All Flowers articles – Page 46
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HTA revisits Eire
The HTA will be running another study tour this summer to the Republic of Ireland.
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ArticleSainsbury's enviro pledge
Sainsbury’s is set to crank up its environmental expectations further in response to consumer demands.
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ArticleRose Growers' Association renamed
The British Rose Growers Association has been renamed the HTA British Roses Group.
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Radical outlook adds a dimension
Every generation wonders if the next will cope with what the world throws at it.But now as almost everyone must surely know,
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ArticleMarket forces
A sense of rebellion against traditional retail outlets and the huge rise in popularity of eating out has brought exciting times for the wholesale sector, where there are considerable changes afoot. David Shapley reports.
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Lloyds to sponsor RHS Gala Preview
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets is to sponsor the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show Charity Gala Preview for the next two years.
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Grass expert on home turf
The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes will be officially launched at this year's Chelsea show
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ArticleGreat Pavilion gears up for show
There will be much of interest to commercial growers in the Great Pavilion at Chelsea this year.
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ArticleNew roses at Chelsea
Harkness will be introducing a number of new rose varieties at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
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ArticleBees descend on Chelsea
With bees disappearing from Britain’s landscape in alarming numbers, they are conversely swarming towards the top of the agenda at Chelsea.
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Flower named in Seabrook's honour
The legendary Peter Seabrook is to embark on his latest Chelsea voyage this year, with the unveiling of a plant named in his honour.
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Somerset hosts allotment week
Somerset will be the venue for a week dedicated to allotments. The event has been organised to tie in with National Allotment Week and takes place at Sanders GardenWorld in Brent Knoll from August 13 to 19.
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ArticleKenyans hit back over 'air miles'
While ‘food mile’ mania continues to sweep Britain, Kenya’s exporting community is becoming more organised in its attempts to shift the focus back to ‘fair miles’.
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Greenisland Flowers takes floral honours
The Long Life Solutions Floral Business of the Year award went to Greenisland Flowers. Up against last year’s winner Flowerfete, Greenisland Flowers was formed in 2004 after Donnelly Horticulture’s successful trails, experimenting in growing stock as a cut flower, concluded that the season could be extended.
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ArticleFamily business gets Re:fresh retail award
The award for Independent Retailer of the Year, sponsored by Foods From Spain, went to family business Garsons. Garsons has two garden centre and farm shop locations, featuring local produce and the best speciality food, at Esher in Surrey and Titchfield in Hampshire, and has been led by five generations of the Thompson family.
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ArticleHolland the top wholesaler
JR Holland has won the Capespan sponsored Wholesalers of the Year award at Re:fresh. A first-time winner of this award, JR Holland had not previously entered, and felt that due to continued success and a particularly good last 12 months, the time was right to throw its hat into the ring.
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ArticleJR Holland named overall trader of the year
This year’s Re:fresh Overall Produce Trader of the Year, as sponsored by Tesco, is the JR Holland Group.
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ArticleCover your tracks
Unless you have spent the last few months living in a cave - which, incidentally, would be a very environmentally friendly mode of existence - then the notion of a carbon footprint will hardly be an alien concept. Laura Gould takes a look at what the UK produce industry is doing to reduce the size of its own tread - and also considers how our environmental decisions could impact on growers further afield.
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ArticleConference organisers address delegate needs to put bums on seats
A reasonable number of FPJ readers will be reading this either at the Re:fresh Conference or having been to the event. But the vast majority of you will read this issue having chosen not to attend. Just what do delegates want from a conference? Tommy Leighton tries to find out.