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The Danish chain Plantorama has once again commissioned Smiemans Projecten to rebuild the existing garden centre in Amager. First of all, a new restaurant is being built between existing monumental buildings. After completion, the old garden centre will be demolished and the sustainable and larger...
PanAmerican Seed is pleased to announce that its 2022 charitable donation reached over $81,000.00 (USD) thanks to this year’s proceeds of "Beacon" Impatiens global seed sales. The donation was presented to two worthy organizations fighting low vision issues and macular degeneration, a disease...
Florensis has obtained the rights from Express Seed to sell and produce Syngentagenetics in Europe per 2023. The acquisition of Syngenta Poinsettia genetics byExpress Seed in America, has made this possible.
Most consumers consider sustainability an important topic. As do horticultural product buyers. The Flower Council of Holland studied this in four EU countries. Nearly 90% of people would like to buy locally grown flowers and plants, and over one third of them are actually doing so. The Flower...
Van der Ende Groep will be adding a Canadian branch from 2023. This expansion represents an important second step for Van der Ende Groep – following the recent acquisition of Quality Pumps & Machines (QPM) Belgium – in achieving its international ambitions.
Dansk Gartneri, the trade association of the Danish ornamental horticulture industry, reports that its former president, Kristian Madsen, died on October 5, 2022, at the age of 70, as a result of pneumonia.
The official partner country of the coming IPM ESSEN is Great Britain. From 24 to 27 January 2023, the Kingdom will be the focus of the world's leading trade fair for horticulture. Companies from the exhibition sectors of plants, technology and equipment will come to Messe Essen to present...
Enter the sea of colors of Schoneveld Breeding. During the annual Cyclamen Open Days, from 24th ofOctober until 11th of November, growers worldwide are more than welcome for a visit. They cancome to look at see all products from the assortment.
The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) gave its approval for the 13th edition of Floralies Internationales 2024, a Category C International Horticultural Show to be hosted in France
In the following list you will find some events worth visiting. We welcome your info on other events and your feedback when you have visited an event!
With opening of NPEC in September, plant research enters a new era of automation and a lot of data. NPEC stands for Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre. The focus here is not the plant’s genetic baggage – its genotype – but its outward appearance, or phenotype.
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the Agency of Renewable Resources (FNR) invites you to the online workshop "Off the peat path - Suitability and availability of alternative substrates for peat use in European horticulture" on 22 November 2022.
These are crazy times in horticulture. Growers are dealing with high energy prices and the impact on their lighting strategy. Last winter, many tomato growers in Western Europe switched off their HPS lights as a reaction to the rapidly rising energy prices. Some entrepreneurs made an accelerated...
Horticulture’s future in a digital world was the topic of discussion at the second AIPH World Ornamental Horticulture Summit, held on 28th September at Expo Floriade 2022 in Almere, the Netherlands.
Dümmen Orange has appointed Rik van Wijk as Director R&D Operations. He will assume responsibility for leading the breeder's R&D operations globally.
Floriade Expo 2022 Amsterdam - Almere closed its gates on Sunday after six months. In an ever-changing world Almere showed exceptional foresight by choosing an urgent theme for Floriade Expo 2022 ten years ago: Growing Green Cities. A World Horticultural Exhibition with a splendid theme.
Together with colleagues, partners and clients, HilverdaFlorist officially opened its new production location at Achterweg 62 in De Kwakel with the Future is HERE event on Thursday 22 September. During the diverse afternoon programme, which included a speech by Arthur Koekkoek (Director...
The construction of the new garden centre for Gardheimar in Iceland is progressing well. In May, Smiemans Projecten started preparing the rugged volcanic terrain of 3 hectares for construction. Most of the 7,250 m2 steel construction has now been built. The special cladding of the entire structure...
The run on renewable raw materials for substrate production has already begun and is set to intensify. "We haven't been talking about peat for a long time now, but about a potpourri of aggregates for substrate production," welcomed Ulrike Fockenberg, Sales Manager Germany, to a journalists' day at...
Josef Hermann Gramann: "The real challenge is that with the peat phase-out, everything has become much more complicated. Many new raw materials have come in and are affecting the blends."
