Industry veteran Charles Lansdorp provides his thoughts on this year’s Festival di Sanremo – not so much for the music…
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Industry veteran, and former FCI publisher, Jaap Kras provides the floral statistics for the power of love in the February…
Maurizio Lapponi is a tree grower, author and business consultant from Mantova, Italy. In the December 2022 FloraCulture International, he…
Ilona Mars was one of the 40 volunteering industry professionals at work during Expo 2022 Floriade. Until 9 October 2022,…
Scott Salter is chief scientist at Lynch Group, a third-generation, vertically integrated wholesaler of cut flowers and potted plants for…
FCI Opinion: Mike Rimland is a plant hunter and global ambassador for Costa Farms, North America’s largest indoor plant nursery;…
In this second of a two-part column from FloraCulture International magazine, industry veteran Jaap Kras discusses how vertical integration will…
In this two-episode column from FloraCulture International magazine, industry veteran Jaap Kras questions if vertical integration will reshape our industry…
Eva Kähler-Theuerkauf is President of Landesverband Gartenbau, Vice-President of Zentralverband Gartenbau, and owner of a lavender, perennials pot mum wholesale…
Hearts are ruling consumer heads, despite the coronavirus pandemic, says Matthijs Mesken, director of VGB. “We see that they continue…
Bruce Harnett is Managing Director of Kernock Park Plants, Cornwall – a grower and distributor of young ornamental plants. Kernock…
Valentine’s Day is the number one holiday for everyone involved in the floral industry, driving consumer purchases in Europe and…
Mrs Maggie Hobbs is the co-owner and director of Tambuzi, a grower in Kenya with goals of having beneficial social…
Mr Hidde J. Koenraad is an intellectual property lawyer at Boekx Advocaten Amsterdam. This column was written for the December…
Jonathan Whittemore, Head of Production and Procurement at Johnsons of Whixley, a wholesale plant nursery based in Kirk Hammerton, Whixley…
Flying by plane begins again for business travel, but air freight capacity is still a worry Fred van Tol Manager…
Dr David Bek is a Reader in Sustainable Economies based at the Research Centre for Business in Society at Coventry…
Being honest online to customers is just as important as face-to-face trade It was my first time shopping plants online,…
Mia Buma is Ornamentals Production Advisor to AIPH, wrote in the July-August 2021 edition of FloraCulture International magazine. AIPH’s Novelty…
In the run-up to Mother’s Day, Royal FloraHolland reported a record week turnover of over 170 million euros. This achievement…
Netherlands: Fred van Tol, Manager of International Development at Royal FloraHolland, writes in the latest edition FloraCulture International, July-August 2021…
Well, it is now a year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the global population. We have never experienced anything like…
“We, the tree growers from Italy, believe that the United Nations Global Impact and the EU’s Green Deal uniquely position…
At the beginning of 2021, a well-known discussion was taken up again in Europe about the necessity for more sustainable…
Fred van Tol, Manager of International Development at Royal FloraHolland writes about the Floriday Platform. “It had a major impact…
Over the past 40 years, the agricultural industry has moved through different stages of consolidation. In my view, agricultural businesses…