Piet Stroet, Bercomex Americas:

Colombia: "Our processing line sales doubled in just three years”

In 2020, Bercomex, a Dutch company specializing in flower processing, established Bercomex Americas in Bogota, Colombia. Over the years, they have…

East African Magical Farms to expand carnation production hub in Kenya

EMF, a carnations producer with farms in Ethiopia and Kenya, has secured investment from AgDevCo to expand into two further farms in the Naivasha area,…

Terrazza MC and Beaulieu Technical Textiles present cooperation:

"Sustainable cleaning of durable soil cloth, a great solution for plant growers"

Terrazza MC and Beaulieu Technical Textiles have found each other as partners in the field of maintenance of ground cloth for tree and plant growers.…

Chrysal introduces two innovations for sea transportation:

"We're aiming for a zero-impact flower industry"

The future of transporting flowers is sea freight, and at Chrysal, sustainability comes first, the company says. "We have put this at the heart of our…

Partnering to cultivate sustainability across the global floral industry:

The American Floral Endowment becomes newest member of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative

The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has become the newest Associate Member of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI). This partnership unites AFE, a…

Macpac:

"ILLG thermoforming machine completes second phase of £1.5 mln investment"

Manchester-based sustainable thermoformed packaging manufacturer significantly increases capacity in the 50th anniversary year. Further underlining its…

AltaNova Sales splits into two companies

AltaNova, a partnership between Hoogendoorn Plants and Gebroeders Hoogendoorn, will decentralize its cooperation and face the future as two separate…

Dümmen Orange welcomes new North American Product Manager for potted crops

Dümmen Orange North America recently welcomed Angela Storm back to the team as North American product manager for potted crops. Angela Storm is now…

Where have all the flowers gone? Miami as import hub for flowers in the US

In the questioning words of the 1955 Pete Seeger song: "Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing." Well, it seems Miami is where they've all…

Hardy's Plants explains:

UK: "The trouble with vermiculite"

Vermiculite is widely used by professional and recreational gardeners. "Our concerns over vermiculite's lack of sustainability, environmental and…

Colombia: Completion of the first module of the floriculture sector supervisors school

With the participation of 48 supervisors from the Cundinamarca and Antioquia regions, the first module of the School of Supervisors of the flower…

Loneliness Awareness Week:

Grandparents' Day: a day full of flowers

During the Loneliness Awareness Week, from September 28 to October 4, 2023, meeting and connecting are the focus. As part of this week, Grandparents'…

November 1-15:

Germany: Tree nursery Lüers to host Winter Fair

A successful but very challenging year goes towards the final sprint. The weather conditions to cultivate nursery plants, especially heather plants,…

Turkey: Disused greenhouses in Sakarya will be put into production

In order to expand greenhouse cultivation in Sakarya and to bring unused greenhouses into the economy, farmers will be given greenhouse cover support.…

ScottsMiracle-Gro announces executive team retirements and reorganization

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company recently announced a reorganization of its executive team following the planned retirements of President Mike Lukemire, and…