Floral

The International Floriculture Expo (IFE) announced the expansion of its Key Buyer Complimentary Room Night Program to include retailers with 20+ units for the upcoming show in New Orleans June 10 – 13, 2014 in New Orleans.  The expansion of complimentary room nights is designed to increase exhibitor ROI, expand the scope of the show and allow opportunity for more participation from buyers at various independent and chain store levels to participate in the show.  In the past, only retailers with 50+ units qualified for complimentary room nights. …

Flowers Canada (Ontario) Inc. (FCO) is very pleased and excited to be working with T & T Supermarket to launch a pilot project geared towards increasing the floriculture presence and staff education throughout the T & T grocery chain. The collaboration between FCO and T & T is in support of FCO’s project “Educating the Retailers.” …

We are pleased to inform you that from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 November (week 45), we will open the doors of our greenhouses for our business partners in our annual Bloom & Breakfast event. You are welcome to visit our greenhouses on the Lavendelweg in Rijsenhout from 08:00 onwards. …

The Trade Fair, being held on November 6 – 8 at FloraHolland in Aalsmeer, will be expanded this year to include at least 50 prominent breeders of flowers and plants. …

A coalition of California cut flower farmers recently arrived in Portland, extending their hands of friendship to the local floral industry. They weren't exactly holding olive branches, although those botanical elements would likely be found in a vase of California-grown blooms. No, the reason was self-preservation, not just for the seven California farms in attendance, but for their counterparts in Oregon and Washington. …