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Netherlands

03/07/2024

Royal FloraHolland inks € 210 mn sustainability-focused refinancing agreement

The world’s largest trade hub for flowers and plants, Royal FloraHolland has signed a €210 min  refinancing agreement with a…

Germany

02/07/2024

German plant breeder and propagator Selecta One acquires British Whetman Plants International

German plant breeder and propagator Selecta One has acquired UK-based Whetman Plants International (WPI), a company dedicated to the breeding,…

Netherlands

02/07/2024

Femke Wiersma is the Netherlands’ new Minister of Agriculture

The Netherlands has a new minister of agriculture, fisheries, food securtiy and nature after Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the…

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3 September 2024

76th AIPH Annual Congress

4 February 2024

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23 January 2024, 4:30 pm - 9:45 pm CET

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  1. Biodiversity in the Australian Greenlife Industry
  2. Famed Italian rose breeder Sergio Patrucco dies…
  3. Interest in GreenTech is stable, with this…
  4. Labeau hails the company’s inaugural Open Days…
  5. Turfvrij Nederland: ‘Peat bogs are Europe’s rainforest,…
  6. Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom wins Best in…
  7. ‘Private Equity in Horticulture’ themed webinar leaves…
  8. Poor weather and sluggish demand in plants…
  9. Signify plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
  10. Gardening on the wild(er) side on Knepp…

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World

Greening the desert – Green City initiatives for arid environments

World

AIPH Pavilion showcases intelligent plant selection for challenging environments

Netherlands

Utrecht showcases urban greening initiative

Iran

Mashhad reverses environmental impact by transforming highway to ‘green belt’

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Netherlands

24/06/2024

Labeau hails the company’s inaugural Open Days a resounding success

Orchid breeder and propagator Labeau, which emerged in February 2024 when Hark/Sion and Microflor joined forces, concluded its first Open…

Netherlands

21/06/2024

Turfvrij Nederland: ‘Peat bogs are Europe’s rainforest, so we have to preserve, protect and restore them’

Philipp Gramlich and Karin Bodewits, leading figures in the community network Turfvrij Nederland, are at the forefront of the battle…

United Kingdom

19/06/2024

Wyevale Nurseries returns to retail tree market after 15-year absence 

Wyevale Nurseries is unveiling its first collection of trees for retailers at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) National Plant Show…

Country Showcase

Belgium

12/12/2023

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 3

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

Belgium

01/11/2023

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 2

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

Belgium

01/10/2023

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 1

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

United Kingdom

18/09/2023

‘Sustainability increased capital costs in the short-term but reduced running costs over a longer period’

Allensmore Nurseries reigned supreme at AIPH International Grower of the Year 2023 at IPM Essen, winning gold for…

Italy

01/09/2023

How is the Italian garden centre sector faring?

Founded in 2012, Italy’s national garden centre association, the Associazione Italiana Centri Giardinaggio (AICG), is the voice of…

Switzerland

01/07/2023

How is the Swiss garden centre sector faring?

Episode four of our ‘Exploring Europe’s Garden Centres’ series takes us to Switzerland, where we interviewed Erwin Meier-Honegger,…

Erwin Meier-Honegger holding soil up shaped like a heart.
Netherlands

01/07/2023

Lush lilies in the limelight

The Dutch lily industry ran its 11th open house in the second week of June when it opened…

United States

01/06/2023

‘There’s an emotional disconnect between end users and larger scale commercial producers’

FCI had a great one-to-one with plant enthusiast and plant convention organiser Kenny Kiet Nguyen from Houston. We…

Lady looking at plants during Plantcon International
World

01/06/2023

Smart plants or the magical interaction between flowers and pollinators

The interconnectedness of everything in nature is astounding. Plants have evolved side by side with their pollinators creating…

Close-up of bee on a yellow flower.
Taiwan

01/05/2023

‘We believe that the ornamental business will become more closely linked to the regional economy’

Royal Base Corporation from Chinese Taipei scooped Gold in the Cut Flowers & Bulbs category of AIPH’s 2023…

selfie picture of Robert Wang with the The Royal Base Corporation team posing at the TIOS orchid show.

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Netherlands

03/07/2024

Royal FloraHolland inks € 210 mn sustainability-focused refinancing agreement

The world’s largest trade hub for flowers and plants, Royal FloraHolland has signed a €210 min  refinancing agreement with a…

Germany

02/07/2024

German plant breeder and propagator Selecta One acquires British Whetman Plants International

German plant breeder and propagator Selecta One has acquired UK-based Whetman Plants International (WPI), a company dedicated to the breeding,…

United Kingdom

01/07/2024

The UK and EU plant and flower industry sound alarm over the mounting cost crises of imports

In an open letter ahead of the General Election, the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association and sister associations from across Europe…

Netherlands

01/07/2024

Small-scale flower and plant growers closer to 100 per cent sustainability certification

The board of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) defined the revenue definition for small-scale growers in the ‘Global North’ on…

Novelties

Germany

01/07/2024

It’s ‘Grandtastic’! A filler and accent flower in one

Breeding the new Gypsophila variety ‘Grandtastic’ was, as Selecta Cut Flowers calls it, a masterstroke, “a creation worth an art gallery”. Beneath the ornate prose lies a new filler flower…

United Kingdom

19/06/2024

Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom wins Best in Show at HTA National Plant Show 2024

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company’s Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom has been recognised as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards, sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), at this…

Netherlands

14/06/2024

Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Pretty in Pink’ wins Best in Show Award at Groen-Direkt’s Summer Days

Boskoop’s Royal Horticulture Society (KVBC) awarded Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Pretty in Pink’ submitted by Compass Plants B.V.  and Hans van der Meer Potplanten from Nieuwe Wetering (Netherlands) with the Best in…

Netherlands

10/06/2024

Boskoop’s Royal Horticulture Society to present Best in Show Awards at Groen-Direkt’s Summer Days

Boskoop’s Royal Horticulture Society (KVBC) will reveal the Groen-Direkt Summer Days Best in Show Award winner today. Eleven new plants will battle it out to win KVBC’s coveted gold medal.…

Japan

19/04/2024

Magic happens with Schoneveld Breeding’s award-winning Cyclamen ‘Illusia’

‘Illusia’, the cyclamen that does not look like a cyclamen, won top honours at the Japanese Flower Trials and is now ready to take its magic to the forthcoming FlowerTrials…

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World

01/07/2024

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and China Cargo Airlines agree to strengthen Block Space collaboration

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and China Cargo Airlines have inked a new hard block space agreement, marking a significant…

Germany

21/05/2024

German competition watchdog green lights rules for Euro Plant Tray

The German competition and markets authority, Bundeskartellamt, has given the green light to horticultural companies that team up with Euro…

United Kingdom

04/05/2024

One Air commences Boeing 747 freighter operations at East Midlands Airport

One Air, the British cargo airline, has commenced operations at East Midlands Airport (EMA). The central UK airport will now…

World

02/05/2024

IATA reports fourth month of double-digit growth in March

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March 2024 global air cargo markets showing continuing strong annual growth…

Tech

Tech

Tech

Tech

Netherlands

19/06/2024

Signify plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent across its entire value chain

Signify has released its plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90 per cent across its entire value chain…

Netherlands

19/06/2024

Interest in GreenTech is stable, with this year’s attendance up 5 per cent from 2023

The GreenTech 2024 show, held in Amsterdam between 11 and 13 June, proved that, from a global perspective, there’s an…

Netherlands

10/06/2024

Priva celebrates its 65th anniversary and presents groundbreaking new products at GreenTech 2024

This year, greenhouse automation supplier Priva celebrates 65 years in business. At this week's GreenTech show in Amsterdam the company…

Netherlands

06/06/2024

Dutch Greenhouse Delta to welcome hundreds of industry professionals at forthcoming GreenTech

Dutch Greenhouse Delta (DGD), a provider of Dutch expertise in protected cropping, will welcome hundreds of international guests at GreenTech,…

Events

United States

02/07/2024

2024 Farwest keynote to address the value of curiosity

Do you even know James Robilotta? If you attend the 2024 Farwest Show, you’ll get to know him better. Not only that, but you’ll probably walk away having laughed and…

Netherlands

01/07/2024

Foundation behind Dutch Horticultural Entrepreneur Award welcomes Peter Maes as its new chairman

The Dutch Horticultural Entrepreneur Award  Foundation today announced it has appointed Peter Maes, chief strategy officer at biocontrols firm Koppert, as its new chair. The 59-year old Maes succeeds Michiel…

Canada

01/07/2024

Quebec Garden Centres prepare to inspire in August

The annual International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) congress is coming to Québec, Canada, August 25-31 in what is shaping up to be an exceptional cap to the summer, writes Stuart…

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Netherlands

02/07/2024

Femke Wiersma is the Netherlands’ new Minister of Agriculture

The Netherlands has a new minister of agriculture, fisheries, food securtiy and nature after Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the…

Italy

01/07/2024

Famed Italian rose breeder Sergio Patrucco dies at 72

Sergio Patrucco, the award-winning rose breeder whose rose varieties pleased so many, has died. He was 72. Patrucco died of…

Netherlands

30/05/2024

International communication expert Frank van Suchtelen receives Premio Massimo Matteini Award

International communication expert Frank van Suchtelen received the Premio Massimo Matteini Award at Italy’s home and garden show, Coniolo Fiori…

Netherlands

21/05/2024

Maartje Bouvy and Mariken Tannemaat join Dutch Flower Group’s supervisory board

Dutch Flower Group (DFG), touted as the world’s largest floral wholesaler, has announced the appointment of two supervisory board members.…

Opinion

Netherlands

24/06/2024

‘Private Equity in Horticulture’ themed webinar leaves attendees with more questions than answers

On Tuesday, 16 April, Dutch-based World Horti Center hosted its seventh I-Grow Inside webinar, this time around discussing the pros…

United Kingdom

24/06/2024

Gardening on the wild(er) side on Knepp Estate

A historic garden in Southern England aims to radically boost its biodiversity in an experiment that pushes at the boundaries…

Chamelaucium white flower , waxflower , shrub of the myrthe family

Australia

20/06/2024

Biodiversity in the Australian Greenlife Industry

Australia is home to over a million different types of native plants and animals – many of which  are found…

Italy

18/06/2024

The threat of invasive alien species

The practice of moving plants from one area and releasing them in another, known as plant hunting, can be a…

R&D

Netherlands

04/06/2024

World Horti Center grants replication privilege to Shandong province authorities

World Horti Center has struck a partnership agreement with the Chinese province of Shandong, which will see the building of a second World Horti Center outside Europe. The Lord Mayor…

Netherlands

20/12/2023

Electromagnetic energy stimulates crop growth

Dutch-based Wageningen University & Research (WUR) found that electromagnetic (EM) energy encourages crops to grow faster. The research was recently published in the report 'Effects of the ParXtra modulator on…

Netherlands

12/11/2023

Trademarks and Variety Denominations are two different concepts that should not be confused

When buying a Pink Lady®, Kanzi® or Jazz™ apple in the supermarket, few consumers will know they are purchasing a ‘Cripps Pink’, ‘Nicoter’ or ‘Scifresh’ apple variety. The fruit industry,…

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