Floral

Online floral arrangement company EZBloomers.com has launched a ‘Support Local Florists’ campaign driven by Facebook to shed light on the growing problem of large order gatherers monopolizing the way consumers send flowers. Order gatherers purposely divert orders from local florists keeping a twenty percent commission and increasing the amount customers pay; they tack on a $15 service fee to each order. …

With Thanksgiving just a day away, North Carolina Christmas tree farmers are gearing up for a busy month. Choose and cut operations will open this weekend across the western part of the state for consumers hoping to find the perfect Christmas tree. For weeks, growers have already been harvesting and preparing trees for shipment across the country for sale at home improvement centers, grocery stores and other retail locations. …

Three leading horticultural distributors, Plant Products Co Ltd., MGS Horticultural Inc. and Terralink Horticulture Inc. have formed a Canadian distribution organization called CanHorta™ Canadian Horticulture Alliance. …

Certification is not new to Pacific Plug and Liner. Yet recently they made the decision to begin certification with MPS-ABC. Pacific Plug and Liner explains: “We see certification as an instrument that helps us to get recognized as a business concerned about long term sustainability. Being associated with MPS will be a positive influence on our development of good business practices”. …

The same things hurting farms across the country are impacting Hawaii flower growers: cheaper labor costs abroad and the reluctance of a younger generation to take up the family trade. The story flower growers tell Civil Beat is one of years of declines in lei flowers and potted plants. …