Cover Story

Locate, Deliberate, Integrate

Jennifer Zurko

Expanding your business doesn’t necessarily have to mean you build a brand-new greenhouse on your property. If you’ve got the will, the want and the resources, you can convert an existing facility from a different location.

JZ on D.C.

AmericanHort Shifts & Expands Advocacy Team

Jennifer Zurko

In February, AmericanHort announced some changes to its advocacy team. Matt Mika is now VP of Advocacy and Government Affairs, assuming the leadership of the organization’s Washington, D.C.-based advocacy team, transitioning that role from long time industry advocate Craig Regelbrugge.

GT in Brief

HI Hydrangea URCs Now Available Through Express Seed

Jennifer Zurko

Potted plant grower Creekside Greenhouse, based in Ontario, Canada, recently announced a partnership to develop new varieties and sell unrooted cuttings of the HI Hydrangea line through Express Seed.

Inside Look

Home Sweet Greenhouse

Jennifer Zurko

On converting or integrating an established greenhouse facility, I wondered if it was similar to buying a house.

GT in Brief

Putting the Special in Specialty Cuts

Jennifer Zurko

Ball SB breeds, produces and sells specialty cut plant material all around the world all year round direct from their grower partners in Colombia, Ecuador, Central America and Kenya.

Features

A Journey to Find What’s New

Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Zurko

Our editors travel so you don’t have to—this time they hit up the winter trade shows to find out what’s new and to

Cover Story

Wandering the Winter Shows

Chris Beytes, Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Zurko

There was so much to see and so many people to talk to at the winter trade shows, where most saw record or near-record-breaking attendance. It just goes to show that seeing new products first-hand and networking face-to-face will always be a major part of our industry. Here, we’ll cover the shows in order of when they were held.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Aris Horticulture; Ball FloraPlant/Selecta One; BioWorks; Buchholz Nursery; Eason Horticultural Resources; Jiffy; Monrovia; Profile Products; Stuppy Greenhouse, Inc.; ThinkPlants

GT in Brief

Proven Winners ColorChoice Expands Offering With Hollywood Hibiscus

Jennifer Zurko

Spring Meadow Nursery announced the addition of J. Berry’s Hollywood Hibiscus to its catalog of Proven Winners ColorChoice flowering shrubs.

GT in Brief

AFE Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted

Jennifer Zurko

The American Floral Endowment (AFE) announced that applications are now open for 30-plus undergraduate and graduate scholarships through the online scholarship platform.