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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

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Lawrence Hopman, Hopman Flower Farms:

North America: "Mass market urged to order now for Spring 2021"

Mother's Day in the US and Canada has been a huge a success and it hasn't slowed down since. North American growers have had months with record number of sales. Demand spiked…

Open to visit till early November

Germany: Gardengirls Variety Display field creates sea of color

From now until early November, the Variety Display field of Gardengirls is open to visit. At the Lower Rhine Valley in Germany, the plants are set-up at their licensee Thomas…

Messe Frankfurt

Messe Frankfurt revamps spring 2021 schedule

Germany: Christmasworld moves to April 2021

As a result of the course taken by the pandemic, Messe Frankfurt will not be holding any of its own physical trade fairs at the Frankfurt exhibition grounds between January…

Dr. Jianping Ren receives 2020 AAS Breeder’s Cup award

All-America Selections honors ornamental breeding achievement

On Friday, September 18, 2020, All-America Selections honored an individual with impressive plant breeding credentials by presenting the 2020 AAS Breeder’s Cup award at the…

Waitrose

UK: Bulb sales blossom at Waitrose

As hot weather spells are set to continue this week, Waitrose reports a rise in sales of autumn bulbs as people plan to get back out in their gardens and embrace the glorious…

"Particularly in basic and mid-tech, a lot of gains can be made with simple automation"

Jan Wijgerse sets up own product line with GHBD Holland

For the international grower with greenhouse horticulture ambitions the range of high-tech technology on the market can be overwhelmingly. Once the greenhouse with all the…

Greenhouses from then to now

What is a greenhouse? A greenhouse is a building with walls and roof made primarily of transparent material, in which plants are grown. The interior of a greenhouse exposed to…

360 Energy

How do I overcome supply limitations in my local electricity grid?

Since the indoor agriculture sector is one of the fastest growing sources of load in Ontario, a critical issue for growers currently, is their ability to access affordable…

Special Starting Material

October 1 and 2

Virtual conference on genome editing in Europe

On the occasion of the German Presidency of the European Union Council, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German National Academy of Sciences…

Heidi Lindberg, MSU Extension

US (MI): On-demand 2020 Nursery Conference now available

Michigan State University Extension announced the virtual, on-demand 2020 Nursery Conference. The majority of presentations were developed by faculty from Michigan State…

Matt Roney new Lumileds CEO

Lumileds announced the appointment of Matt Roney as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2020. Roney most recently served as President of Lumileds’…

Flowers from the Farm

From HR to flower farmer

In 2018 I bought a book – ‘The Flower Farmer’s Year’ by Georgie Newbury. I read it from cover to cover and by the time I had finished a seed was sown. by Debbie Richards,…


"Vertical farming won’t replace all greenhouse production, but it’s more a combination of all of them" “We have been studying the vertical farming market for a couple of years now. Today, we haven’t seen any new, exciting things I must say, but vertical farms continue to improve. More production systems become high-tech, from greenhouse growers to other farmers. It’s also more about looking at what is applicable per location,…

Autogrow

webinar, September 29

Combating harmful crop pests without spraying more chemicals

Registrations for the Autogrow webinar Combating Harmful Crop Pests Without Spraying More Chemicals are now open. For this interview-style webinar, guest expert, Applied…

AFE

New Board appointments

AFE Chairman passes the gavel

Due to COVID-19, AFE’s Annual August Board Meeting like the 2020 Annual Dinner was held fully virtually unlike prior years, but that didn’t stop the annual passing of the…

Netherlands: Further development of integration between Bloom, Greenex and Green Partners

At the beginning of this year, three of Dutch Flower Group’s multiple retail supply specialists announced their intention to work more closely together. Bloom…

AFE

US: Four industry members earn AAF designation

Four floral industry members with varied and distinguished experience are set to be inducted into the American Academy of Floriculture (AAF). The honorees have earned the…

Today on social media

CPVO exceptional measures to come to an end

On 27 April 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and with the aim to support plant breeders facing unforeseen financial difficulties, the President of the CPVO took…

CambridgeHOK

UK: CambridgeHOK completes garden centre extension

CambridgeHOK has completed work extending a Northamptonshire garden centre, adding 1,028 square metres of new retail and leisure space for the owners. The company has been…

Video The future of deliveries?

Drones - you see them flying around more and more often. In the US, Amazon has received permission to test making deliveries with these flying machines. So, in a few years, we…

Real-time tracking of import movements with Cargo Tracker

Combining data from various sources allows shippers who import goods through the port of Rotterdam to visualise the supply chain more clearly. A pilot project of the Port of…

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