Events

August 18, 2015
Farwest Plans Off-Site Tours, Retail Idea Center

The Farwest Show has retailers on the mind with planned tours for attendees on Wednesday, Aug. 26, and the Idea Center for Retailers during the show. The three tours will take place simultaneously giving participants... more »

August 11, 2015
IGC East Continues to Build

IGC East's second annual show at the Baltimore Convention Center drew more than 1,500 verified independent retail buyers, who shopped the latest product offerings from nearly 300 exhibiting vendors across the floor. "We appreciate the... more »

August 7, 2015
GrowIt! Chooses Student Contest Winners

GrowIt! Garden Socially announced the two grand-prize winners of its 2015 Friends & Family app contest who will receive all-expenses paid trips to Chicago, Aug. 17-20, to attend the IGC Show at Navy Pier. Hort... more »

August 7, 2015
Proven Winners Road Show Dates Announced

Proven Winners' team of plant and retail professionals, including John Gaydos, Dave Konsoer, and Judy Sharpton will travel to four cities in October to share their insights on growing the newest Proven Winners varieties and... more »

July 28, 2015
Farwest Features Retail Speakers

As part of its retail education track the 2015 Farwest Show will shed light on Gen Y, its economic power and, in particular, its impact for garden retail. Retail guru, Anne M. Obarski will deliver... more »

July 28, 2015
National Floriculture Forum Scheduled in the Netherlands/Germany

The 2016 National Floriculture Forum (NFF) will take place Jan. 24-29, in the Netherlands and Germany.Meeting objectives include :Addressing issues of importance to the floriculture industryForming collaborative relationshipsImproving communication within the American floriculture industry to... more »

July 28, 2015
IGC Apps Ready for Download

IGC Show organizers announced the launch of new free apps for IGC East and IGC Chicago, available for download in the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Now you can map your show-shopping strategies... more »

July 22, 2015
CENTS Announces 2016 Dates and New Education

CENTS 2016, hosted by the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association (ONLA), will take place Jan. 11-13 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Ohio.The trade show portion of the convention will feature more than 400... more »

July 21, 2015
Horticulture Industry Converges on Cultivate’15

Cultivate'15 drew participants from the United States, Canada, Mexico and more than 20 other countries to Columbus, Ohio this year. The largest all-industry horticulture exposition and convention in North America took place July 11 to... more »

July 16, 2015
New Time for Martha Stewart Keynote at IGC East

Due to an unexpected scheduling challenge, Martha Stewart has just alerted Jeff Morey, IGC Show co-founder & co-producer, that she will have to move her keynote time 30 minutes later than originally publicized. Please note... more »

July 8, 2015
Cornell Plans August Field Day

Cornell University's Floriculture Field Day will take place Aug. 11, in Ithaca, N.Y. Among the highlights of this year's field day are: 1. Cornell Alumni and Friends reception. The 2015 alumni and friends event will... more »

July 1, 2015
AAS Teams Up with Chef Jonathan Bardzik

All-America Selections (AAS) will promote AAS Winners in the form of cooking videos that use vegetables/edibles that performed well in AAS Trials. More than 325 varieties have been trialed over 82 years and named as... more »