California Spring Trials
Spring Meadow Nursery Releases 2020 New Introductions Video
Spring Meadow Nursery is bringing 27 new cultivars of Proven Winners ColorChoice shrubs to growers for the 2020 season. Natalie Carmolli, public relations specialist, has created a series of seven short videos highlighting 11 of the new... more »
Syngenta Flowers, Sakata Cancel 2020 CAST Exhibits
Syngenta Flowers and Sakata Seed America have officially announced the decision to cancel participation in the horticulture industry's California Spring Trials (CAST) event due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 virus. According to a statement from... more »
Countdown to Spring Trials 2020 — Part 3
The California Spring Trials kicks off in just 30 days! In a few weeks, flower breeders and industry suppliers will set up shop along the California coast to showcase their latest and greatest. Will you... more »
Your California Companion
Are you headed to California next month for the California Spring Trials? If you are, have you started planning your trip and making all of your appointments yet? If you haven’t, be sure to check... more »
Countdown to Spring Trials 2020 — Part 2
The 2020 California Spring Trials countdown continues. In just 45 days, breeders and suppliers will gather along the California coast for five days of new variety trials and exhibits. If you haven't received GPN's California... more »
Countdown to Spring Trials 2020 — Part 1
The 2020 California Spring Trials kicks off in just 65 days! In just two months, breeders, suppliers and marketers across the country and even abroad will display their newest offerings to the market along the... more »
NGB to Host ‘Plant Nerds’ at California Spring Trials
National Garden Bureau (NGB), the non-profit organization promoting gardening on behalf of the horticulture industry and its members, announced it is traveling to the California Spring Trials (CAST) with four influential horticulturists. The goal and intent... more »
A Really Big Show
California Spring Trials took place in March this year. The earlier-than-normal date may have put some additional challenges on the growers who had to produce this year’s showstoppers but you never would have guessed that... more »