The anniversary edition of trade fair GrootGroenPlus, which will be held in Zundert, The Netherlands, from 30 September to 2 October, is centred around meeting, learning, and inspiring.

The theme is 'Growing Strong, Celebrating 25 Years', with the organisers promising the show will be a three-day 'one-stop-shopping' event for everyone who is professionally involved with the green market - and a great networking opportunity.

The broad scope of the exhibits is one of the main characteristics of the 25th edition of the fair. From seed to avenue tree, it will all be there, including growing materials, seedlings, bare root plants and container grown plants. Some participants sell plants as a concept, others in special shapes or applications. You will see a diverse, high-quality offer, both for creation and maintenance and for garden centre sales.

Once again, there will be three different routes around the show, with a combined length of 1km. Both red and grey route have a height of 11m, allowing room for mature specimen trees.

The grey route features a large square of 140sq.m, with nine growers from the Haaren area presenting, among other things, shrubs, ornamental grasses, bush roses, taxus, solitaries, root ball trees, heavy hedge plants, buxus, ilex, 150 different avenue and park trees, and a total offer for gardeners and export.

Alongside the blue route, visitors will find the Treeport collective, representing the interests of tree nurseries in the Zundert area, which is known for its 400 plant species, trade, and good logistics. The blue route will feature a large stand by Flora Holland and participants' from the Venlo area offering ground cover shrubs, buxus, taxus, Prunus laurocerasus, conifers, and multiple container plants.

The international section, also spread over the three routes, will include exhibitors from France, Germany, Morocco, Italy, Poland, and the UK.

Products ad services on show will include gates, soil improvers, plant food, cultural advice, biological novelties, old fruit trees, greenery for roofs and façades, plugs, mandrels and water plantsl. The tree nursery areas Opheusden (known for its avenue trees) and Boskoop, (renowned for its garden plant production) will be well represented.