Floral

Fides Oro has added two horticultural experts to its sales team in order to provide customers with planting and growing advice for its line of annual, perennial and foliage cuttings. “Our relationship with our clients does not stop at the time of purchase,” says Reinoud Hagen, Commercial Manager for Fides Oro. “We provide customers with the support they need to grow our products successfully.” …

Purple calla lilies, green hydrangeas, lime lizard chrysanthemums, and golden sunflowers fill the space at Full Bloom Flowers on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive. Ms. Diane Levings and her Full Bloom Flowers co-owner, Joan Dewling, look for flowers that carry the stamp of approval of the Flower Label Program (FLP), a Bonn, Germany-based association of human-rights groups, flower producers and retailers. The FLP promotes socially and environmentally-responsible flower and foliage cultivation by setting universal health, safety, social, labour and environmental-protection standards. …

21 of 79 candidates who participated in the American Institute of Floral Designers' (AIFD) Professional Floral Design Evaluation (PFDE) July 2 in San Francisco were successful in their quest to become CFD and were invited to become an Accredited Member of AIFD, it was announced by AIFD. …

Ball Horticultural Company's plantable, bio-based container SoilWrap(r) has been awarded USDA BioPreferredsm designation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, falling within the USDA BioPreferred Landscaping and Agriculture – Plant and Flower Pots category. In addition, SoilWrap is also identified for Federal Procurement Preference by federal agencies and their contractors when making purchasing decisions. …

American flower firm Falcom Farms on Monday denied union claims that over 200 workers in southwest Colombia workers are on strike over back pay and accused the workers’ union of “creating unrest.” …