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March 08, 2013
GGS Structures Inc. is expanding its office headquarters and hiring additional key personnel as a result of increased North American and international business.
The renovation includes adding office space to the headquarters in Vineland Station,...
March 08, 2013
Rancho Tissue Technologies has expanded its team with the addition of Lee Charles Chaille as production manager.
Chaille has served as lab manager and commercial producer for Hawaii Biotech Tissue Culture Center, where he explored commercial...
March 01, 2013
Ball Horticultural Co. has released its 2013 Sustainability Report: “Longevity.” It is the second sustainability report published by Ball in the past five years and features the company’s worldwide efforts to adhere to its corporate objective: Grow...
March 01, 2013
Applications for the 2013 Sidney B. Meadows Endowment Fund Scholarship are now available. The deadline for application is May 31, 2013.
The scholarship selection committee will make its selections by July 1, 2013 and the recipients will be...
March 01, 2013
Dr. Allan Armitage will lead an online certificate course for gardening enthusiasts and horticulture industry professionals, titled “Armitage’s Herbaceous Perennials for the Sun.”
The self-paced, self-study course includes audio clips featuring...
March 01, 2013
The American Floral Endowment (AFE) released a new research report, Special Research Report #452: Innovative Packaging Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Fresh Cut Flowers.
This research—conducted by Thomas J. Gianfagna, Kit L. Yam and George J...
March 01, 2013
Oasis Grower Solutions (OGS) recently launched a new microsite to highlight its new product, Horticubes XL. The site showcases the foam’s ability to improve hydroponic root penetration three days faster than its original Horticubes media.
The new...
March 01, 2013
Fleuroselect, an international ornamental plants industry organization, announced six new Gold Medal award winning varieties that will be available to growers in 2013 and for retail in 2014.
The Fleuroselect Gold Medal is awarded to new varieties...
March 01, 2013
Stover Manufacturing, LLC is offering real-time plant tag production to wholesale greenhouse/nursery growers and garden center retailers across the country. The company's primary product focus is an in-house turnkey roll label system comprised...
February 28, 2013
Terra Nova Nurseries is introducing a new Heucherella Falls ‘Glacier Falls’.
Joining the company’s Heucherella Falls series, ‘Glacier Falls’ features fuzzy, blue green leaves with dark veins and a white veil. Vigorous and fast growing,...
February 22, 2013
The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has issued a call for "pre-proposals" for 2014-2015 funding. For the current 2013-2014 cycle, AFE is funding approximately $224,000 for floriculture research. Scientific research project examples include:...
February 22, 2013
Vaughan’s Horticulture, a new division of McHutchison, announced it is now open for business.
Focusing on the commercial greenhouse business, the division carries the full McHutchison selection of new and innovative greenhouse products including...
February 22, 2013
The University of Connecticut is sponsoring the “Perennial Plant Conference – A Conference for the Landscape and Horticulture Professional” on March 21, at the Lewis B. Rome Commons on the University of Connecticut Storrs campus.
The all-day...
February 22, 2013
Griffin Greenhouse Supplies will expand the retail division of its lawn and garden business, with emphasis on independent garden centers. The company will add new staff, as well as new product lines and services to its retail offerings.
As part of...
February 22, 2013
Tillandsia ‘Samantha’ created by Bird Rock Tropicals recently was awarded the Glass Tulip award by FloraHolland.
The FloraHolland Glazen Tulip Award is presented each year to the most successful market introductions in the categories of cut flowers...
February 21, 2013
Breeding and young plant production companies Dümmen and Agribio Group have announced they plan to merge.
The merger will combine the advanced breeding technologies of Agribio Group and the professional supply chain skills of Dümmen.
Grower...
February 20, 2013
On Feb. 19, Green Circle Growers in Oberlin, Ohio, sustained significant damage to a 1-acre production barn and 5 acres of greenhouse structure in an early evening blaze that took firefighters 10 hours to extinguish last night. Cause is yet to be...
February 15, 2013
OHP Inc. will participate in the upcoming California Spring Trials, April 6 to 11, 2013, with an exhibit at American Takii in Salinas.
OHP will demonstrate the results of its plant growth regulators on perennials and annuals such as Takii’s Opera...
February 15, 2013
America in Bloom’s (AIB) Great Britain-inspired display garden at the Philadelphia Flower Show will utilize Proven Winners shrubs.
The show will take place March 2 to 10, 2013 in Philadelphia.
AIB’s exhibit coordinator and board member, Delilah...
February 15, 2013
Hoffman Nursery launched a new website, which includes sections for growers, landscape professionals and home gardeners.
The website was designed to familiarize customers with the company’s ornamental and native grass liner product offerings.
The...
