FloraCulture International

04/12/2023

FloraCulture International December magazine is online now https://bit.ly/3t0Ue90 - It features an International Horticultural Trade Shows 2024 Supplement with a 12-month calendar and an interview with the boss of IPM Essen 2024 Messe Essen celebrating 40 years. Our front cover is courtesy of Solitair for our final Flanders' industry series. Plus, we feature a special interview with Debbie Hamrick, the founder of FloraCulture International.

01/12/2023

It’s that time of year once again, and British Garden Centres has revealed its festive decorating inspiration to help customers deck the halls for the season.

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It’s that time of year once again and British Garden Centres, the largest UK family-run garden centre group has revealed its festive decorating inspiration to help customers deck the halls for the season. From classic and natural styles to bright and bold glamour, there are ideas to suit every tas...

30/11/2023

The Embassy of the Netherlands in Budapest, in association with the Hungarian Ornamental Horticulturalist Association, will co-host a Green Cities Conference at Budapest’s Hotel Novotel Danube on 12 December 2023.

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The Embassy of the Netherlands in Budapest, with the Hungarian Ornamental Horticulturalist Association on 12 December 2023.

29/11/2023

The Ronald Moerings Foundation (RMF) has donated €129,300 to the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (AVL) Foundation to support cancer research.

Ronald Moerings Foundation donates €129,300 to support cancer research antoni van leeuwenhoek hospital cancer centre amsterdam charity

27/11/2023

A majority of the European Parliament rejected the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR)

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EU Parliament rejects pesticide law sustainable use regulation SUR ban on chemicals voted by right wing majority

22/11/2023

Türkiye’s most influential horticultural and landscaping trade show occurred in Istanbul between 16-18 November 2023, featuring 120 exhibitors occupying nearly 7,000 net sqm.

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Türkiye’s most influential horticultural and landscaping trade show was hailed a success, with good attendance numbers and quality visitors.

16/11/2023

AIPH and Union Fleurs announce the launch of the 71st International Statistics Flowers and Plants Yearbook, the most comprehensive production and trade data collection for the ornamental plants and flower industry.

https://aiph.org/floraculture/news/international-statistics-flowers-and-plants-2023-launches-with-valuable-industry-data/

15/11/2023

Lyngby, aka King’s Lyngby, a cultural hub and university town in greater Copenhagen, Denmark, has won the 2023 Green Cities Europe Award, recognising its multi-generational housing project, Basecamp Lyngby.

The Danish city of Lyngby is crowned Europe’s greenest city urban greenery EU-funded campaign Utrecht and Saint Etienne

10/11/2023

Becoming a market leader in F1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus) breeding for cutting doesn’t happen overnight. FCI spoke to Takii, a Ducth-based ornamental sunflower grower that was first established in 1835 in Kyoto, Japan. Today, they hold around 70% of the European sunflower market.

Read more on pg. 42: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

09/11/2023

Trademarks vs variety denominations: what's the difference?

These two important concepts should not be confused. The team from AOMB Netherlands went into detail in the latest edition of FCI. Read more on pg. 22: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

08/11/2023

Emanuela Truffo, a Partner at the Italian law firm Studio Legale Jacobacci E Associati, went into detail about the enforcement of plant breeders' rights in Italy in the latest edition of FCI.

Read more on pg. 16: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

07/11/2023

To licence or not to licence? But the most pertinent question is: how to licence?

Tjeerd Overdijk, Attorney-at-Law at Vondst Advocaten in the Netherlands, explained to readers the importance of licencing and how it's done. Read more on pg. 12: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

02/11/2023

The November edition of FCI is out now!

This month, we're focusing on plant breeders' rights, including insight into the difference between trademarks and variety denominations, plant variety rights options in the USA, and how to license new varieties effectively.

Read now: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

31/10/2023

The Canadian Garden Council will host, for the first time in Canada, the International Garden Tourism Conference between 1-4 November in Victoria, Vancouver Island.

The Canadian Garden Council is pleased to host, for the first time in Canada, the International Garden Tourism Conference between 1-4 November in Victoria, Vancouver Island. Originally intended to occur in 2021, the International Garden Tourism Conference is convening more than 80 delegates from 12....

17/10/2023

Leading UK bulb supplier Taylors Bulbs is now contributing to Berkshire-based Joy of Plants’ ‘PlantShare’ library.

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Taylors Bulbs team-up with Joy of Plants bulb lincolnshire daffodils bulb supplier library spaulding online sales

16/10/2023

Columnist, writer, and plantsman Arturo Croci from Italy has been honoured with a garden rose named after him. Red tea hybrid Rosa ‘Arturo Croci' features a traditional musky old-rose fragrance and soft red to magenta flowers.

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New garden rose named after writer and plantsman Arturo Croci tea hybrid rose orticolario villa visconti cernobbio

12/10/2023

Heliospectra LED Grow Lights, a Swedish horticulture LED lighting solution provider and AIPH Affiliate Member, explains how its smart LED lighting technology and precision growing maximise energy savings and plant growth.

How a Swedish smart LED lighting technology and precision growing maximise energy savings and plant growth.

11/10/2023

Elkin Farfán, planning director for Cundinamarca-based Phytotec SAS, was crowned Asocolflores Young Grower of the Year 2023 at the Proflora show last week

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Asocolflores announces the winner of its inaugural Young Grower of the Year/Next Gen Award

10/10/2023

Over the past twenty years, the ornamental horticulture industry in the Republic of Korea has been in decline. Korean industry professionals offered their insights into why this is at AIPH’s Horticultural Industry Conference.

Korean industry professionals gave their insights into why their floriculture industry has declined at AIPH’s Horticultural Industry Conference

10/10/2023

For the October edition of FCI we spoke with Jef Gielis, who oversees the day-to-day operations of Belgicactus - his family's succulent nursery in Belgium.

Read more on pg. 17: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

09/10/2023

In 2022, HTA News estimated £16 million worth of garden centre turnover had been lost to retail crime over the last 12 months. HTA has joined forces with the British Retail Consortium and other major retailers to call for action on the escalating crisis of retail crime.

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Crime wave sweeps through UK garden centres horticultural trades association uk garden centre stores crime theft

06/10/2023

Thanks to innovative breeding and marketing, one of Europe’s oldest cultivated ornamentals has staged a comeback as the newest kid on the block.

Find out more about the resurgence of the pot carnation on pg. 27: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

05/10/2023

Speaking today at ‘Horticulture, The Conference 2023’, HTA Chief Executive Fran Barnes made a strong call to action to politicians and policy-makers to deliver supportive measures or risk the sector that will deliver on net-zero.

Read more: https://aiph.org/floraculture/news/hta-urges-action-and-clarity-from-uk-government-to-embrace-environmental-horticulture-for-sustainable-green-growth/

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HTA Chief Executive Fran Barnes made a strong call to action to politicians and policy-makers to deliver supportive measures or risk the sector that will deliver on net-zero.

05/10/2023

In Flanders Fields, brothers Didier, Luc and Louis Hermans run 'Herplant', which produces Taxus and Buxus trees. Utilising selective breeding, they are creating more disease and pest-resistant, visually appealing, scientifically tested, and well-rooted varieties

Read more on pg. 14: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

04/10/2023

FCI sat down with Francesco Ferrini, Professor of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry at the University of Florence, to talk about the game-changing benefits of a triple helix approach — a trilateral network of organisational links between university, government, and nursery stock industry.

Read the interview from pg. 9 in the latest edition of FCI: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

03/10/2023

How is the horticultural industry addressing its environmental footprint?

MPS and Royal FloraHolland revealed details of the HortiFootprint Calculator and the FloriPEFCR at AIPH's Horticultural Industry Conference. Find out more:

Environmental footprinting in horticulture was the topic of discussion at AIPH's Horticultural Industry Conference.

03/10/2023

The latest edition of FCI is out now!!

This month's edition features an interview with Prof Ferrini of the Università degli Studi di Firenze, insight into ornamental planting in Flanders Field by the Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board, and Heliospectra LED Grow Lights.

Read more: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/

28/09/2023

Horticultural supply and engineering company Royal Brinkman Canada’s UniMite bio-distributor premiered at the Canadian Greenhouse Conference.

Royal Brinkman launches UniMite bio-distribution systems in Canada horticultural supply and engineeering company biocontrols

12/09/2023

Dutch plant breeder and propagator Dümmen Orange has launched Veronica Candela, a new series comprising three heat-tolerant, programmable, and boldly coloured Veronica spicata cultivars.

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Dümmen Orange launches new Candela Veronica series

06/09/2023

Launched nearly ten years ago, the Fairy Magnolia brand continues to thrive in the global nursery stock sector. We spoke to breeder Mark Jury and agent Anthony Tesselaar Plants - AU/NZ about this stunning variety.

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Australian plant breeder’s agent Anthony Tesselaar and award-winning plant breeder Mark Jury from New Zealand talk about Fairy Magnolia.

06/09/2023

Variegated Frydek Elephant Ear (Alocasia micholitziana ‘Frydek Variegata’) was chosen by a panel of expert judges as the Best in Show winner in the 2023 Farwest Show’s New Varieties Showcase.

Read more: https://aiph.org/floraculture/news/farwest-show-judges-choose-variegated-alocasia-as-best-in-show-at-new-varieties-showcase/

05/09/2023

Data released by the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA News) shows clear consequences: accelerating a ban from 2030 to 2026 on UK tree and plant growers using peat will have significant environmental and economic impacts.

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New evidence shows Defra proposals for an early peat ban will have negative environmental and economic impacts

04/09/2023

Secretary General Tim Briercliffe celebrates his 10th anniversary at the International Association of Horticultural Producers - AIPH this month. FCI sat down with Tim to talk about his years at AIPH and his thoughts on the future of our industry.

Read more: https://aiph.org/floraculture/news/this-industry-creates-people-with-passion-and-ambition/

04/09/2023

ErfGoed Teeltvloeren has published a new irrigation white paper outlining the primary criteria to double-check when opting for a specific irrigation system.

Erfgoed published white paper to help growers make informed irrigation decisions

31/08/2023

Certis Belchim NL opened its trials stations to visitors from around the globe again this summer for its popular Trial Field Days.

Certis Belchim Trial Field Days attracts 2,000 visitors

30/08/2023

The latest edition of FCI is out now!

This month we look at biocontrol in horticulture, with insight from IBMA - International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association, Certis Belchim, and the authors of 'Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management’. Read the magazine here: https://aiph.org/floraculture/latest-edition/