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Monday, May 18, 2020

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Pieter Landman partners with Sande Flowers, launches B2C website

New collection of field bouquets enters the US market

The demand for online sales increased over the last years and the lockdown seem to have fueled this trend. This combined with the passion of sharing his love for flowers with…

Vacancies:

Bridge Farm Group

UK: Bridge Farm Group returning to independent ownership

Bridge Farm Group has executed a definitive agreement that will return the company to independent ownership as a newly formed entity controlled by David Ball, former CEO of…

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Mother's Day floral sales not so booming for Colombia this year

Mother’s Day floral sales exceed expectations in the US. However, in Colombia, they did not seem to have felt this boom. Grower Diana Cristina Henao Osorio of Uniflor explains…

Video: new introductions Hem Genetics in the spotlight

No trials this year, at least not in the usual sense. Also the FlowerTrials, originally planned for next month, is cancelled. However, breeding continues, and breeders are…

Celebrate ‘Mother’s May,’ support California Grown Flowers month

"Help keep the momentum going"

Thanks to wholesalers, florists and consumers who supported California cut flower farmers, Mother’s Day overall was a floral success. In fact, in many areas, the response was…

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Emotional well-being while home gardening similar to other popular activities, study finds

As civic leaders and urban planners work to make cities more sustainable and livable by investing in outdoor spaces and recreational activities such as biking and walking,…

US (MI): Growers ask Governor to reopen flower shops before Memorial Day weekend

A letter has been sent to Gov. Whitmer by Great Lakes Floral Association EVP / CEO Rodney Crittenden, advocating for the reopening of flower shops before…

Corona crisis: country updates

In this article you will find an update from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), who are involved in the crisis measures surrounding the Coronavirus and…

Special webinars & online education

University of Florida

New English/Spanish videos on petiole sap nutrient testing

For several years, UF/IFAS Extension has offered online certification courses in greenhouse management, with over 650 growers taking these courses in 2019. Starting May 13,…

Greenlife Industry Australia

Australia: Quality breeds success at Touchwood Nursery

Ben Archibald has been in the nursery industry since he was 16. Although both his business and the nursery industry look very different today compared to back then, there has…

Agnieszka Murawska

Massive visits in garden centers in Poland

Tired with lockdown and without perspective for travels abroad Poles visited garden centres to buy ornamental plants for their gardens and balconies. In Poland garden centres…

Kenya: Oserian sends 800 on unpaid leave

Oserian flower firm has placed more than 800 workers on unpaid leave after the staff declined a 50 percent pay after the coronavirus hit flower exports. The workers declined…

Video An inside look at LIHREC’s impatiens breeding program

Horticulture Professor Mark Bridgen serves as the director of the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center in Riverhead, NY. There, the 68-acre facility is…

Minister welcomes re-opening of garden centres in Northern Ireland

Northern Irish Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, asked the Executive to lift restrictions on garden centres and HWRCs, which was agreed at…


Tomatoes and peppers to be grown by the end of this year "Combination of scale and technique makes 29 ha UK project unique" Even though BOM Group has quite a lot of experience in the UK market and is familiar with big greenhouses, the 29 hectare project that they are realizing currently in Norfolk - UK, is unique. Despite the Covid-19 crisis they are building (under the health regulations) full steam ahead to have the 29 hectares of greenhouses up…

GIMA welcomes UK Government-backed trade credit insurance guarantee

Earlier this week, the UK government confirmed that it will step in to prop up the trade credit insurance market, bringing welcome relief to GIMA members and…

webinar on May 28th, 16:00 CET (UTC+1)

"Better air results in better yield and quality"

Removing fungi, bacteria and viruses from the air entering your greenhouse and plants. That's what the GAHU (greenhouse air handling unit) that was recently launched, can do.…

A sector worth billions whose employees now lack food and jobs

High food prices and loss of income have emerged as the major concerns for women working on flower farms in Kenya. A rapid assessment of the effects of COVID-19 by Hivos East…

Adene's Farm Flowers

Covid-19 disrupts African flower producers

On her company’s farm in the fruit-growing Breede River Valley in the Western Cape, Adene Nieuwoudt’s usually neat dahlia plantations resemble a small jungle. The soft pastel…

Alexandra Farms announces five new garden rose varieties

Alexandra Farms announced the latest additions to their collections. Among the new releases are three varieties belonging to the diverse Deluxe Garden Rose Collection.…

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It is unimaginable how the world would look like without plants. Today we wish you a beautiful Fascination of Plants Day. Be fascinated! #plantday2020 #plantsdaycelebration…

The Landscape Show

September 17-19, Orlando

US (FL): 2020 Landscape Show will take place as planned

The Landscape Show, the Southeast’s most anticipated professional nursery and landscape industry event, will take place as planned on September 17-19, 2020 at the Orange…

The Slow Flowers Summit is moving to June 28-29, 2021

The Slow Flowers Summit has been rescheduled for the same dates, one year later, on June 28-29, 2021, at Filoli Historic House & Garden. The Slow Flowers team…

Peter Vaughan, Greenlife Industry Australia:

"We must continue to remain vigilant in how the industry businesses continue to practice"

"As the COVID-19 situation continues to stabilise and restrictions are eased, we must continue to remain vigilant in how the industry businesses continue to…

Virtual Chelsea Flower Show – rare pictures of UK’s biggest garden centre

On the eve of what would have been this year’s Chelsea Flower Show – which will take place in an online format instead – these rare pictures from the archive capture the pick…

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