The City of Chengdu, China, was named the Grand Winner of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024. The Awards…
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AIPH’s mission at COP16 underscores its mission in promoting nature-positive urban development. The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) joined…
Long-lived perennials with slowly creeping rhizomes, epimediums combine visual charm with remarkable resilience and ruggedness. In the Berberidaceae family, the…
The voice of the youth is emerging as a powerful catalyst for shaping greener, healthier, and more resilient urban areas.…
The world continues to urbanise at an unprecedented rate. Cities are both drivers of biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation and…
Olympia London was the venue for Innovation Zero on 30th April and 1st May 2024, with 10,000 delegates expected and…
With unique fishtail-shaped leaves that open vibrant green in spring, becoming golden yellow in autumn, the ginkgo in full foliage…
GoNaturePositive! is a new research programme with the overarching objective of addressing the serious challenge of biodiversity loss due to…
Known as Korean Abelia or Fragrant Abelia, this deciduous shrub is actually not an Abelia at all but a close…
Astrantia is one of several umbellifers (see also Eryngium) with ornamental bracts, a feature that offers significant added value in…
A North American genus of ±35 herbaceous perennials, a handful of Liatris species are available to European designers, all from…
An herbaceous perennial to c.90cm, Phlomis russeliana is one of around 75 species in a varied genus that ranges from…
Singapore hosted the inaugural Circular Cities Summit between 14 and 15 November 2023. Organising chairman Damien Tang opened the Summit…
Native to arid areas of Central Asia, Perovskia is a woody perennial or sub-shrub to 100-120cm, now recognised as a…
Susanne Renee Grunkin, former President of the Danish Association of Landscape Architects (DL) and professional for the Scandinavian architecture firm…
During the award ceremony for the 2023 Dutch nominations for the Green Cities Europe Award, attendees embarked on an urban…
The Singel/CU2030 project in Utrecht is a massive regeneration initiative that has involved restoring a medieval canal to its former…
Glowing inflorescences of Kniphofia hovering above the foliage layer of perennial plantings are a striking and dramatic effect available to…
The 2023 AIPH Green City conference was held in Suncheon on 20 September as part of the 75th AIPH Annual…
Eryngiums are a large genus of annuals, biennials and perennials with spiky leaves and prickly, globe-shaped inflorescences often mistaken for…
The ornamental horticulture industry makes a significant contribution to city greening initiatives. This is the theme of the AIPH Green…
With a few exceptions, the forms of Iris most familiar in European contexts require open conditions and full sun to…
First held in 1990, the Ecocity World Summit is the pioneer and longest-running global conference on ecology and cities. Every…
Asters have long been valued for their late-season colour—notably the North American “asters” now mostly reassigned to the genus Symphyotrichum;…
The Chelsea Flower Show, held in England every year in May, is considered to be the trend-setting event for garden…
Closely related to the smaller and better-known Sisyrinchium, Libertia is a useful and elegant genus of Southern Hemisphere perennials. Although…
Urban microclimates tend toward extremes, particularly heat and drought. Plants that are tough enough to survive heat and water stress…
Winning the Living Green for Water category in the AIPH World Green City Awards 2022, the phytotechnology stations in the…
Salvias have become valuable contributors to the urban landscape in recent decades, notably the many cultivars of Salvia nemorosa (S.…
Urban water management and green infrastructure were the focus of the fifth AIPH Green City Briefing. Organised by the…
Prone to hybridisation and back-crossing, the ±30 species of Sesleria are a taxonomic tangle of poorly differentiated species, forms and…
With 1,330 exhibitors from 46 nations and 40,000 visitors from 100 countries, IPM Essen 2023 gave centre stage to climate…
International Green City news in November and December 2022 focussed on gatherings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in…
Children that grow up in nature-rich environments have better mental and physical health, better social and cognitive skills, greater creativity,…
AIPH is proud to launch the second series of Green City Briefings, featuring world-leading cities demonstrating the power of plants.…
With an impressive number of entries from cities representing every region of the globe, the inaugural AIPH World Green City…
Hetty Crooijmans is a fourth generation rose grower/trader who runs Reuver-based H. CROOIJMANS & ZN BV together with her brother.…
The AIPH-approved World Horticultural Expo, Floriade 2022, delivers important messages about the power of plants for the survival of the…
The AIPH-approved World Horticultural Expo, Floriade 2022, delivers important messages about the power of plants for the survival of the…
These were the sage words of AIPH Secretary General Tim Briercliffe at The International Association for Horticultural Producers (AIPH) Green…
In the 21st Century, society is faced with various climatic and non-climatic challenges that can lead to abrupt, and in…
“Here on the arid spine of the formidable mountain, destroyer Vesuvius, brightened by no other tree or flower, you scatter…
Bringing nature into the built environment and the local policies and strategies that activate these global agendas was the focus…
In the 21st Century, society is faced with various climatic and non-climatic challenges that can lead to abrupt, and in…
As a landscape architect working mostly in the public realm, I am always looking for tough plants that are visually…
To answer this key question, the horticultural industry is recommended to undertake a mapping exercise to collate and assess the…
The Guangzhou Garden RHS Chelsea 2021 perfectly illustrated the role for chartreuse foliage plants in a late season planting scheme…
Nature-based solutions (NBS) is a term that is becoming widely used to describe the use of natural systems to solve…
Plants are increasingly recognised for their contribution to climate change mitigation, as well as climate change adaptation. After COP26 in…
Each year, Urban October provides a platform for the global urban community to mobilise awareness of the challenges and opportunities…
Policies and programmes to increase greenery in cities introduced Green Infrastructure, then moved on to Urban Forests and Nature-Based Solutions,…
Flormart survey finds that the importance of urban green space in public health and well-being will largely influence the future…
In gardening terminology there is a much-used phrase: “Right plant, right place”. The more we learn about the multi-functional capacity…
It started eight years ago, issued as an additional feature of FloraCulture International (FCI) magazine. Today publisher AIPH is proud…
MELBOURNE, Australia: The City of Melbourne has made significant advances as a Green City over the past three decades, and…
On Monday 1st April Green City reports from ten AIPH country members were presented at the AIPH Spring Meeting, held…
“We create indoor nature by adding natural elements to office buildings. Planters. Fixed and mobile green walls. Green landscapes. Indoor…