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Traditionally, the International Horticultural Forum at the IPM trade fair in Essen is held on the respective trade fair partner country, this year Great Britain, a country with a long horticultural tradition.
Great Britain (GB) was partner country of this year's International Plant Fair IPM in Essen. The Commercial Horticultural Association (www.cha-hort.com) invited visitors to its joint stand to get to know the British exhibitors. In addition to plant suppliers, label manufacturers were represented...
Danish gardeners have long focused on trendy and easy-care plants, often in modern decorative pots, that is, ready-made directly for convenient placement in the living room.
With only four participants, the participation of companies from the southeastern United States at the IPM International Plant Fair in Essen was quite weak. There is still too much anxiety about the pandemic at the moment, as Anouk Dijkgraaf explained, who represented the Susta association at the...
Belgian horticulturists showed their plant specialties at the IPM trade fair in Essen, Germany, at three joint stands of the Flanders Agricultural Marketing Bureau (VLAM). The Belgian horticulture cultivates an area of almost 6,200 ha. The most important sector is nurseries with 5,553 ha. Potted...
After introducing a new brand identity in January 2022, Koppert is entering the next phase and proudly presents a new product branding. Each product will have its own premium look-and-feel, but at the same time remain recognisable as a Koppert product. Over the coming year Koppert will redesign...
It was almost continuously rush hour at the Flower Council of Holland stand during the IPM in Essen. The event devoted a great deal of attention to everything sustainability related. But the same can also be said for the stand of the Flower Council of Holland. Activities included presenting the...
Breeder and propagator Dümmen Orange is on track with sustainability certification for its worldwide production sites. Last year five sites in four countries were added to the list of fully certified companies. Dümmen Orange wants all its production sites to be fully certified to Floriculture...
It’s the age of autonomous growing, in which artificial intelligence and data-driven solutions enable growers to make more informed decisions about their crop production, and even automate parts of their production. Autonomous growing has received a lot of hype in recent years. But the hype is...
HortiFlora Expo, the international floriculture trade fair of Ethiopia is on again after 4 years of absence. Corona also here being the reason why the last edition took place in 2019, the Ethiopian Horticulture Producers Exporters Association EHPEA is warmly welcoming international visitors to...
Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) members including flower producers, traders, and retailers gathered at IPM ESSEN for the General Assembly of 2023 on Thursday 26 January. To reflect on the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative’s 2022 achievements and actions to take towards a...
"The joy that IPM ESSEN could finally take place again could be felt in every hall and at every stand", Oliver P. Kuhrt, CEO of Messe Essen, sums up. The reunion of the green sector turned out to be more international than expected. Over 40,000 trade visitors from more than 100 countries came to...
Brookdale Treeland Nurseries Ltd (BTN), a Canadian ornamentals grower, has been awarded the title of International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) 2023 by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH).
Rosa Rosy Boom Colour Change from Diderk Heinje Pflanzenhandelsges. mbH & Co. KG, Edewecht (DE) was awarded the Show Your Colours Award IPM 2023 during the IPM 2023 in Essen (D) on Thursday 26 January.
The participants in this Friday's group discussion in the Speakers' Corner (Hall 7) have been determined. Oliver P. Kuhrt, Managing Director MESSE ESSEN, Thomas Buchenau, Managing Director Verband Deutscher Garten-Center (VDG), Dr. Henning Krause, Head of Producer Support Landgard, Frank Werner,...
As part of the "Innovation Center Horticultural Technology" at the IPM took place on Wednesday, a panel discussion on the subject of peat reduction. Eva Kähler-Theuerkauf, Vice President of ZVG, Ulrike Wegener, Managing Director of GGS, Melanie Bank from the Chamber of Agriculture, Thomas Kramer,...
If you ask interviewees what they like most at IPM, it is not innovations and products that are mentioned first. Rather, the pleasure of meeting people, making contacts and exchanging ideas comes first. The photos of our picture walk again show this very clearly.
Here you will find an overview of the events of MESSE ESSEN and of associations and organizations, as well as the varied program of the Speakers Corner.
The “Green Associations” together with MESSE ESSEN continued their activities in the promotion of young professionals at the International Plant Fair in Essen this year. On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, it was once again “I Love Green – Training Day” at the Congress Center. Around 300 students from...
The "Innovations Showcase" in Hall 1A is a good place to get an overview of the innovations of the IPM exhibitors. A total of 63 new products in eight categories from 33 exhibitors are on show. In six of the eight categories, an expert commission awarded prizes for new products. The winners...
