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Happy Holidays!

Dear readers, We want to kindly thank you for keeping up with us this year. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support and input towards our publication(s). Happy Holiday season…

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Doug Cole, D.S. Cole explains

The role of young plant suppliers in enabling growers to follow trends

How do growers decide which varieties they want to grow for the coming season? Young plant suppliers play a large role in it. From offering new varieties to having varieties…

Surreal Succulents

The fascinating story of the Semponium

In 2015 the very first Semponium ever was born. A cross between an aeonium and a sempervivum. The offspring of this truly unique crossbreeding, the Semponium Destiny, was…

Frank de Greef, Fleurizon:

The ever-changing market that is horticulture

In today's ever-changing and growing market that is the horticultural industry, things can change in the blink of an eye, which is precisely what we have been seeing in the…

Héloïse Morel looking back at 2022 and forward to 2023

"Cyclamen stays among some of the key plants in a flowering potted plant assortment for retailers”

For more than 100 years, 103 to be precise, Morel Diffusion has been developing new varieties of Cyclamen Persicum and is producing the seeds in France. Most of their products…

Photovoltaic energy screen converts sunlight into electricity

It's the never-ending balance act: when can you use the sun's energy, and when do you protect your crops from excess sunlight? Growers in Saudi Arabia are currently doing…

De Ruiter’s new variety is shaping up to be a hit

"Shamita, the new cut rose variety perfect for shipping"

A new rose by De Ruiter is hitting the market: the Shamita. All in all, it took six years to develop the variety, and it was only named and became commercial this year. The…

Kees Waqué, Desch, on the Grow&Go products

“These pots do not only make gardens beautiful this winter, they also keeps them sustainable”

With this pot, consumers do not have to change pots when they buy new plants, explains Kees Waqué of Desch when talking about the Grow&Go pots and hanging baskets. "With a…

The Dramm Corporation’s ribbon cutting ceremony

On Friday, December 16, The Dramm Corporation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the new Corporate Headquarters and Production Facility. Many…

Special Year Overview

Special Year Overview 2022: Photo reports

After a year of nearly no exhibitions, 2022 has been the first year where almost all of the planned exhibitions could continue. Below is an overview of the photo reports we…

Erfgoed

Ranking greenhouse floors, what is the best for your plants?

ErfGoed hosted a webinar about greenhouse flooring. This article gives you some of the highlights of this webinar. The webinar starts with defining the definitions of…

Farming requires personal observation of crops and cannot rely solely on technological equipment

"I have been in Ningxia, China, for more than 13 years, mainly providing planting consulting services to growers all over China, especially in the field of raspberries," said…

Spain: New factory for IDM

IDM, one of the leading companies in the manufacture of machinery for greenhouse work, opened a new infrastructure. The new structure was built in the most modern industrial…

Virtual tour of the gardens at Ball now available

The Gardens at Ball may be taking a Winter nap, but you can still enjoy the colorful 2022 Summer trial season through a NEW 3D Map experience using Matterport immersive tour…

March 8-10, 2023

HortiFlora Expo Ethiopia to be held for the 8th time

The Ethiopian Horticulture & Floriculture Industry developed itself in the past 20 years into a full-grown player and put itself on the world map as one of the leading…

Bas Brinkman becomes new Royal Brinkman Group board member

From January 1, 2023, Bas Brinkman will join the board of directors of the Royal Brinkman Group as director of the technical organization. This anticipates the growth…

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This year's top-selling #poinsettias have been large, red and white combinations, poinsettia #foliage bowls, blue painted and glittered #poinsettias, and traditional red…

Video US: Documentary on the Green Bronx Machine

This week's BronxTalk focuses on The Green Bronx Machine's new documentary produced by Food Inspiration. The founder of The Green Bronx Machine's childlike enthusiasm and…

Goh Ah Huat, - Daikin Refrigeration

"This technology works well for all perishables but particularly on commodities such as lettuce, cut flowers"

Daikin Active CA was launched into the market in 2017. The Daikin CA unit works within a shipping container with a self-contained nitrogen generator that produces its own…

“We are a proud member of the horticultural industry in South Korea and we love what we do"

Nara Horticultural Co. Ltd has been Anthura's distributor in South Korea for more than 20 years. They are the market leader in the ornamental plants' segment, covering a…

How the rugged poinsettia became our favorite holiday flower

Think “poinsettia,” and you think “Christmas,” right? Well, think again. At the time of the first Christmas, the closest poinsettia to the little town of Bethlehem was 8,000…

The Flower Council of Holland: contributing, collaborating, and connecting

Times they are a-changin'

There is no other way in a changing world: we have to adapt to the world in which we live, both as business professionals and as an organization. We are changing along with the…

Photo: Better Homes and Gardens

For practical purposes, plants could only cohabitate with us comfortably when window sizes increased, and indoor heating systems improved. When that simpatico situation came…

NL: The flowering strips at Bejo Warmenhuizen attract many pollinators

Behind the organic greenhouses at Bejo Warmenhuizen, on a small patch of 3240m2, some stunning strips of flowering crops shaped the landscape last summer. This gorgeous pilot…


Photovoltaic energy screen converts sunlight into electricity It's the never-ending balance act: when can you use the sun's energy, and when do you protect your crops from excess sunlight? Growers in Saudi Arabia are currently doing both. In their retractable shade screen, foldable solar panels are installed. Thanks to the newly launched flexible photovoltaic technology, the blocked sunlight…

Visionary agreement established between ANASAC and AgBiome

ANASAC, a Chilean company, has reached a Development and Registration Agreement with AgBiome, a U.S.-based agricultural biotechnology innovator. AgBiome…

"Even during the pandemic, the market demand for temperature and humidity monitors has not declined"

With the relaxation of domestic pandemic prevention policies in China, the market is gradually recovering. Frigga is a professional real-time temperature monitoring solution…

Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing

Nebraska University clinic boosts state’s security against plant diseases and pests

Big stakes are involved in keeping plants safe from disease and pest assault. Each year in the United States, the damage and control costs from non-native plant pathogens…

"Sending flowers in the Middle East, India and Malaysia during the holiday season is now easier"

Black Tulip Flowers announces the introduction of brand-new Christmas flower arrangements across all its regional platforms to better cater to the choices of…

NL: Aardwarmte Vogelaer intends to expand with a second geothermal installation

Aardwarmte Vogelaer, a Dutch geothermic company, intends to develop a second geothermal installation to provide 16 more horticultural businesses with geothermal heat. This…

Volunteers decorate floats at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale, Calf., ahead of the 2022 Rose Parade on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

USA (CA): Building a Rose Parade float is costly; inflation and the pandemic didn’t help

Rising inflation is having an impact on Pasadena’s Rose Parade float-builders as volunteers struggle to raise funds for the larger-than-life floats that will file down…

Voltiris raises CHF 1.4M pre-seed investment round to help greenhouses save energy

Voltiris, an energy company founded by Swiss entrepreneurs Nicolas Weber, Jonas Roch, and Dominik Blaser, has raised a CHF 1.4M Pre-Seed round to accelerate the development…

Video How aquaponics and fruit trees can be a good match

Aquaponic Gardening recently installed an indoor farm in Idaho. In this video, they give us a tour of the residence.

Australian online florist accused of breaching consumer law

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued proceedings against an online florist and gift retailer, Bloomex Pty Ltd (Bloomex), for alleged breaches…

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