American Garden Award announces that the American public will soon be able to vote on their favorite flower from four entries in the 2014 contest.

American in Bloom, a non-profit organization that promotes community beautification through the use of flowers, plants and trees, announces a new president and vice president, along with new board members.

This year, HGTV HOME Plant Collection will deliver more than $200 million in plants to the retail marketplace, which includes local garden centers, grocery stores and regional chains like Meijer and Menard’s, but not big box stores.

For the past four years, Vegetalis has presented container vegetable crops at Spring Trials, and while growers and retailers have been excited about Vegetalis’ offerings, there haven’t been enough sales. So this year, the company is working on a few new marketing concepts to bring Vegetalis’ considerable number of container veggies to retailers nationwide.

On the fourth day of trials, Greenhouse Grower editors visited several trials and saw hundreds of beautiful new varieties. Here are some of the highlights of the day.

Veggies were a big feature of the tour at Syngenta Flowers’ California Spring Trials stop, where Greenhouse Grower editors visited Monday. Jeanine Bogard, Syngenta’s business product manager, highlighted four types of veggie gardens that demonstrate how today’s consumers will likely use vegetables.

New introductions from Sakata, Hem Genetics, Takii and Thompson and Morgan during day two of 2014 Spring Trials.

The Greenhouse Grower editors hit the trail hard again on Monday, April 7. Here are the fabulous new varieties we saw at Syngenta Flowers, SHS Griffin and Proven Winners.

New varieties garnering the most buzz at Danziger, Benary, Pacific Plug & Liner and several other breeders on the first day of 2014 trials.

The newly established non-profit Circle Fresh Institute will offer anyone the opportunity to learn commercial organic production practices.

In the last three years, Circle Fresh Farms has built its growing network to 20 acres of greenhouse space, serving up local, organic, hydroponic vegetables to high-end grocers like Whole Foods and upscale restaurants in Colorado. Circle Fresh Farms is well on its way toward fulfilling an ambitious expansion plan, to supply local markets in cities nationwide.

Syngenta selected three recipients from more than 200 entries for the inaugural year of its Syngenta Grow More Vegetables seed grant program. The program assists recipients in establishing gardens and promoting benefits of vegetable production and consumption to local communities.

Learn about which vegetable and herb crops are susceptible to powdery mildew and how to prevent and control it.