grafted, grown, harvested, graded, bunched and packed by hand.
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Alexandra Farms was started by Jose R. Azout in 2005 and is named after his daughter.
We grow an assortment of roses of many different colors, shapes and sizes that were bred in France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark. These 34 varieties make up the Deluxe Garden Rose Collection.
As the largest of four licensed David Austin® growers in the world and the only one in Colombia, we are thrilled to offer 17 of the most romantic English garden roses in our David Austin Wedding Rose Collection.
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Eight varieties of garden roses that were bred for the Emperor of Japan make up our Princess Garden Rose Collection.
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The Wabara Garden Rose Collection is a line of six special Japanese garden roses developed by breeder Keiji Kunieda.
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We grow nine varieties of dahlias with desirable shapes and colors, and long vase life. Our varieties were developed by two breeders for the cut flower market. More varieties are in testing for future release.
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We also grow tweedia and are testing several other types of filler flowers for future release.
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We currently sell to select importers and wholesalers in the USA, Canada, England, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and more. To order our flowers, please contact a sales manager listed below, send us an email, or contact us here.
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If you're a florist or designer who is interested in sourcing our flowers, please reach out to your wholesaler.
OUR TEAM
Jose "Joey" Azout
President
Joey has been in the flower business for more than 30 years. After working as a sales manager at Agricola Los Arboles in Bogotá, Joey started Maxima Farms in Miami, which he sold after six years. He worked for Gerald Stevens, Dole Fresh Flowers and the Delaware Valley Floral Group. He was president of Transflora and Flower Transfer before starting Alexandra Farms in 2005. Joey is married to his wife, Clarita. They have a daughter called Alexandra and twin sons, Lucas and Noah.
joserazout@alexandrafarms.com Tel: +1 (305) 528-3657
Skype: joserazout
Roberto Uribe
General Manager
Roberto Uribe is the general manager of Alexandra Farms in Bogotá. He has been in the flower industry for more than 30 years, first at Maxima Farms and later at Elite Flower.
María Inés Venegas
Sales Manager
María Inés has been in the industry for more than 20 years and brings experience from working in other farms in Bogotá, including Flores Aurora, Santa Helena Flowers and Grower2Buyer. She has relationships with customers all over the world, including Switzerland, Belgium, France, Sweden, England, Holland, Japan, the USA and Canada. Maria Inés speaks fluent Spanish, English and French, as well as a bit of Italian. Her pride and joy is her daughter Alejandra.
Tel: +1 (305) 767-2113
Skype: sales.alexandrafarms
María Paula Córdoba
Sales Manager
María Paula has been selling flowers for more than 15 years. She previously worked at Flores de Funza. María lives in Bogotá with her husband and two children: a son, Jerónimo, and a daughter, Silvana.
Tel: +1 (305) 809-7088
Skype: paucordobao
Sandy Saenz
Sales Manager
Sandy has been selling flowers for more than 15 years. She previously worked for HOSA, Queens, Multiflora, Floralink, Inverpalmas and Panatlantic. She is also a graphic designer. Sandy has two daughters, Paulina and Sofía.
Tel: +1 (305) 515-8170
Skype: sandy.saenz
Antonina Gavrishina
Sales Manager
Antonina has worked with customers in Russia, the USA and Europe. Before joining us, Antonina worked at Mosflor in Ecuador. She focuses on Eastern European countries and speaks fluent Russian. Antonina has a son, Nicolay and a daughter, Alexandra.
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Tel: + 57 (312) 501-0432
Skype: antoninaga.sales
Ana María Bustamante
Sales Manager
Ana María has been in the floral industry for many years, having sales experience in flowers with Funza Farms. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.
​anamaria@alexandrafarms.com
Tel: +1 (424) 299-7701
Skype: live:.cid.a239a466d3774c44
Teresa Schafer
Marketing & Communications Manager
Teresa manages Alexandra Farms' global marketing and communications efforts. She has worked in various marketing roles since 2005 and has been with the farm since 2018. She lives in the northern United States with her husband and son.
Natalia Uribe
Marketing & Communications Specialist
Natalia studied Audiovisual Communication and Multimedia at La Universidad de La Sabana in Chia, Cundinamarca, Colombia. She’s fluent in Spanish and English. At Alexandra Farms, she assists with social media, content creation, events, special projects and more.
natalia@alexandrafarms.com
Laura Medina
Special Projects
Elizabeth Pérez
Export Manager
Elizabeth has been with us since Maxima Farms and is the glue that holds everything together. She remembers every customer's favorite assortment and then makes sure we deliver! Elizabeth's pride and joy is her daughter Laura, who is interning as an emergency room physician.
Monica Noguera
Administrative Manager
Monica has been in the industry for more than 25 years and has experience working in other farms in Bogotá, including Maxima Farms. Monica is married to Roberto and is the mom of Nicolás and Natalia.
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Oscar Munevar
Technical Director
Oscar has more than 15 years of experience in flower growing and is an expert in Sustainable Pest Management and Fertilization programs. He has worked in several flower companies and the fruit industry. We are lucky to have him!
Pilar Buitrago
Florverde and
New Product Manager
Pilar is a biologist and graduated from the Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Before working at Alexandra Farms, she did research in the Colombian Amazon. Pilar leads the development and evaluation of new products, serves on the company's environmental committee and more. She has a son and daughter; they are her greatest pride.
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Mauricio Galindo
Farm Manager
El Jardín
Mauricio has been growing roses for nearly 30 years and has developed an incredible insight into these marvelous plants. Mauricio previously worked at Flora Intercontinental and Aguas Blancas, two traditional rose houses in Bogotá.
Gustavo Sanchez
Farm Manager
San Ignacio
Marcos Tellez
Production Manager
Marcos has more than 12 years of experience growing roses and managing farms.
Carlos Sarmiento
Human Resources Director
Carlos is passionate about the well-being of our hundreds of employees. He has been with Alexandra Farms for more than five years, and he was part of the team at Maxima Farms many years ago.
Adriana Hurtado
Legal Director
Catherine Perico T.
Director of Treasury and International Exchange
Accounts Receivables
Yolanda has been in the industry for many years, managing A/R insurance, credit limits and more.
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receivables@alexandrafarms.com
Tel: + 57 (300) 307-5050
Skype: alexandrafarmsreceivables