In an exclusive interview, FCI spoke to Jennifer Lewis, the director of the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association – IBMA about…
Belgium
Belgian research institute ILVO hosted a visit by the Dutch Culture Group for Roses and Rose Rootstocks on Friday 13…
The Meise Botanical Garden will begin trialling roses vying for the Dutch-Belgo quality mark Excellence Roses this autumn. Excellence Roses…
Brussels’ iconic flower carpet will once again be ‘rolled out’ on the cobblestones of the city’s Grand Place this August.…
The municipality of seaside town Koksijde in association with Belgium’s iconic flower show Ghent Flower Show/Floralies of Ghent, have announced…
Designed to optimise monitoring, Biobest’s new Bug-Scan® Green sticky traps are proven to be seven times more attractive to Echinothrips…
David Clarinval, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Self-Employed, SMEs and Agriculture, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal and…
The International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) member survey shows that the biocontrol market in Europe is now worth over €1.6bn,…
IBMA Global and France Biocontrôle confirm that France Biocontrôle has been designated as the Official National Association of IBMA Global…
Certis Belchim, an agriculture solutions provider, has signed a partnership deal with Landlab, an innovative Italian company that specialises, among…
BEATLES, a EU-funded research and innovation project to change the way agri-food systems currently operate and accelerate the systemic and…
The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province of Antwerp…
A majority of the European Parliament rejected the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR) on November 22, 2023. The International Biocontrol Manufacturers…
An agreement has been reached between Certis Belchim and Danish company, Novozymes, for the development and distribution of a promising…
Lyngby, aka King’s Lyngby, a cultural hub and university town in greater Copenhagen, Denmark, has won the 2023 Green Cities…
The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province of Antwerp…
The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province of Antwerp…
… but the EU’s lengthy authorisation process hampers future growth Gill Noriss, for FCI magazine, sat down with Jennifer Lewis,…
In an absolute first, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) in Melle, Belgium, has opened a large…
Held against the historic backdrop of the Grand Commandery of Alden Biesen, FleurAmour is a four-day floral extravaganza with more…
Belgium-based biocontrols supplier Biobest has announced the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire BioWorks, Inc., a Victor,…
DSV has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a long-term European Gateway cargo handling contract in Liege, Belgium, extending their growing…
Florall returns for its autumn edition this August, bringing together an exciting and comprehensive collection of some of the world’s…
Brussels-based Growing Media Europe (GME), the European association of growing media producers, an important sector within the horticultural industry, has…
The Belgian board for ornamentals growers, florists and landscapers (AVBS) has appointed Hebe grower Erik Boterdaele from Wetteren as its…
ACI’s Biopesticides Europe Summit is returning to Brussels, Belgium after a very successful last edition which brought in 170+ senior…
The new year is only four days old, and the weather is typically dull, grey, and gloomy. Strong winds push…
Florall returns for its spring edition this March, bringing together an exciting and comprehensive collection of some of the world’s…
Belgium-based biocontrols supplier Biobest is delighted to announce Asperello has gained approval in Denmark for preventative use against Fusarium, Pythium…
WESTERLO, Belgium: Pronemite – Biobest’s unique and powerful new addition to its aphid control strategy – has been awarded…
In October 2022, Lochristi (Flanders)-based Azalea breeders and growers FlorAmor and Hortibreed have joined Azanova. In 2008, twenty forward-thinking Azalea…
A European Parliament seminar in Brussels hosted by MEP Martin Hlaváček and co-organised by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers association (IBMA)…
WESTERLO, Belgium: To get good control of whitefly in Poinsettia crops, including the resistant Bemisia biotype, Biobest IPM and Pollination…
BILZEN, Belgium: Held against the historic backdrop of the Grand Commandery of Alden Biesen, FleurAmour is a four-day floral extravaganza…
The Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) members present their results of the annual sustainable volumes cycle over the year 2021. The…
WAREGEM, Belgium: Belgium’s premier horticultural trade show Florall was back in Waregem Expo on Tuesday 23 August 2022. True to…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: IBMA, the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association, has hailed the EU wide definition of biological control as ‘a significant…
WESTERLO, Belgium: Technology company PATS and biocontrols supplier Biobest have developed a new tool for Integrated Pest Managment scouting in…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Mitsui and Co. Ltd. announced the completion of a definitive agreement under which a new company, formed from…
GHENT, Belgium: The countdown has begun to the opening of the 2022 Floralies of Ghent flower show to be held…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: With less than one month remaining before Floriade opens to the public on 14 April 2022, offers a…
WAREGEM, Belgium: Belgium’s premier horticultural trade show Florall was back in Waregem Expo on Tuesday 1 March 2022. True to…
At its annual conference, held as a zoom meeting in Ghent on 14 December 2021, the Belgian board for ornamentals…
Comparative greenhouse research on tomato and strawberry shows that yield remains the same even when Rockwool and a large part…
LIEVEGEM, Belgium: Sylva Nurseries, recipient of the 2009 AIPH International Grower of the Year Award, is preparing for a period…
WAREGEM, Belgium: After a break due to the pandemic, Belgium’s premier horticultural trade show Florall was back in Waregem Expo…
WESTERLOO, Belgium: Although consumers mainly associate Poinsettias with the festive season, growers are already embarking on the challenge to deliver…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Growing Media Europe (GME) has further increased its representation of Europe’s growing media industry with the addition of…
BEST-select, a consortium of 17 wholesale plant nurseries from Flanders is pleased that the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has included…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) is launching its annual membership survey. IBMA calls on its member companies…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Growing Media Europe (GME) has further increased its representation of Europe’s growing media industry with the addition of…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Belgium-based flower auction Euroveiling has reported reduced losses in its 2020 results despite the disruption caused by Covid-19.…
WAREGEM, Belgium: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Belgium’s premier horticultural trade show Florall turned to virtual judging for the 2021…
GHENT, Belgium: Belgium’s iconic flower show was due to be held in May 2021. The aim is now to organise…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Growing Media Europe (GME), has further increased its representation of Europe’s growing media industry with the addition of a…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Growing Media Europe (GME) , the industry body for the European growing media industry is pleased to announce…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Growing Media Europe, the industry body for the European growing media industry, welcomes the news that the 74th…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Over the next three years, thirteen European countries will make a strategic effort to make the urban environment…
SINT-DENIJS-WESTREM, Belgium: With much regret, the organising committee of Florall has agreed that the 2021 spring edition of Florall must…
BRUSSELS, Belgium, 5 December 2020: Using their ‘Keep soil alive, Protect biodiversity’, the FAO is celebrating the World Soils Day …
REDDING, USA, WESTERLO, Belgium: Beneficial Insectary Inc., North America’s largest independent producer of beneficial insects and mites, and Biobest Group…
WESTERLO, Belgium: Eupeodes-System – Biobest’s unique and powerful new addition to its aphid control strategy – has been awarded the…
WESTERLO, Belgium: How to recognise broad mite infestations in your greenhouse crop and what are the biological control solutions to…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) has invested in state-of-the-art facilities as part of its long-term commitment to Brussels Airport.…
Author: Kris De Jonghe* It is an unfortunate coincidence that during the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in 2020,…
GHENT, Belgium: AVBS, the Belgian board for ornamentals growers, says that its highly-anticipated trade show Florall looks set to stick…
RIJNSBURG, Netherlands: Floral wholesaler Geert Snauwaert from Belgium took to social media and posted pictures of Kenyan roses travelling in…
WAREGEM, Belgium: Finally, on 3 March, Waregem enjoyed its first sunny day after weeks of gloomy weather caused by atmospheric…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Elien Pieters, third generation proprietor of Gediflora, the world’s largest breeder and propagator of Belgian pot mums, has…
VLAM, Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board is delighted to announce that Filip Fontaine has been appointed as Chief Executive of its…
MERELBEKE, Belgium: In addition to the National Reference Laboratory (NRL), the Diagnostic Centre for Plants of Flanders Research Institute for…
Gediflora, Belgium has been awarded the accolade of International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) 2019 by the International Association…
The official start of Belgium’s 100-day tulip season launched last Saturday with a mega cutting garden at Antwerp’s Queen Astrid…
WATERLOO, Belgium: In June 2018, Biobest Nederland performed an online survey of 141 NutrimiteTM users from the Netherlands. Biobest introduced…
WESTERLO, Belgium: Biocontrols supplier Biobest is very much looking forward to meeting distributors, suppliers and potential new business partners at…
ESSEN, Germany: Belgium is a partner country at the IPM Essen plant show, Germany, which is set to take place…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Looking for a supplier of meat, fruit & vegetables, horticultural products, potatoes, dairy products or other fresh produce…
Willaert is a wholesale outlet to the local and international trade. Annual trade currently stands in excess of 22 million…
Gediflora is the world’s largest breeder and propagator of Belgian pot mums. According to industry insiders, the Belgium Mum is…
Willy De Nolf Nurseries, a 30 ha freehold, wholesale plant production nursery, specialises in growing hardy nursery stock. The family-owned…
Having access to a cash and carry store 24 hours a day, seven days a week, can be a major…
Each stage of garden rose production is key in creating a premium quality end product: ‘Eglantine’, ‘Abbaye de Cluny’, ‘Albéric…
Aphidoletes aphidimyza is a key weapon in aphid pest control. This tiny gall midge is positively thriving at Biobest’s new…
OOSTKAMP, Belgium: Helleborus nursery Het Wilgenbroek from Belgium is delighted to announce Helleborus Winterfall, a new selection of seed-raised H.niger…
Following up on the commitment to expand its capacities and knowledge in the field of biotech, on April 26, CIOPORA…
When money is no object and you need to show the world what you’re all about, floral decorating takes your…
Don’t tell grower Tom Leybaert that Rhododendrons and Azaleas have become a bore. Immediately he’ll point to bold branding examples…
Next year Agora Group will open a brand new flagship store in Aalsmeer – the Netherlands. For florists and garden…
Tell Tom Leybaert from Moerbeke (Belgium) that Rhododendrons and Azaleas have become a bore for growers and in gardens, he’ll…
In spite of the economy’s effect on horticulture and especially on the tropical indoor plants business , Dirk Mermans, awarded…