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  • Rheinberg (Germany) and De Kwakel (the Netherlands) Dümmen Orange's show gardens open all summer

    bedding and balcony plants breeders and breeding flowertrials Germany Netherlands

    As part of this year's Flower Trials, breeder and propagator Dümmen Orange will open its show gardens in Rheinberg (Germany) and De Kwakel (the Netherlands) again throughout the summer. From week 24 to September, visitors can see Dümmen Orange’s entire range of annuals, perennials and pot plants,...

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  • Marja Vonk Noordegraaf and Sirekit Mol

    Beekenkamp Plants Noordegraaf and Mol will be the Head of Commercial Operations

    breeders and breeding Netherlands People propagation

    MAASDIJK – In recent years, Beekenkamp Plants Ornamentals has changed considerably. As a company, they are dedicated to becoming a strong global supplier of starting material with a year-round range of pot and garden plants, an excellent supply chain and associated innovative production, and a...

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  • Augusto Solano (left) and Richard Fox (right)

    Union Fleurs Solano elected as new Union Fleurs' President at the 2022 General Assembly in Essen

    associations and organizations Europe People wholesale flowers

    Members of Union Fleurs, the International Flower Trade Association, have elected a new President and Board of Directors on the occasion of the General Assembly held in Essen, Germany on 13 June 2022. The new Union Fleurs Board of Directors will work for the next two years (2022-2024) under the...

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  • Hydrangea Varieties New HBA cut hydrangeas Royal Supreme and Royal Highness in production

    breeders and breeding cut flowers Netherlands

    Richard, Jeffrey and Stefan Olyerhoek of the Rith Flowers nursery and director Jaap Stelder of breeder HBA raise their glasses to the new cut hydrangeas Royal Supreme and Royal Highness. The family business Rith Flowers from Amstelveen is the first nursery to take the two new HBA cut hydrangeas...

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  • Look Back FlowerTrials 2022

    flowertrials Germany Netherlands

    It’s already over again. FlowerTrials 2022 were a great success. It was a week full of beautiful encounters on Breeders Avenue. Visitors of the Schoneveld Breeding stand enjoyed Cyclamen and other products in real life. It was nice to be able to shake hands again. Besides that, in the greenhouses...

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  • Indoor Farming at Certhon Innovation Centre

    Certhon wins trial Big victory for horticultural innovators

    Indoor Farming light and lighting supply industry

    Poeldijk - It took some years, but the last pending procedure between Certhon and PlantLab at the Hague Court of Appeal has finally come to an end. Certhon’s persistence has been rewarded: the PlantLab patents about the application of LED lighting in climate chambers, in combination with...

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  • IPD partnership Import Promotion Desk (IPD) welcomes Kenya as new partner country

    associations and organizations Kenya wholesale flowers

    Bonn/Berlin, 30.06.2022 - Import Promotion Desk (IPD) is expanding its commitment and includes Kenya as the 15th partner country in its programme. On the first Fact Finding Mission IPD experts met promising producers of cut flowers. A total of six companies were initially selected for IPD's...

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  • Modiform 2022/23 Catalogue Modiform presents innovative products in AR

    pots supply industry trays

    Leusden, 1 July 2022 – A new season, a new catalogue, and a new way of looking at products! Modiform’s 2022-2023 digital catalogue has been launched! The catalogue is full of beautiful and sustainable products. Modiform’s ambition is to bring about sustainable change in the horticulture sector and...

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  • Dümmen Orange Sustainability report provides transparancy and accountibility for its actions

    breeders and breeding supply industry sustainability

    Dümmen Orange published its very first Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report, which offers an overview of the company’s sustainability journey and provides a greater level of transparency and accountability for its actions. “This report demonstrates our mission to be a leading, global...

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  • Over 100 breeders, lawyers and IP experts from over 20 countries met in Cologne.

    DEGA international News from Associations and Organizations

    associations and organizations

    Associations and organizations in horticulture work for the interests of their members and the entire industry. Below you will find information on campaigns and initiatives as well as new employees.

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  • The organisers: "No other country in the world can do what the Flemish azalea grower can. Curious about a few facts?

90 % of Europe"s azaleas are grown in ornamental plant nurseries in East Flanders. Every year, 25 million azaleas are grown in Flanders.
In 2010, the Ghent azalea was recognised as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). No European ornamental plant product had received this recognition before."

    Floraliën 2022 in Ghent/Belgium Pictures at an exhibition

    Belgium garden show

    Hundreds of thousands of art lovers flock to Ghent, Belgium, every year to see the most magnificent altar of the late Middle Ages, created by Jan van Eyck, in St. Bavo's Cathedral. Central and richly detailed depiction is the image of the Adoration of the Lamb of God in a paradisiacal garden,...

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  • Landscape architects Niek Roozen (pictured) and Winy Maas collaborated to develop an arboretum of native woody plants for Floriade, which are placed in alphabetical order on the grid-like landscaped grounds.

    Expo 2022 in Almere/NL Some Impressions from the Floriade

    garden show Netherlands

    On the 13th of April king Willem-Alexander opened the World Horticultural Exhibition Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere. The Dutch horticultural sector shows, together with national and international participants, green solutions about how to make our cities more fun, more liveable and more...

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  • FlowerTrials 2022 Plants and People will meet again in person

    breeders and breeding flowertrials Germany Netherlands

    After the cancellation of the 2020 edition and last year’s digital alternative ‘Studio FlowerTrials’, the organisation is preparing again for a classical edition with physical attendance. From 14 to 17 June 2022, over 60 breeding companies in the Westland (NL), Aalsmeer (NL) and Rhineland...

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