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February 24, 2012
Oglesby Plants International recently opened a new online store that puts young plant orders just a click away.
“Our goal is always to simplify business for our customers, and this new online ordering system puts product, availability and price...
February 22, 2012
Burpee Home Gardens has announced the winners of its 2012 “I Can Grow” Youth Garden Award.
In its third year, the “I Can Grow” Youth Garden Award received more than 500 applications — double the amount received in 2011 — from community and urban...
February 20, 2012
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) have begun collectingdata from 6,300 floriculture operations in 15 states for the 2011 Commercial Floriculture Survey.
This survey is the only...
February 18, 2012
LiveRoof has appointed James Greenhouses, Athens, Ga., as a new licensed regional grower and distributor for the LiveRoof Hybrid Green Roof System.
“Ken and Leah James are both horticulture graduates from the University of Georgia and maintain close...
February 17, 2012
Floriculture extension specialists at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Purdue University, North Carolina State University, and University of New Hampshire have created a new “alert” newsletter for greenhouse growers.
The goal of the...
February 17, 2012
The 2012 European Spring Pack Trials will take place in The Netherlands on April 25-27.
Spring is the perfect time to demonstrate new bedding plant varieties in their optimum condition — in "packs" or pots — and to demonstrate features such as...
February 15, 2012
Visitors to Greenheart Farms in Arroyo Grande, during California Spring Trials will get a sneak peek at the 2013 Perennial and Rose introductions from the Conard-Pyle Company as well a new collection from Kordes Roses.
Attendees also will have the...
February 14, 2012
BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals Hires Ornamentals Sales Specialist
Frank Fornari has joined its Professional Turf & Ornamentals team as sales specialist for the Florida and southern Georgia territory.
Based in Florida, Fornari will...
February 14, 2012
The University of Connecticut is sponsoring the "Perennial Plant Conference – A Conference for the Professional Horticulturist."
The conference will take place at the Lewis B. Rome Commons on the University of Connecticut Storrs campus Thursday,...
February 14, 2012
Natural Industries has signed on as a major sponsor of the first Lawn and Landscape Summit. The two-day event will take place March 30-31, 2012 at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Ill.
The Lawn and Landscape conference will focus on the...
February 13, 2012
Bell Nursery, Burtonsville, Md., is now accepting applications to fill more than 900 seasonal positions — primarily garden center merchandisers to display and care for the more than 75 million plants at Bell-served Home Depot garden centers...
February 13, 2012
OHP has announced that the label on its Kontos insecticide/miticide label has been revised to help increase product performance. Soil drench application rates have been increased and thrips and scale crawlers have been added to the label.
Kontos has...
February 10, 2012
Since the first of the year, Burpee Home Gardens' Boost vegetable collection has received quite a bit of attention from the consumer garden media.Several consumer media outlets have featured Burpee Boost high-nutrition vegetables in print...
February 10, 2012
John Henry Company has expanded its BloomIQ.com website to include additional resources for gardeners interested in growing vegetables and fresh herbs.
BloomIQ.com has launched a new series of articles devoted to ideas, care tips, and helpful advice...
February 09, 2012
The early spring edition of Proven Winners' digital magazine Proven Beauty is now available.
Growers, gardeners and retailers can now read Proven Beauty on their Ipads as well as other tablet devices.
The new issue introduces many of the new Proven...
February 07, 2012
The Board of Trustees for the American Floral Endowment (AFE) recently announced the promotion of Debi Aker to executive director.
A long-time Society of American Florists (SAF) staff member, Aker was named manager of AFE in 2008.
“Since...
February 06, 2012
Are you headed out west for 2012 California Spring Trials (March 23-31)?
If you are, don't forget to bookmark the digital edition of GPN's 2012 California Spring Trials Companion.
The Companion contains all of the information you need to help...
February 04, 2012
On Friday, Plug Connection and Greenheart Farms announced that Plug Connection was acquiring Mesa Magic Cyclamen, a division of Greenheart Farms.
Greenheart Farms will continue to ship orders sown through Jan. 27 that will be shipped by May 25, 2012...
February 04, 2012
HGTV and Agricola Management Group plan to launch the new HGTV Home Plant Collection in retail stores and garden centers starting May 6.
The launch features select annuals, annual mixed containers and hanging baskets designed to perform well in...
February 04, 2012
OFA - The Association of Horticulture Professionals and the Society of American Florists (SAF) are partnering for the 32nd Annual Congressional Action Days.
SAF Congressional Action Days will take place March 19 and 20 in Washington, D.C.
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