Around The Industry
Spring Meadow Nursery Hires Director Of Licensing
Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc., recently welcomed Darren Gilbert as its director of licensing. In this role, he will work intensively with a network of 80 licensed growers that propagate and finish Proven Winners ColorChoice flowering shrubs. Gilbert can be reached at [email protected] or (800) 633-8850.
Wave Petunias Get New Packaging
PanAmerican Seed has made a change to the packaging in its Wave program with a full range of merchandising materials.
New materials include :
- Tidal Wave 8-inch pink thermoform printed pot.
- Ride The Wave 20-inch pink display pot.
- Tidal Wave poster and bench card.
- Ride The Wave hanging basket strips.
- Ride The Wave poster, bench card and bench tape.
Visit www.wave-rave.com for Ride The Wave packaging and POP order forms and more information. Ride The Wave pink pots may also be ordered through your preferred packaging supplier; a complete list of suppliers is available at www.wave-rave.com/pots.aspx
LGYP Wins Two International Web Awards
Lawn and Garden Yellow Pages (LGYP), www.lgyp.com, has received two “Standard of Excellence” awards in the Web Marketing Association’s (WMA) 2006 International WebAward Competition.
The WMA honored LGYP with a “Standard of Excellence” award in two categories: “Directory or Search Engine” and “Portal.”