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On 3–4 October 2023, breeders and distributors of pot and bedding plants united in Venlo/The Netherlands for a two-day programme packed with inspirational visits and informative presentations in both The Netherlands and Germany.
Nezapar has won the Bronze Award in the 2023 Bernard Blum Awards at the Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM). This award is an annual recognition of the year's most innovative biocontrol product, one that significantly impacts the management of pests and diseases while having minimal impact...
September’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures have just been released and they show it was a ‘good month’ for members with an already ‘strong’ start to Christmas sales (2023). The BoT saw an uplift in nearly all the GCA’s 13 categories recorded at member garden...
You don’t have to tell Rob van Geneijgen anything about crate washing. He has become familiar with Limex washing machines from an early age because his father is also selling and servicing them In New Zealand for decades. Family ties are a common thread in the history of both Limex and MatMan...
The 15th Anniversary of Fruit Attraction came to a close on 5 October 2023 with the best participation figures in the history of the trade fair. In total, 103,868 professionals from 145 countries — eight more than last year — attended the event, 16% more than last year's edition.
New colours all over the place. The breeders from Schoneveld Breeding have been working hard on the innovation of existing products. At the same time, they kept developing new varieties for the assortment. Altogether, this results in a broad range of fresh coloured flowering pot plants. And anyone...
In one month, the International Floriculture Trade Fair (IFTF) will start in Amsterdam: The Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will be present with 16 producers of cut flowers from Colombia, Ecuador and Kenya at the three-day fair from 8 to 10 November. A major focal point will be carnations from...
Booking has now opened for the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference next January (2024) and the organisation has also revealed its 21st century themes and its top-quality speaker line-up too. The conference, which takes place at De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester...
At the end of September 2023, company boss Josef Gramann made good on his promise: "When the plant in Spain is running, we'll all go there together!" 100 Gramoflor employees from Germany, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal and Spain met in Valencia for the "Team Tour España", as...
Over the past 20 years, the ornamental horticulture industry in the Republic of Korea has been in decline. Korean industry professionals offered their insights into why this is at the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)’s Horticultural Industry Conference, held on 19...
Expo 2023 Doha is the first Horticultural Expo in the desert. It will demonstrate the urgency to address climate change and provide solutions to the desertification of the Earth with its four topics: Modern Agriculture, Technology and Innovation, Environmental Awareness, and Sustainability. Under...
Environmental footprinting in horticulture was the topic of discussion in the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)’s Horticultural Industry Conference, held on 19 September 2023 in Suncheon, Republic of Korea as part of the 75th AIPH Annual Congress.
IPM ESSEN is innovative and the starting point for new things in the green industry. The world's leading trade fair for horticulture will prove this for the 40th time from January 23 to 26, 2024. Messe Essen and the German Federal Association of Florists (Fachverband deutscher Floristen e. V. -...
Fitoralia, Projar, Stocker, and Moasure have been awarded in the categories of plant and flower, plant care and plant health, garden and decoration equipment, and product technology. The extraordinary award 'Professor Ballester-Olmo' has been won by Projar for its Alga 600.
How to make the seed industry future-proof by reducing climate change and stimulating biodiversity was the key theme of Fleuroselect’s International Home Garden Conference that took place on 6-7 September 2023 in Noord-Holland, The Netherlands. 75 professionals from nine countries reunited to...
Signify supplied Sunterra Greenhouses, in Acme, Alberta, Canada, with Philips GreenPower LED lighting in 2021. Sunterra has since reported two successful production cycles over their tomato and strawberry ranges. Installing Philips LED technology has proven to be a game-changer for Sunterra...
71% of farmers say that climate change already has a large impact on their farm, and even more are worried about the impact this will have in the future.
Evanthia, the breeding company from the Dutch Westland region, is thrilled to announce a momentous occasion – its 10th anniversary on 1 October 2023. Over the past decade Evanthia has consistently demonstrated its commitment in making the world greening, with an ever growing and evolving product...
Bayer announced the expansion of its leading Fruits and Vegetables business to strawberries. With the acquisition of the strawberry assets of UK-based NIAB, Bayer will expand its focus on professional protected culture growers to meet the growing consumer and retail demand for year-round,...
Fruit Attraction celebrates its 15th anniversary in style from 3 to 5 October. The fair, organised by IFEMA MADRID and FEPEX and with Andalusia as the Guest Region,records the largest participation in its history with 2,000 exhibiting companies from 56 countries, more than 64,000 square metres of...
