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Dutch Lily Days Celebrate Onings’ 90th Anniversary

As Onings Holland celebrates its 90th Anniversary during Dutch Lily Days 2025 (3–6 June), the leading bulb exporter continues to…

Goyang Flower Festival 2025 Strengthens Korea’s Horticultural Ambitions

The Goyang International Flower Festival, one of Asia’s leading ornamental showcases, closed its 2025 edition on 11 May with a…

New Sensor Unlocks Precision Lighting for Growers

Dutch agri-tech firm Ledgnd is set to unveil a major advancement in precision lighting at GreenTech Amsterdam 2025 with the…

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How Used Machinery Supports Sustainable Flower and Plant Production

In a sector where efficiency and sustainability must coexist, used horticultural machinery is gaining renewed relevance. From sowing precision seeds…

Selecta One Acquires Leading Ugandan Cutting Farm Wagagai Ltd

Selecta One, a global leader in breeding and young plant production, has announced the acquisition of Wagagai Ltd., one of…

Dutch Greenhouse Delta Seeds Change in Bangladeshi Horticulture

The Greenhouse Impact Cluster project – a pioneering public-private initiative between Dutch and Bangladeshi partners – has officially launched during…

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Poland

How Polish plants are carving a prominent spot in the European marketplace

Poland is home to over 275 producers and suppliers of nursery stock. Together, these farms operate on an…

Belgium

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 3

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

Belgium

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 2

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

Belgium

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 1

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

United Kingdom

‘Sustainability increased capital costs in the short-term but reduced running costs over a longer period’

Allensmore Nurseries reigned supreme at AIPH International Grower of the Year 2023 at IPM Essen, winning gold for…

Italy

How is the Italian garden centre sector faring?

Founded in 2012, Italy’s national garden centre association, the Associazione Italiana Centri Giardinaggio (AICG), is the voice of…

Switzerland

How is the Swiss garden centre sector faring?

Episode four of our ‘Exploring Europe’s Garden Centres’ series takes us to Switzerland, where we interviewed Erwin Meier-Honegger,…

Erwin Meier-Honegger holding soil up shaped like a heart.
Netherlands

Lush lilies in the limelight

The Dutch lily industry ran its 11th open house in the second week of June when it opened…

United States

‘There’s an emotional disconnect between end users and larger scale commercial producers’

FCI had a great one-to-one with plant enthusiast and plant convention organiser Kenny Kiet Nguyen from Houston. We…

Lady looking at plants during Plantcon International
World

Smart plants or the magical interaction between flowers and pollinators

The interconnectedness of everything in nature is astounding. Plants have evolved side by side with their pollinators creating…

Close-up of bee on a yellow flower.

Markets

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Dutch Lily Days Celebrate Onings’ 90th Anniversary

As Onings Holland celebrates its 90th Anniversary during Dutch Lily Days 2025 (3–6 June), the leading bulb exporter continues to…

Goyang Flower Festival 2025 Strengthens Korea’s Horticultural Ambitions

The Goyang International Flower Festival, one of Asia’s leading ornamental showcases, closed its 2025 edition on 11 May with a…

GreenItaly Launches in London as UK-EU Trade Eases

While the RHS Chelsea Flower Show showcased ornamental perfection to the public, a quieter but highly targeted event unfolded across…

EU

Green Shoots in UK-EU Trade Relations?

Ornamental horticulture sector welcomes move toward reducing post-Brexit trade friction and responds to plant-inclusive SPS pledge. At the UK-EU Leaders’…

Novelties

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Selecta One introduces Dianthus It-Girl

German breeder Selecta One has introduced a striking new addition to its Dianthus portfolio. ‘It-Girl’ is the latest variety from the Whetman Alpine Range—an eye-catching, hardy perennial with bold, bright…

UNICORN™ – A Magical Win for Danziger at WFFSA 2025

Danziger proudly introduces UNICORN™, a revolutionary new variety that has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Breeder Excellence Award at the WFFSA Floral Distribution Conference in Miami. This highly respected award…

Dümmen Orange to display plenty of new products at the IPM Essen show

Dutch plant breeder and propagator Dümmen Orange has confirmed its presence at the forthcoming IPM Essen show, which will take Essen, Germany, between the 28-and 31 and will showcase new…

Beekenkamp Plants to put its LaBella Dahlia Grande Chocolate in IPM Essen’s spotlight

Dutch ornamental plant breeder and propagator Beekenkamp Plants will launch its latest breeding breakthrough: the LaBella Dahlia Grande Chocolate. This new series is the perfect addition to the current LaBella…

Selecta One to showcase a wide variety of new plants and marketing concepts at IPM Essen 2025

Perfectly in line with IPM Essen’s 2025 tagline ‘Green, Great, Gorgeous!’ Selecta One’s stand D21 in hall 2 of IPM Essen will boast plenty of new products, proven varieties and…

Logistics

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Holex and Airflo Launch Joint Venture: Holex Air Logistics Takes Flight

A new chapter begins for Holex Flower with the launch of Holex Air Logistics, a dedicated air freight division created…

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo reports record online sales and accelerates commercial transformation

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has reached a significant milestone in its commercial transformation. In November, a record 85…

EU

New CC TAG6 label launches in 2025

Container Centralen, the developer and owner of the CC Trolley Pool system, launched its new CC TAG6 label on 6…

Up and down: the air cargo market is a very dynamic one with almost day-to-day changes

In this exclusive interview, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo’s newly appointed global head of Perishable Logistics, Mr Luc Diebold, shares…

Tech

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New Sensor Unlocks Precision Lighting for Growers

Dutch agri-tech firm Ledgnd is set to unveil a major advancement in precision lighting at GreenTech Amsterdam 2025 with the…

GreenTech Amsterdam 2025: A Global Stage for Horticultural Innovation

From AI to adaptive greenhouses, GreenTech Amsterdam gears up to connect horticulture’s innovators, growers, and thinkers in June. GreenTech Amsterdam…

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Planting Ideas on a World Stage

In a week that highlighted the UK’s role at the heart of global horticulture, RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 stood…

How Used Machinery Supports Sustainable Flower and Plant Production

In a sector where efficiency and sustainability must coexist, used horticultural machinery is gaining renewed relevance. From sowing precision seeds…

Events

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Dutch Lily Days Celebrate Onings’ 90th Anniversary

As Onings Holland celebrates its 90th Anniversary during Dutch Lily Days 2025 (3–6 June), the leading bulb exporter continues to…

Goyang Flower Festival 2025 Strengthens Korea’s Horticultural Ambitions

The Goyang International Flower Festival, one of Asia’s leading ornamental showcases, closed its 2025 edition on 11 May with a…

GreenTech Amsterdam 2025: A Global Stage for Horticultural Innovation

From AI to adaptive greenhouses, GreenTech Amsterdam gears up to connect horticulture’s innovators, growers, and thinkers in June. GreenTech Amsterdam…

People

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British Garden Centres announces exciting changes within its plant buying team

British Garden Centres, the UK’s largest family-run garden centre group, is delighted to announce significant changes within its plant buying…

Ruud Knorr to join horticultural collaboration network Greenport Aalsmeer as its news director

Greenport Aalsmeer, a trilateral network of organisational links between universities, the government, municipalities and industry, has appointed Ruud Knorr as…

Speciality flower supplier Coloríginz appoints Henk Pieter den Boer as its financial director

On 15 January 2025, Henk Pieter den Boer will become financial director at Coloríginz. Coloríginz is a household name in…

Charlotte Elpers joins KLM Cargo as vice president Worldwide Operations

Charlotte Elpers will join KLM Cargo as its vice president Worldwide Operations, effective 1 March 2025. Elpers succeeds Koen Bolster,…

Opinion

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HTA report on horticultural industry four years on from Brexit

Four years after Brexit brought sweeping changes to trade regulations, the UK’s environmental horticulture sector continues to face spiralling costs,…

Insights from Marrakesh and a Look Ahead to Kunming

After this year’s successful Annual General Meeting in Marrakesh, the next CIOPORA AGM in 2025 will occur in Kunming, China,…

CNLA’s ‘Plants Love You’ Initiative: Cultivating A Greener, Healthier Future For All

Plants Love You’ is a movement initiated by the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) aimed at increasing awareness of the…

‘Private Equity in Horticulture’ themed webinar leaves attendees with more questions than answers

On Tuesday, 16 April, Dutch-based World Horti Center hosted its seventh I-Grow Inside webinar, this time around discussing the pros…

R&D

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World Horti Centre harnesses the power of plants by planting an ‘indoor forest’  

Six green professionals, a representative cross section of horticulture, joined forces in planting World Horti Centre’s indoor forest on 4…

France provides fertile ground for biocontrol innovation

At France’s 2024 plant cultivation show Sival, growers, researchers, breeders, and other stakeholders from the country’s agricultural and horticultural industry…

The Dutch Culture Group for Roses and Rose Rootstock’s visit to ILVO highlights the importance of top notch horticultural research

Belgian research institute ILVO hosted a visit by the Dutch Culture Group for Roses and Rose Rootstocks on Friday 13…

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