About company (DONATI):
At the time, this was the only form of packaging possible for the transportation of bouquets of flowers under suitable storage conditions, due to the very long travel times involved. Carqueiranne was the leading production centre for cut flowers in France. Reed cane has the unique feature, thanks to its capillary capacity, to keep flowers fresh for an extended period.
In parallel, Honorat Donati would gradually develop a speciality inherent in Var reed: the selection of certain canes for the production of reeds used in musical instruments such as clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons and English horns, demand for which was soon to grow thanks to the advent of jazz and the development of classical music all over the world.
Until the mid-1980s, the reed came from a selection of “wild” Var cane plants.
In 1985, the Donati family invested in 15 hectares of plantations located in Sauvebonne valley. Today, almost 30 hectares of plantations, divided across plots of land with diverse geological and climatic conditions, produce the musical reed Arundo donax for the Donati brand, used by the world’s greatest musicians.