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Thursday, January 7, 2021

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Dutch entrepreneurs start new tulip nursery in Poland

In the Polish city Kargowa, Dutch entrepreneurs Bert de Graaf and Marcel Muster started a new tulip nursery: Flora Tulips. This month, the first flowers will be harvested, the…

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Update on the state of the horticulture Industry

Kenya: "More earnings, but huge proportion of it went to the payment of air freights"

Horticulture is the third largest foreign exchange earner and has undergone a transformation over the last 50 years garnering around 150 billion annually and contributes…

Video Vitroplus produces record amount of ferns: 34 million

Last year, Vitro Plus has sold a record amount of ferns, namely 34 million. The assortment, including tropical and hardy ferns, currently consists of 150 species. Their aim is…

Video Flower Council Holland reviews 2020

The past year has been exceptional for all of us. "For the Flower Council of Holland, 2020 was a year with a great deal of uncertainty and turmoil, but also opportunities,"…

New Proven Winners IGC Webinar Series

Because of the great participation and interactions we had during the IGC Fall Webinar Series, Proven Winners have decided to offer three more webinars to our IGC partners…

Netherlands: VDE plant in the spotlight at OZ Planten

OZ Planten has visited the modern green plant grower VDE plant with its well-known Intenz Home line. This month, they are OZ Planten's grower of the month. The grower is known…

US: SePRO welcomes new Ornamental Technical Specialist in the Northeast

SePRO is pleased to welcome Jack Edwards as our new Ornamental Technical Specialist for the Eastern part of the United States. Jack began his career with SePRO…

Frustration as garden centres in Wales stay closed

Garden centre bosses in Wales have been left frustrated by having to close in lockdown while centres in England can remain open. Centres were among non-essential firms told to…

Special Water

Dutch grower's closed water supply was already innovative 40 years ago

On 5 January 1981, a Dutch grower close off his water supply. He had found traces of a toxic disinfectant in his tap water. This was the subject of the Dutch Broadcasting…

Mr. Plant Geek

20 careers to consider if you are fascinated by plants

If you love plants, you’ll want to pursue a career that allows you to interact with them on a day-to-day basis. But looking at the high rate of urbanization and technological…

UK: Why are garden centres open in lockdown? The reasons why they’re considered ‘essential’

Boris Johnson has imposed tough new coronavirus restrictions on England, plunging the nation back into its third full lockdown since March 2020. In a televised…

Are garden centres open in Scotland?

As mainland Scotland returns to lockdown until at least the end of January in a bid to combat further spread of the new coronavirus strain, Nicola Sturgeon has urged people…


Rooftop greenhouse Agrotopia is taking shape Little by little, the roof greenhouse on the crate shed of the REO Auction in Roeselare is taking shape. Compared to the very first visible work, there is already a real greenhouse on the roof, as greenhouse builder Deforche Construct shared recently. After the Christmas break, the construction team went back to work. The project is…