May 7, 2008

Home Depot Canada Phases Out Pesticides

Home Depot will voluntarily stop selling traditional pesticides and herbicides in its Canadian stores by the end of 2008, and it will increase its selection of eco-friendly alternatives.

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Greenhouse Grower Wins TOCA Award

The Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) honored Greenhouse Grower Editor Delilah Onofrey with a first-place award in the “Editorial/Op Ed” category at its annual banquet May 8. She was recognized for her November 2007 column, “Greening Up Our Image.” To read her column, click here.

Hortica Names New Board Chair And Member

Hortica Insurance & Employee Benfits recently named a new chairman of the board of directors and a new board member.Read more here.

Grower Tool: Spanish Version Of BASF Pest Management Guide

To help Spanish-speaking growers select the most effective solutions for a variety of pest management challenges, BASF Turf & Ornamentals has posted a free Spanish version of its Pest Management Guide online. Read more here.

Personnel Changes At Cleary Chemical

Cleary Chemical has promoted Bill Cunningham to director of marketing and hired Pedro Perdoma as director of research and regulatory affairs.

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New Fungicide From BioSafe Systems

BioSafe Systems recently launched TerraClean Broad Spectrum, a fungicide formulated for control on a variety of soil-borne pathogens.
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Solving The Plant Name Game

The International Association for Cultivated Plant Taxonomy (IACPT) was recently formed during the fifth International Symposium on the Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants to provide necessary leadership in the field of taxonomy and nomenclature of cultivated plants.Read more here.

Nurseries Ordered To Destroy Plants

Six growers were recently ordered to destroy plants because they were caught illegally propagating and selling patented Proven Winners plants. Read more here.

Ecke's Pelargonium, Geranium Breeding Relocated

To better focus on all research and production development at its corporate headquarters, Ecke Geraniums has relocated its pelargonium and geranium breeding. Read more here.

ASCFG Celebrates Its 20th Year

Allan Armitage and Judy Laushman formed the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG) at the University in 1988. Twenty years later, the organization provides production and marketing information to 600 growers across the United States and seven other countries. Read more here.

Top 100 Growers: Which Retailers Do The Largest Operations Serve?

The largest growers in the country are often associated with selling to home improvement stores and mass merchandisers, but you might be surprised at how many of them serve independent garden centers. Read more here.