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Friday, May 29, 2020

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Neil Alcock, Seiont Nurseries

UK: "The market has changed for good"

"The first week of the lockdown was horrible with orders being cancelled everywhere", says UK plug and liner producer Neil Alcock of Seiont Nurseries. However, as internet…

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U.S. mass-market floral industry explores sea transport, use of consolidation centers

The popularity of sea shipping is on the rise for several years now and the COVID-19 crisis seem to fuel this trend. During the May 27 virtual Floral Roundtable hosted by…

Terra Nova Nurseries announces new installment of variety video series

Terra Nova Nurseries has released three brand-new videos as part of its 2020 “Terra Nova Varieties View” series. This installment in the ongoing series showcases three of the…

Greenside Garden Centre

Garden centres re-opening in Scotland

The Scottish Government has announced that garden centres will be allowed to re-open Friday 29 May as part of Phase 1 of its strategy for exiting lockdown. Scotland is one of…

Desch give plants added value with colour

More than 140 colours now in free digital booklet

Match pot colours to fashion trends. Desch Epla started the trend years ago and is still very successful to this day. Now all 140 colours can be viewed in a digital booklet at…

Syngenta Flowers

Syngenta Flowers launches Virtual Tour

In week 25, Syngenta Flowers will launch the Virtual Tour, a unique digital trials exhibition. This online venue showcases the newest introductions, core product, brands and…

Spain: "Before the housing bubble, there was a cut flower bubble"

Miguel Lázaro, a flower grower from Cádiz, predicted the consequences that the health crisis would have on the flower sector, and switched from ornamental plants to watermelon…

Deliflor Chrysanten launches ‘3D Digi Delishow’

Online platform to see the new chrysanthemums in 3D

Due to the corona crisis, the Delishow, the flower trials that Deliflor Chrysanten normally organises for its international customers and which takes place in the same week as…

Special webinars & online education

June 17, 2020

Learn more on managing Bemisia in poinsettia crops

The non-indigenous tobacco whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is a serious pest of poinsettia, especially as a late season infestation, when control options are more…

GIMA confirms Consumer & Design Trends webinar series

Due to the Covid-19 lockdown, GIMA’s Consumer & Design Trends seminar was sadly cancelled, however delegates – including GIMA members, non-members and for the…

"Huge demand" for Indian roses in Europe, Middle East

Although roses are in demand throughout the year, they fetch a higher price from Christmas season onwards extending up to New Year and more particularly on…

Greenlife Industry Australia President's Report May 2020

This month, rather than reporting on what has happened in the last few weeks, I want to start a conversation. I want to hear your thoughts, so please email me at…

Mornings with Mayesh: The Big Flower Fight interview

Have you watched the new Netflix series, The Big Flower Fight, yet? The show is filled with a plethora of plants, beautiful flowers, larger than life designs, and a vibrant…

Video Construction teams make progress at phase 1 renewal of Unifarm Wageningen

Wageningen University & Research is getting a 'green' research greenhouse on campus. The Unifarm greenhouse complex is being renovated in various phases, and phase 1 has…


Wouter Verkerke talks about new greenhouse crops What do papayas, vanilla and black pepper have in common? Do you recognize the second plant from the left in the below picture? Most of the participants in the webinar on the Greenhouse Pharmacy project, held as part of the WUR Urban Greenhouse Challenge, had no problems seeing this was a vanilla orchid. It got a bit trickier when Professor Wouter Verkerke asked about the plant on the…

State House Kenya

Doing business in Kenya: updates regarding COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19 has consequences for entrepreneurs doing business in or with Kenya. The Dutch government provides an overview of useful information intended for…

Slow Flowers Journal

Aquaponics — a new model for flower farming

"At Grateful Gardeners, we’ve been focused on green methods and growing flowers organically now for more than two years. In all honesty, we would like to push the whole…

New CEO for Agaris

Growing Media Europe elects new chairman

Growing Media Europe (GME)'s Chairman Mr. Stefaan Vandaele ceased his position from 25 May 2020, since he left Agaris Belgium in his function as CEO. In order…

Thomas Jurkowski

Tanzania horticulture exports hurt by border closures

Horticulture is one of Tanzania’s economic pillars, but now the closure of the border between Tanzania and Kenya has hit Dar’s horticulture sector - due to…

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"Let's come out of this situation stronger as the sector re-awakens"

As I write this column we’ve just had confirmation that garden centres in England and Wales can reopen which is great news for all concerned, and hopefully Scotland and…

Why does this Russian greenhouse need so many rose varieties?

Thousands of hybrid tea roses originating from the Netherlands are boosting with vitality in this Russian greenhouse of 10 thousand square meters. White Avalance bushes…

Greenlife Industry Australia provides Foundation Member opportunity

Greenlife Industry Australia are offering the opportunity to become a ‘Foundation Member’. This is a one time opportunity to become a Foundation Member as this member category will not…

Doreen Wynja for Monrovia

Monrovia

"Living Walls create natural social distancing"

More emphasis is being placed on creating safer public spaces as we navigate living in a COVID-19 world. Using structure in design is not only a feature of…

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