Four years after Brexit brought sweeping changes to trade regulations, the UK’s environmental horticulture sector continues to face spiralling costs,…
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After this year’s successful Annual General Meeting in Marrakesh, the next CIOPORA AGM in 2025 will occur in Kunming, China,…
Plants Love You’ is a movement initiated by the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) aimed at increasing awareness of the…
On Tuesday, 16 April, Dutch-based World Horti Center hosted its seventh I-Grow Inside webinar, this time around discussing the pros…
A historic garden in Southern England aims to radically boost its biodiversity in an experiment that pushes at the boundaries…
Australia is home to over a million different types of native plants and animals – many of which are found…
The practice of moving plants from one area and releasing them in another, known as plant hunting, can be a…
German-born Susann Warnecke began working for the Finland-based International Peatland Society (IPS) in 2002 as a communications assistant. In October…
John McDonald is National Biosecurity Manager at Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA). He wrote this opinion column for the May 2024…
David Lydiat is the Public Affairs and Policy Manager at the Horticultural Trade Association (HTA), which represents the UK garden…
Over the last twenty years, the production of plants and flowers in China has grown at a huge pace. Ten…
At the British Ornamentals Association’s annual technical conference, the effectiveness of the forthcoming Brexit border checks was top of the…
Regina Mestre is an Analyst in packaging and logistics for Rabobank RaboResearch. In the April 2024 issue of FloraCulture International,…
Native plant consumption in the US continues to grow organically from consumer demand and through purchases mandated by legislation. Debbie…
Colin Fernandes was crowned AIPH Young International Grower of the Year 2024 at IPM Essen, Germany, in January. This category…
Dr Edgar Krieger, a seasoned professional in Intellectual Property protection for plant innovation, has been the CIOPORA Secretary General since…
Hilverdaflorist became an AIPH Affiliate Member during the 75th AIPH Annual Congress in September 2023. Bart Sneek, Commercial Director of…
William Shakespeare’s popular adage ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ is used to stress that the…
In the 1920s and after the Second World War, a significant portion of Western Europe embraced Anglo-American culture. Brits and…
It is the time of the year to look back and look forward. Over the past year, 2023, we can…
Asocolflores, the official voice of Colombia’s flower cut flower and cut foliage export, hosted its 30th Proflora show at Bogotá’s…
The global plant breeders’ community welcomed the approval of EXN of EDV made by UPOV on October 27, 2023, after…
There’s a market for organically grown flowers in the UK. It’s part of a growing awareness of environmental issues and…
The most beautiful girl in the world is my granddaughter, Leah. She is 18 months old and deserves a peaceful,…
Second-generation Patrick Barendse is a production manager at Holambra-based potted plant nursery www.symphony.com.br, where he and his brother Frank and…
Edmund Timm joined the Dutch environmental certification scheme MPS as commercial director in September 2022. He has a proven track…
Secretary General Tim Briercliffe celebrates his 10th anniversary at the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) this month. FCI sat…
Green is a fashionable colour. Do you want to sell a product? Make it green. Are you supplying a service?…
Shane Wang recently participated in the Jungle Talks Pro Manager Mastercourse Floriculture and was a Young International Grower of the…
This was the question the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) tried to answer in a panel session on Thursday,…
Industry veteran, and former FCI publisher, Jaap Kras provides valuable insights into the genus of Hydrangea, its origins, and the…
The development of ornamental plant varieties with improved shelf life, pest, and disease resistance, end-use quality, heat and drought tolerance,…
Pablo Costa’s love for horticulture began on his family’s farm in Chile. He studied agricultural engineering at Santiago’s Pontificia Catholic…
Simone Lyn van Oene is director of sales and marketing at Joost Kalanchoe, an 8-ha greenhouse grower of potted Kalanchoe…
Industry veteran, and former FCI publisher, Jaap Kras discusses the future of the Flower Council of Holland, which is hanging…
Marcel Boonekamp is the Director of Growing at Ohio-based Green Circle Growers, a market-leading producer of Phalaenopsis orchids, tropical plants,…
Strolling through a leafy park, woods, or a green countryside can ease brain fatigue, and the serenity of nature makes…
Eliot Barden, Aftercare, Apprenticeship and Training Manager for Majestic Trees, UK, was crowned AIPH Young International Grower of the Year…
Industry veteran Charles Lansdorp provides his thoughts on this year’s Festival di Sanremo – not so much for the music…
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…
It is pretty easy to start a horticultural business, and that’s one of the strengths of our industry. Conversely, closing…
“Last year, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kenya’s floral industry was grappling with a mix of threats that…
As I write my column, the firecracker celebrations for the Chinese New Year are through, heralding the beginning of the…
Valentine’s Day, or the celebration of LOVE, originated as a religious ceremony during Roman times. In the early centuries, it…
Frank de Hek is a partner at Oaklins Netherlands and leads Oaklins’ horticulture and private equity teams. He has 17…
“At the time of writing, the number of coronavirus infections worldwide is nearing eight million and global deaths 1.1 million.…
‘‘If I’d have asked the people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses’’- Henry Ford Having made acquaintance…
How time flies, and so much has happened in 2020. Twelve months ago, I dedicated this column to the digital…
One of Royal FloraHolland’s key investment targets is the digitalisation of all transactions by the end of 2020. With Floriday,…
Author: Aldo Colombo Italy was the first European nation to be struck by the coronavirus pandemic and has paid enormous…
Over the past months, the world is facing a new experience of a pandemic that hit us hard. Depending on…
One of Royal FloraHolland’s key investment targets for 2020 is the digitisation of all transactions by the end of 2020.…
After the shocking arrival of Covid-19, and the enormous impact on our personal lives, we are entering a slow period…
We have all heard enough about a certain disease – so its name does not need to be mentioned. Instead,…
In its decision on December 5, 2018, the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) judged…
“With the coronavirus pandemic, the unanticipated event has hit. And it has hit us hard. We, nurserymen, are used to…
What started as a major problem for one country has escalated to become a global crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has…
At the time of writing, the Dutch floriculture sector is going through incredibly difficult times. Since the coronavirus started to…
Royal FloraHolland’s slogan is ‘Flowering the World’. In support of that, ambition is an active collaboration with our growers and…
As the legal cannabis market expands and is anticipated to be worth billions in the near future, many companies, including…
When I lived in the centre of Beijing from 2009 to 2017, I made it my mission to transform my…
FCI takes an in-depth look at the past, present and future Italy’s plant propagation industry. Four major players make the…
On 14th December 2019 the new EU regulation 2016/2031 comes into force. The new regulation sets in place formal documentation…
On December 20, 2018, the Agriculture Improvement Act was signed into law by President Trump. This new Farm Bill amends…
Disruptive technologies change everything, as once the steam train, the car or, in today’s world, the smartphone. They are, however,…
From 11th to 14th June, 62 breeding companies in the Westland and Aalsmeer areas (The Netherlands) and Rheinland Westfalen area…
Few can fail to be tempted by the call of shiny new high-tech kit. And there are compelling reasons for…
This is the best time of year for commercial tree and plant growers. After a seemingly endless winter, they are…
There is a common saying among investment folk, “Trees don’t grow to the sky.” It serves as a kind of…
KAVB (the Royal General Bulb Growers’Association) uses a system of groups for the classification of tulip cultivars. Due to recent…
In its decision on December 5, 2018, the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) judged…
DIDCOT, UK: FloraCulture International (FCI) has developed a programme of professional visits in the Westland Region, an area of the…
Sustainability has rapidly become the buzzword of the day. But it’s also much more than that. It is now a…
AIPH’s International Vision Project (IVP) has identified the working-age population in North-America as one of the three target groups which…
It took a year after the official triggering of Article 50 before we learned how Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) may…
I walked into the offices of Komet Sales in Medellín, Colombia, with an open mind and a blank note book.…
The Royal Parks project in London, to build one of the UK’s most innovative greenhouses, nears completion. The £5 million…
Garden centres sell both software (flowers and plants) and hardware (decorations, furniture, etc.). The green assortment is a constant whereas…
“Today companies and organizations run marketing campaigns to increase flower and plant sales. This is good, but the end results…
FrieslandCampina, one of Holland’s largest dairy producers, has been globalizing its activities over the past few decades. Is this because…
This story is about the politics of pallets. Pallets are likely to be the most forgettable part of the commercial…
July 2013. As large parts of Western Europe baked in an unexpected heat wave, Belgium’s leading indoor houseplant grower, Dirk…
“Last summer, I decided to build a small pond in my backyard as part of a larger makeover. Truth be…
The success of any company largely depends on its business environment. Let me give one simple example. A 17-year old,…
This time I would like to write about something really special; the Trattoria da Motorino, loosely translated in English as…