Floral

Teleflora, the world’s leading flower wire service offering only hand-arranged, hand-delivered floral bouquets by local florists, announced today its 2012 Education Center schedule. For 28 years, the Education Center has provided ground-breaking classes taught by the industry’s finest in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the company’s start-of-the-art center. Teleflora’s Education Center is a certified AIFD pathway provider and education partner of AIFD. …

Dutch flora breeder Agribio Group has recently agreed to a broad partnership with Bartels Roses and Bartels Stek, two divisions of the renowned Dutch breeding company Goos Bartels. Breeder and cultivator Preesman Holland BV has similarly agreed to a collaboration with Olij Breeding, which will function as Preesman’s agent from now on. Meanwhile, Belgian flower and vegetable wholesaler Univeg is planning to sell its entire flower and plant division. …

In just over a year, and during the worst economic conditions for a long time, Ron Midgett has started New Earth Orchids and made the business turn a profit. How did he do that?

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Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT), and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced PANTONE® 17-1463 Tangerine Tango, a vivacious, enticing hue, as the color of the year for 2012. …

A number of motions were passed during the well-attended FloraHolland general members' meeting in Naaldwijk. The members approved the new advisory structure for the purposes of increasing member involvement and FloraHolland taking over the financing of Flower Council Holland [Bloemenbureau Holland; BBH]. The annual plan and the budget for 2012 were also approved by the members. There was wholehearted approval of the statutory name change from FloraHolland to ‘Koninklijke Coöperatieve Bloemenveiling FloraHolland U.A.’ as a result of FloraHolland being awarded the Royal designation. …