Michigan State University Extension recently published this consumer article by Dr. David Smitley on why the discovery of neonicotinoid insecticides in leaves and flowers of some garden center plants should not stop consumers from buying and planting flowers, because the benefit to bees far outweighs the potential risk. It's a good resource to share with your customers and consumers.
Michael Geary, the association’s President and CEO, discusses how AmericanHort aims to help growers succeed, and what you’ll find when you attend Cultivate’14 in Columbus, Ohio, this July 12-15.
In celebration of National Pollinator Week, Michigan State University (MSU) hosted the Third Annual Bee Palooza from on Sunday, June 22. This interactive event was open to people of all ages to learn more about pollinators by visiting a series of seven stations set up in various parts of the MSU Horticulture Gardens.
The new miticide provides a novel mode of action, with active ingredient cyflumetofen, for use in greenhouses, nurseries, landscapes and interiorscapes.
AmericanHort selected six students from across the country to serve as this year’s HortScholars. The competitive application process identifies some of the industry’s brightest young professionals and helps to launch their careers in horticulture by providing education and networking opportunities.
Svensson Executive Vice President, Anders Ludvigson, is on a mission to raise awareness about the need to produce food with less resources by making a film of commercial greenhouses that use his textile products to reduce energy or water consumption.
Nursery owner Kurt Bluemel, 81, died of cancer on June 4. The Maryland-based wholesale grower propagated and popularized ornamental grasses and was a known as the Grass King.
Industry members are invited to attend a July 28 meeting to discuss horticultural lighting standards for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), facilitated by Michigan State University (MSU). The two-hour roundtable discussion will take place during the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research.
Creating our own advocacy is an important tool in areas like presenting science-based knowledge about pollinator health, and informing the public about how growers already preserve natural resources through responsible practices like integrated pest management (IPM), water reclamation and recycling, plastic recycling and sustainability initiatives.
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