Floral

Emerald Coast Growers and Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to bring the renowned breeder’s hottest new plants to market. First fruits of the relationship: Emerald Coast Growers is the inaugural licensee for nine new Sedums from Terra Nova Nurseries. …

Pleasant View Gardens, of Loudon and Pembroke NH, and one of the founding companies of the Proven Winners Brand, has selected MPS-ABC for environmental certification. Henry Huntington, Co-Owner of Pleasant View Gardens says, “One of our long range goals at Pleasant View Gardens is sustainability. We studied the MPS program and liked the way it will help us measure our actions, give us guidelines and help us set our own goals for sustainability.” …

Michael Evans, University of Arkansas; Jeff Kuehny, Louisiana State University; and Matt Taylor, Longwood Gardens were named recipients of the OFA Alex Laurie Award on July 10, 2011 during the OFA Short Course. …

California’s U.S. senators and more than half of its congressional delegation backed a request from the state’s flower growers for $15 million to build a transport hub that would help counter Colombian competition. …

As cut flower growers know all too well, U.S. dollars intended to curb the drug trade in Colombia have inadvertently caused the Colombian cut flower industry to flourish at the expense of our state's growers. We will continue to work with the administration on measures that will allow trade to benefit all growers.
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