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Turkey

12/06/2024

The Landscape Istanbul Fair 2024 (LIF 2024) receives approval from AIPH

Members of AIPH gave the International Horticultural Trade Exhibition approval for the Landscape Istanbul Fair 2024 (LIF 2024). The event…

Netherlands

12/06/2024

Blue Radix Wins the GreenTech Innovation Award 2024!

Blue Radix is thrilled to announce that it has won the prestigious GreenTech Innovation Award 2024 for its latest advancement,…

China

11/06/2024

Plant Profile: Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree)

With unique fishtail-shaped leaves that open vibrant green in spring, becoming golden yellow in autumn, the ginkgo in full foliage…

FCI Industry Events

4 February 2024

‘Living Green, Liveable Cities’ Research Symposium

BTN - IGOTY 2023 Winner

23 January 2024, 4:30 pm - 9:45 pm CET

International Grower of the Year 2024

16 January 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Central European Time

Novelty Protection Webinar 2024

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  1. International communication expert Frank van Suchtelen receives…
  2. Growing peat-free in Australia
  3. Sustainable Growing Requires a Sustainable Substrate
  4. Koppert and Blue Radix winners GreenTech Innovation…
  5. Dutch Greenhouse Delta to welcome hundreds of…
  6. Discover the latest advancements in science at…
  7. King Willem-Alexander opens ISF World Seed Congress…
  8. 2024 Farwest Show registration is now live
  9. Schreurs to showcase its latest Sunshapers garden…
  10. Dümmen Orange inks licensing agreement with Selecta…

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World

Greening the desert – Green City initiatives for arid environments

World

AIPH Pavilion showcases intelligent plant selection for challenging environments

Netherlands

Utrecht showcases urban greening initiative

Iran

Mashhad reverses environmental impact by transforming highway to ‘green belt’

Production

Production

Production

Germany

10/06/2024

Boldly Stepping into the Future—Substrates: The Next Generation

If the horticulture industry is to grow its products responsibly, effectively, and efficiently using growing media, it must innovate. This…

Netherlands

10/06/2024

Schreurs to showcase its latest Sunshapers garden gerberas at forthcoming FlowerTrials

At this year's Flower Trials (11-14 June) , Schreurs will showcase its newest range of Sunshapers gerberas for the outdoors. …

Germany

07/06/2024

Dümmen Orange inks licensing agreement with Selecta One for breeding and marketing TMV resistant Intrinsa petunias

Ornamental plant breeder Selecta One has entered into a global licensing agreement with Dümmen Orange for the use of the…

Country Showcase

Belgium

12/12/2023

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 3

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

Belgium

01/11/2023

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 2

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

Belgium

01/10/2023

In Flanders Fields, where ornamental trees and plants grow – Episode 1

The Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board (VLAM) invited FCI to see a cross-section of ornamental horticulture in the province…

United Kingdom

18/09/2023

‘Sustainability increased capital costs in the short-term but reduced running costs over a longer period’

Allensmore Nurseries reigned supreme at AIPH International Grower of the Year 2023 at IPM Essen, winning gold for…

Italy

01/09/2023

How is the Italian garden centre sector faring?

Founded in 2012, Italy’s national garden centre association, the Associazione Italiana Centri Giardinaggio (AICG), is the voice of…

Switzerland

01/07/2023

How is the Swiss garden centre sector faring?

Episode four of our ‘Exploring Europe’s Garden Centres’ series takes us to Switzerland, where we interviewed Erwin Meier-Honegger,…

Erwin Meier-Honegger holding soil up shaped like a heart.
Netherlands

01/07/2023

Lush lilies in the limelight

The Dutch lily industry ran its 11th open house in the second week of June when it opened…

United States

01/06/2023

‘There’s an emotional disconnect between end users and larger scale commercial producers’

FCI had a great one-to-one with plant enthusiast and plant convention organiser Kenny Kiet Nguyen from Houston. We…

Lady looking at plants during Plantcon International
World

01/06/2023

Smart plants or the magical interaction between flowers and pollinators

The interconnectedness of everything in nature is astounding. Plants have evolved side by side with their pollinators creating…

Close-up of bee on a yellow flower.
Taiwan

01/05/2023

‘We believe that the ornamental business will become more closely linked to the regional economy’

Royal Base Corporation from Chinese Taipei scooped Gold in the Cut Flowers & Bulbs category of AIPH’s 2023…

selfie picture of Robert Wang with the The Royal Base Corporation team posing at the TIOS orchid show.

Markets

Markets

Markets

Markets

Netherlands

06/06/2024

Dutch auction Plantion presents its multi-year strategic plan to drive growth

At Plantion’s Annual General Members’ Meeting on Wednesday, 5 June, chairman René Willemsen introduced its multi-year strategic growth plan and…

Ukraine

03/06/2024

Ukraine abolishes special duty on rose imports

The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) has abolished the special duty measures in force in Ukraine for the import…

Colombia

28/05/2024

Floritec kicks off construction of new breeding centre in Colombia

Dutch-based Floritec, a breeder of Chrysanthemum, potted Celosia and Aster, has kicked off construction of a new breeding facility in…

Netherlands

24/05/2024

New money, new equity injections, and new CEO for restructuring Dümmen Orange

Dümmen Orange has obtained additional cash to fund its restructuring business through an equity injection. A consortium of current lenders,…

Novelties

Netherlands

11/06/2024

Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Pretty in Pink’ winner of the Green Retail Award for Best Novelty

The winner of the Green Retail Award for Best Novelty is Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Pretty in Pink’ submitted by Compass Plants B.V. together with Hans van der Meer Potplanten, both from…

Netherlands

10/06/2024

Boskoop’s Royal Horticulture Society to present Best in Show Awards at Groen-Direkt’s Summer Days

Boskoop’s Royal Horticulture Society (KVBC) will reveal the Groen-Direkt Summer Days Best in Show Award winner today. Eleven new plants will battle it out to win KVBC’s coveted gold medal.…

Japan

19/04/2024

Magic happens with Schoneveld Breeding’s award-winning Cyclamen ‘Illusia’

‘Illusia’, the cyclamen that does not look like a cyclamen, won top honours at the Japanese Flower Trials and is now ready to take its magic to the forthcoming FlowerTrials…

United States

08/03/2024

PDSI to shine the spotlight on innovation at 2024 California Spring Trials (CAST)

With an impressive slate of award-winning and new-to-market plants, Plant Development Services, Inc. (PDSI) is shining the spotlight on innovation at the California Spring Trials (CAST) running between 19-22 March,…

Netherlands

07/02/2024

Dutch Italo Hibiscus Working Group add Bilbao and Palermo to their Sunny Cities portfolio

The Dutch Italo Hibiscus Working Group, a consortium of Dutch based Hibiscus growers Peeters Potplanten, Koolhaas Kwekerijen, Kwekerij Groenhof, Hibiscus grower Keicher from Latina (in the greater Rome area) and…

Logistics

Logistics

Logistics

Logistics

Germany

21/05/2024

German competition watchdog green lights rules for Euro Plant Tray

The German competition and markets authority, Bundeskartellamt, has given the green light to horticultural companies that team up with Euro…

United Kingdom

04/05/2024

One Air commences Boeing 747 freighter operations at East Midlands Airport

One Air, the British cargo airline, has commenced operations at East Midlands Airport (EMA). The central UK airport will now…

World

02/05/2024

IATA reports fourth month of double-digit growth in March

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March 2024 global air cargo markets showing continuing strong annual growth…

Denmark

21/04/2024

SAS partners with WFS for cargo handling at a fourth major airport in North America

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has awarded a cargo handling contract to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) at a fourth major airport gateway…

Tech

Tech

Tech

Tech

Netherlands

10/06/2024

Priva celebrates its 65th anniversary and presents groundbreaking new products at GreenTech 2024

This year, greenhouse automation supplier Priva celebrates 65 years in business. At this week's GreenTech show in Amsterdam the company…

Netherlands

06/06/2024

Dutch Greenhouse Delta to welcome hundreds of industry professionals at forthcoming GreenTech

Dutch Greenhouse Delta (DGD), a provider of Dutch expertise in protected cropping, will welcome hundreds of international guests at GreenTech,…

Netherlands

05/06/2024

MechaTronix launches new Coolstack grow light for high wire crops

In the ever-evolving landscape of greenhouse agriculture, MechaTronix takes a bold step forward by introducing an exciting innovation to their…

Netherlands

14/05/2024

GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2024 nominees announced

A ChatGPT-like digital assisant – trained on massive data and modelling on a natural language  to interpret the question, and…

Events

Turkey

12/06/2024

The Landscape Istanbul Fair 2024 (LIF 2024) receives approval from AIPH

Members of AIPH gave the International Horticultural Trade Exhibition approval for the Landscape Istanbul Fair 2024 (LIF 2024). The event will be held from 13 to 15 November 2024 at…

Netherlands

12/06/2024

Blue Radix Wins the GreenTech Innovation Award 2024!

Blue Radix is thrilled to announce that it has won the prestigious GreenTech Innovation Award 2024 for its latest advancement, Integrated Autonomous Climate & Irrigation Control. This cutting-edge, AI-driven system…

Netherlands

11/06/2024

Koppert and Blue Radix winners GreenTech Innovation and Concept Awards 2024

The winners of the GreenTech Awards were announced at the opening of GreenTech Amsterdam 2024. Koppert wins the Concept Award for the product Koppert’s Digital Assistant. Blue Radix won the…

People

People

People

People

Netherlands

30/05/2024

International communication expert Frank van Suchtelen receives Premio Massimo Matteini Award

International communication expert Frank van Suchtelen received the Premio Massimo Matteini Award at Italy’s home and garden show, Coniolo Fiori…

Netherlands

21/05/2024

Maartje Bouvy and Mariken Tannemaat join Dutch Flower Group’s supervisory board

Dutch Flower Group (DFG), touted as the world’s largest floral wholesaler, has announced the appointment of two supervisory board members.…

Germany

14/05/2024

CIOPORA appoints Micaela Filippo as new Deputy Secretary-General

Micaela Filippo has been appointed as the new Deputy Secretary General of CIOPORA, the International Association of Breeders of Asexually…

United States

14/05/2024

Ball Horticultural’s Ockert Greyvenstein joins AFE’s Board of Trustees

Ball Horticultural Company's Ockert Greyvenstein has joined the Board of Trustees of the American Floral Endowment (AFE), a non-profit organisation…

Opinion

Australia

07/06/2024

Growing peat-free in Australia

John McDonald is National Biosecurity Manager at Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA). He wrote this opinion column for the May 2024…

United Kingdom

05/06/2024

How the UK is moving towards a peat-free tomorrow

David Lydiat is the Public Affairs and Policy Manager at the Horticultural Trade Association (HTA), which represents the UK garden…

China

10/05/2024

Changes in the Chinese horticulture industry

Over the last twenty years, the production of plants and flowers in China has grown at a huge pace. Ten…

United Kingdom

30/04/2024

How effective are the forthcoming Brexit border checks?

At the British Ornamentals Association’s annual technical conference, the effectiveness of the forthcoming Brexit border checks was top of the…

R&D

Netherlands

04/06/2024

World Horti Center grants replication privilege to Shandong province authorities

World Horti Center has struck a partnership agreement with the Chinese province of Shandong, which will see the building of a second World Horti Center outside Europe. The Lord Mayor…

Netherlands

20/12/2023

Electromagnetic energy stimulates crop growth

Dutch-based Wageningen University & Research (WUR) found that electromagnetic (EM) energy encourages crops to grow faster. The research was recently published in the report 'Effects of the ParXtra modulator on…

Netherlands

12/11/2023

Trademarks and Variety Denominations are two different concepts that should not be confused

When buying a Pink Lady®, Kanzi® or Jazz™ apple in the supermarket, few consumers will know they are purchasing a ‘Cripps Pink’, ‘Nicoter’ or ‘Scifresh’ apple variety. The fruit industry,…

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