Poland is home to over 275 producers and suppliers of nursery stock. Together, these farms operate on an area spanning…
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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…
The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province of Antwerp…
Allensmore Nurseries reigned supreme at AIPH International Grower of the Year 2023 at IPM Essen, winning gold for Sustainability. FCI…
Founded in 2012, Italy’s national garden centre association, the Associazione Italiana Centri Giardinaggio (AICG), is the voice of the Italian…
Episode four of our ‘Exploring Europe’s Garden Centres’ series takes us to Switzerland, where we interviewed Erwin Meier-Honegger, an unconventional…
The Dutch lily industry ran its 11th open house in the second week of June when it opened its doors…
FCI had a great one-to-one with plant enthusiast and plant convention organiser Kenny Kiet Nguyen from Houston. We asked him…
The interconnectedness of everything in nature is astounding. Plants have evolved side by side with their pollinators creating intricate and…
Royal Base Corporation from Chinese Taipei scooped Gold in the Cut Flowers & Bulbs category of AIPH’s 2023 International Grower…
France’s Sival show connects professionals from the protected cropping industry, the arable sector, viticulture, oenology, arboriculture, and seed industry with…
Despite global uncertainties, the Dutch garden centre sector is enjoying a period of healthy prosperity, partly attributed to the consumer…
Monday, 20 March 2023, marked the beginning of the Persian New Year, aka Nowruz. The roughly two-week festival coincides with…
The global health crisis fuelled a boom in home gardening and grow-your-own, leading to good times for German garden centres.…
After fleeing the Russian missiles raining down on her hometown of Kharkiv with her daughter-in-law, young grandson, and grandmother in…
Rita Baraldi is Research Director at Bologna’s Institute for BioEconomy (IBE) explains how trees and plants help mitigate climate change…
The first half of the year for Ecuadorian-grown roses was perfect, with solid sales for Valentine’s and Mother’s Day. With…
On 21 March, Iranians worldwide celebrated the Persian New Year, or Nowruz. For this occasion, we asked flower and plant…
Flower growers, importers, handlers, trade associations and exporters associated with the floristry, landscaping, garden retail and entertainment industry, and the…
At its annual conference, held as a zoom meeting in Ghent on 14 December 2021, the Belgian board for ornamentals…
“Live the Garden Life” is a cheery New Year’s Resolution, and it’s also the Canadian Garden Council’s call-to-action kickstarting its…
Ornamental horticulture in South Korea has long been side-lined due to the country’s focus on rapid industrialisation and trade since…
Together We Bloom is a not-for-profit charitable initiative started by the horticultural industry in South Africa in association with the…
BEIJING, China: Uncle Wang is becoming part of a growing band of ‘influencers’ in China who sell flowers and plants…
Reporting on Portugal’s domestic production, including figures is not an easy task as reliable data is limited and not always…
Author: Wen-Ke Dong* BEIJING, China: Ornamental horticulture and landscaping in China grew from practically nothing in the early 1980s to…
Author: Dr Audrey Gerber / Photos: Iryna Matsiakh Outbreak and spread of pests and diseases of Boxwood threaten to compromise…
While the Russian economy has slowed more or less to a standstill, FlowersExpo (September 10-12, 2019) held at Crocus Expo…
The Dutch Enterprise Agency RVO commissioned HortisolHolland to complete a detailed assessment of Côte d’Ivoire’s business opportunities in horticulture. In…
The land of the Big Five. The African continent. The African flower industry has had significant growth over the past…
Poland is one of the few European countries which has seen continuous economic growth over the past 26 years. After…
Historical Perspective Colombia After 50 years in business, Colombia appears as an experienced and savvy flower exporter, holding a honourable…
FCI’s Facts and Figures publication illustrates how Belgium’s ornamental horticulture industry continues to play a vital role in the nation’s…
Located in Azemmour, 55 km South of Casablanca, Morocco, Primrose has made a name for itself in growing spray carnations…
Historically, Ecuador has been a country with a reasonable level of plant variety protection and a court system that provided…
Italy is a country with a great ornamental horticulture tradition. Few today remember that the grafting of roses was invented…
You wouldn’t expect a leading European producer of perennials, grasses, annuals and young plants to be located in Poland. Yet…
Canada, the world’s second largest country, has 36 million inhabitants. Most of them live no more than 200 kilometres north…
North American flower and plant sales differ from elsewhere. The continent is a melting pot, mainly of various European cultures.…
Although the Western world has questions about its political stability and last year’s coup attempt led to internal tensions, Turkey…
Colombians love flowers. Of course they export 90 percent of their production, but there is a domestic market in cities…
FloraCulture International sat down with Cooperativa Veiling Holambra Director André van Kruijssen and Ibraflor (the country’s primary industry body representing…