This is the best time of year for commercial tree and plant growers. After a seemingly endless winter, they are…
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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…
The West isn’t the center of the universe anymore. The demographic and economic epicenter has moved from Europe and the…
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…