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August 10, 2012
The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) recently received a $250,000 donation from the Peter Orum Family, Midwest Groundcovers, LLC, St. Charles, Ill., and Midwest Trading Horticultural Supplies, Inc., near Virgil, Ill. This donation will create...
August 09, 2012
ForemostCo has hired Cindy Tillett as southeast territory manager, responsible for Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Cindy is a graduate of the University of Florida’s Environmental Horticulture School and has 22 years experience in the...
August 09, 2012
North Carolina State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI), located at the North Carolina Research Campus, has begun operations at three new greenhouses near the life sciences hub in Kannapolis.
The $340,000 greenhouse complex will...
August 09, 2012
SePRO Corp.'s new Preferal biological insecticide has received California Registration for use in the greenhouse, nursery, and landscape markets. Preferal is a biological insecticide containing blastospores of a naturally-occurring strain of...
August 08, 2012
The HGTV HOME Plant Collection is growing its plant product line with the introduction of select ornamental shrubs from Ball Ornamentals.
The soon-to-be announced ornamental collection was developed by Agricola Management Group, in conjunction Ball...
August 08, 2012
Fairy Gardening Inc. officially launched a partnership with Henry F. Michell Co. and Gulley Greenhouse at OFA in Columbus on July 15, 2012. This partnership will give growers throughout the nation access to Fairy Flowers, the industry’s only...
August 03, 2012
On July 20, Costa Layman Farms sponsored its seventh annual Interdisciplinary Health Fair in Trenton, S.C.
The perennial grower teamed up with Georgia Health Sciences University College of Nursing (GHSU) to provide free health assessments for...
August 03, 2012
The 2012-13 rose catalog from Greenheart Farms in Arroyo Grande, Calif., is now available.
The catalog features a broad assortment of innovative, top-quality genetics that are easy to grow and ship. The catalog also contains detailed cultural...
August 03, 2012
Green Fuse Botanicals has tripled its greenhouse space and significantly enhanced the company's plant trials with a move to new facilities in Santa Paula, Calif.
The new location at Fides Oro gives Green Fuse the opportunity to test many more plants...
August 03, 2012
David W. Kirby has been promoted to vice president of sales at Monrovia in Azusa, Calif.
Kirby first worked at Monrovia as a college intern in the early 1990s while studying horticulture at Texas Tech University. He joined the company in 1992 as...
August 03, 2012
On Friday at a kickoff to National Farmer's Market Week, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced there was a 9.6 percent increase in National Farmers Market Directory listings.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's...
August 03, 2012
BioWorks recently announced that the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) has reviewed the company's EPA registered biological fungicide RootShield PLUS (both Granules and WP), and approved the products for use in organic production.
RootShield...
August 03, 2012
The American Floral Endowment (AFE), recently awarded 17 scholarships totaling more than $26,000.
“It is always rewarding to see how many amazing young people there are who love the floriculture industry, and we are very pleased to be able to help...
July 30, 2012
Chameleon Grow Systems has released its commercial Solar Genesis plasma horticulture lighting.
“We have been testing this light source for the past three years, and the full-spectrum nutritional light-energy produced by plasma...
July 30, 2012
BioWorks, Inc. recently announced that it has entered a strategic alliance with DCM Corp. of Belgium, a producer of natural and organic-based fertilizers in Western Europe.
The fertilizer product line to be offered by BioWorks in the U.S. will be...
July 27, 2012
Robert “Bobby” Santana has joined Valent Professional Products as the territory manager for Southeast Florida. He will be based in Fort Lauderdale.
Santana will be responsible for cultivating Valent’s lines of turf and ornamental products. He...
July 27, 2012
The American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) recently presented Robert “Bob” Lyons with its Hall of Fame Award. This award is the highest honor that ANLA can bestow on one of its members in recognition of a career of service to the industry...
July 24, 2012
After 80 years of exclusively trialing new seed varieties, All-America Selections (AAS) has announced it will include vegetative ornamentals in its 2013 trialing program. As the industry continues to shift to producing and consuming more...
July 23, 2012
Plantpeddler's Variety Day will take place from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Aug. 3, in Cresco, Iowa. The theme for the day is "Testing the Best in the Midwest."
More than 800 vegetative varieties from more than 20 domestic and international breeders will...
July 20, 2012
During OFA Short Course, Fred C. Gloeckner & Co. and Philips announced that Gloeckner had become a certified Philips LED Horti partner.
Under terms of the agreement, Gloeckner will now market Philips LED lighting products in the United States...
