Management

November 6, 2015

Danziger Wins Awards at Proflora

Danziger's varieties earned four awards at the recent Proflora exhibition in Colombia. Danziger selections were recognized in two breeder contest categories, other species and spray chrysanthemum. In the breeder contest category Other Species, first place... more »

November 5, 2015

Committee Created to Help AmericanHort’s CEO Search

AmericanHort is progressing with its search for a new CEO with the help of an executive search firm.The firm will solicit candidates well suited to lead the association and serve the horticulture industry.The selection of... more »

November 4, 2015

AAS Introduces Nine New Winners

All-America Selections has made a November announcement of nine new plants that have been trialed by horticulture experts throughout North America and deemed worthy of the All-America Selections brand. All of the following new varieties... more »

November 3, 2015

Calabro Joins AmericanHort as New Research and Science Programs Director

Jill Calabro, Ph.D., has been hired as the new research and science programs director at AmericanHort.Calabro will bring strategic direction and oversight to research funding by the Horticultural Research Institute, the research affiliate of AmericanHort,... more »

November 3, 2015

GrowIt! to Offer Three $1000 Scholarships

GrowIt!'s 2015/16 Plantastic Idea Scholarship program will award $1,000 to three students who have an interest in changing the world of plants . GrowIt! wants to promote young minds that have big ideas in the... more »

October 27, 2015

Griffin Schedules 2016 Fall Expo Dates

Griffin Greenhouse Supplies has announced the dates for its 2016 Grower & Retailer Expos. The company will host two Expo events next year, each spanning two days. Each Expo will feature booking specials and educational... more »

October 23, 2015

SUPERthrive Hosts Halloween Contest

SUPERthrive would love for you to show off what you grow using its product and your pumpkin-carving skills. Share a photo(s) that you feel captures your experience with SUPERthrive on its Facebook contest page, with... more »

October 22, 2015

Dramm Hires Technical Representative

Dramm has welcomed Tim Reusch as the new Commercial Western US Technical Representative.Reusch has an extensive background in agricultural products, focusing in greenhouse production and small-scale organic market garden operations. He received his undergraduate degree... more »

October 21, 2015

Dümmen Orange, Private Equity Firm Close Deal

Dümmen Orange recently announced that BC Partners, a European private equity firm, has acquired the majority of the shares in the breeding company. Final closing of the deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is... more »

October 20, 2015

IGC East Moves to Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Gets New Name

The IGC Show has just signed a multi-year contract with the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, Pennsylvania, as the new hub for IGC East - a centrally located, secure,non-union facility with key cost-savings and... more »

October 15, 2015

AAS Hands Out Awards at Annual Meeting

All-America Selections honored two acclaimed horticulture visionaries at its annual AAS Awards Banquet in October at the Dallas Arboretum in Dallas,Texas with the AAS Medallion of Honor and the AAS Breeder's Cup.Dr. Elisabeth Sahin-Georgiadou was... more »

October 15, 2015

EuroAmerican Earns Veriflora Certification

EuroAmerican has received Veriflora Certification by SCS Global Services, recognizing the company's commitment to quality and sustainability. Veriflora Certification recognize the flowers and potted plants customers are purchasing were grown in an environmentally and socially... more »