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June 12, 2008
VP of Sales and Marketing, Hines Horticulture
June 12, 2008
In addition to being one of the world's top anthurium growers, Mike Rimland now directs research and development at Costa Farms.
June 11, 2008
Each week, wholesale grower Lloyd Traven of Peace Tree Farm in Pennsylvania sends out an engaging and highly opinionated rant to his garden center customers along with the most current availability, order forms and pictures of plants in the greenhouse.
June 11, 2008
Inventor, Garden Pallet, www.gardenpallet.com
June 11, 2008
As part of our Top 100 Growers survey, we asked how important the sustainability movement is to respondents. Take a look at how they responded and let us know how you feel about this industry movement.
June 10, 2008
Greenhouse/Floriculture Extension Specialist, University of New Hampshire
May 28, 2008
May 21, 2008
Severe droughts, watering bans and plant selection restrictions are, in some cases, as important to growers as energy and labors these days. A day-long session at the Southeast Greenhouse Conference next month will address those issues and how growers can
May 21, 2008
The topic of this year's Seeley Conference will be "Profit Squeeze: Is Differentiation the Solution?" June 21-24 at Cornell University, and Jim Marstiller, senior vice president of consulting services for TNS Retail Forward, is among th
May 21, 2008
OFA Short Course was named one of the 200 largest trade shows in the United States by Tradeshow Week magazine, moving up nine spots this year to a No. 185 ranking.
May 14, 2008
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.
May 7, 2008
The soft housing market and sluggish economy have taken their toll on Home Depot, which plans to close 15 underperforming stores and slow its growth plans.
April 9, 2008
The Leonardo Academy has extended its application deadline calling for stakeholders to participate on the Sustainable Standards Committee or supporting subcommittees to May 23.
March 5, 2008
Three leading horticultural distributors - BWI Companies, Griffin Greenhouse and Nursery Supplies and BFG SUpply Co. - have formed an independent organization called Integrated Horticultural Alliance (IHA).
February 27, 2008
Industry advocates and those who want to make sure they are in the know on the proposed American National Standard for Sustainable Agriculture will be hashing out details this Friday in Arlington, Va.
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