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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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Greenlife Industry Australia

Oasis Horticulture on how they've learned from major fire

Learning from the past and preparing for the future

The nursery industry is vulnerable to natural disasters. Locations on the outer fringes of cities, on flat land near rivers means that the risks will always be present. But…

Vacancies:

Tim Scalongne, Hasfarm FleuraMetz Flowers Ltd.

Mother's Day in China: "Good demand across the board"

The floral industry is picking up in China for several weeks now and Mother's Day (May 10) boosted the sales. It seems it has been a holiday with pleasing sales across the…

Agriflor

October 4-6, 2021, Quito

Ecuador: Agriflor rescheduled to 2021

Last week it was decided to reschedule the Ecuadorian based international flower trade fair Agriflor. The new dates have now been set for 2021 from Monday October 4 to…

Expansion conveyor system at Dutch grower Kap-Tiegelaar

Kwekerij Kap-Tiegelaar has opted for a conveyor belt system for their new location in Honselersdijk, the Netherlands. The new location is exactly behind their…

"In public facing environments, like garden centers, visors become even more imperative"

UK: Macpac adds plastic visors to assortment

Horticultural packaging manufacturer Macpac added a new product to their assortment recently, namely plastic visors. It might not be in line with their…

Heliotropium arborescens "Laguna Blue": South Tyrolean Plant of the Year

For the 12th time in a row, a jury of experts of the Südtiroler Bauernbund has selected a plant for the coming gardening season from among numerous new plants. This year's…

Control Dekk

Hood’s Gardens:

“Every basket was identical”

“One of the first things that appealed to me was watering by weight,” Zach Smith says of OASIS. At Hood’s Gardens in Noblesville, Indiana, where Zach is operations manager,…

Special webinars & online education

June 3rd 9 AM and 3 PM

Webinar series: Implementing plant empowerment

The Implementation Partners of Plant Empowerment start a free webinar series of four webinars. Participants will learn how to implement the basic principles of Plant…

Wengfong Nurseries

Malaysian Flower Trial goes digital

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Flower Inspiration Days at Wengfong Nurseries in Malaysia has been cancelled. That doesn't mean the trials have completely…

British Florist Association announces 2020 Industry Awards

In these unusual circumstances we need something to lift our spirits, so why not put some thinking time to the BFA Industry Awards, they thought at the British…

CambridgeHOK and Havecon celebrate 10 years of partnership:

"Dozens of hectares, 300,000 m2 of glass, and over a million kg of steel"

CambridgeHOK, a company working in design and development of automated vertical farming centres and commercial glasshouses, and Havecon, a Dutch greenhouse builder, are…

Bosman van Zaal proud of self-cultivated energy

They might not feel it, but since April, the entire production facility, including office, runs on self-cultivated solar energy. "When you see 2,700 self-installed PV panels…

Royals share favorite flowers as Chelsea Flower Show goes virtual

On the first day of the virtual Chelsea Flower Show, members of the Royal Family are taking part in the #MyChelseaGarden campaign, sharing a selection, visit…

Covid-19 blow for budding flower industry in Zimbabwe

Farmers in the cut flower industry in Zimbabwe are counting their losses after their businesses were adversely affected by the Covid-19 global pandemic. The…

AmericanHort welcomes new board members

AmericanHort announced the election of three new members to the Board of Directors, along with the installation of a new slate of officers. The official welcome will take…

DFG

Ingrid Faber joins Supervisory Board of Dutch Flower Group

The Supervisory Board of Dutch Flower Group was strengthened on 7 May 2020 with the arrival of Ingrid Faber, CEO at Faber Halbertsma Group. The Supervisory Board of Dutch…
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Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce:

MTU Series 4000 gas engine output passes the 3000 mark

The Series 4000 natural gas engine has been part of Rolls-Royce's MTU-branded product portfolio since October 2004. The 3000th gas genset has now rolled off the production…

WUR

Plant biologists discover simple principle of plant responses to hormone

In a new study researchers from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and colleagues in Japan and Spain have found a simple mechanism for control of plant…

Glendoick Garden Centre

Garden centres will not be allowed to open in Scotland until after 28 May

The Scottish Government has announced that garden centres will not be allowed to open in Scotland until after the 28th of May. Garden centres in Wales and England re-opened…

World Garden Show

World Garden Show held online and offline in China

At the end of April 2020, the World Garden Show was officially held in Flora-Haining International, bringing people the beauty and comfort of gardening. The show was held on…

McQueens

Reminiscing on last year's real-life Chelsea

RHS Chelsea might not be physically taking place this week - however, it’s gone digital. From 18 - 23 May the world’s most famous flower show is back in virtual form, with a…

Today on social media

@caflowers

CA Grown Flowers

We love featuring our California flower farms, and today we're excited to showcase @MellanoCompany. Proudly cultivating a wide range of flowers, fillers & greens. Including:…

Cornell University

Cornell cancels 2020 Floriculture Field Day

Sadly, the 2020 Floriculture Field Day at Cornell has been canceled. But the flower and foliage plant trials will continue. Visit the Facebook page of the Cornell Annual…

Peter Mouthaan, Dimo Systems

The modern mouse trap

In the Netherlands, rat poison has been banned for outdoor use as pest control since 2018. Soon, a European ban on the use of this poison will follow. The rat and mouse…

Mindauga Dulinska

Kenya: Logistics companies are still reeling from COVID-19

In Kenya, perishable exports have taken a huge loss following last-minute flight cancellations. Of course, the whole world is grappling with the Covid-19…

Claim ‘insufficiently substantiated’

Pepper grower can wave 500 thousand euro compensation from chrysanthemum neighbour goodbye

Facing a one hundred percent loss, half a year after the start of the pepper cultivation, due to the tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). This happened to a…

American Airlines Cargo

American Airlines continues expanding cargo operations

American Airlines has expanded its cargo schedule in May to provide 140 weekly flights to 15 cities in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Caribbean, up from 80 flights last week.…

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