All Flowers articles – Page 49
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ArticleEcuador gears up for UK flower market
A three-year campaign to boost Ecuadorian rose exports to the UK kicked off last week driven by new brand Rosas Del Ecuador - Best in the World.
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Wiltshire powers into finals
Patrick Wiltshire has buzzed his way to victory again in the Northern Regional Final of the Institute of Horticulture’s Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition,
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Syngenta to acquire Fischer
Syngenta is set to acquire vegetative flowers company Fischer Group for around £34 million.
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ArticlePositive prognosis for season
Indications are that ornamental sales through the garden retail sector are looking up this year
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African horticulture forms new trade group
A regional network for horticultural producers in East and southern Africa has been launched as part of an ongoing effort to ensure that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) which are meant to replace the current trading regime with the EU are signed by the end of December 2007.
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ArticleColegrave unveils new range
Ball Colegrave has unveiled a multitude of new varieties to support an increasing appetite for autumn colour at retail and in landscape bedding.
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Pyrastrobin and boscalid evaluated
Results of trial work in fruit and vegetables show that in addition to the disease control of bacteria and virus infection by the two fungicides involved - pyrastrobin and boscalid - they can also play an equally key role in boosting a crop’s own defence mechanisms.
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ArticleS&G extends pansy range
S&G Flowers has extended its Delta range to include three of the highest regarded pansy and viola varieties available.
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ArticleGeraud looks to score for Liverpool
Geraud UK, owner of Liverpool wholesale fruit and vegetable market, has this week begun a nine-week evaluation of the market’s potential with a view to creating a “future-proof” market for the north-west.
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Regional growing boasts big ideas
A project in Midlands horticulture is allowing smaller growers to punch outside of their weight division.
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Ethiopian flower sector in full bloom
Ethiopian deputy prime minister Addisu Legesse has said the government is committed to developing the country’s horticulture sector.
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ArticleA blooming good year
Fresh flower specialist Flowerfête has enjoyed a hectic but rewarding 12 months since scooping FPC’s Floral Business of the Year award at Re:fresh 2006. Laura Gould met managing director Colin Hills to find out more about recent developments.
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ArticleCentre of excellence
The Perishables Handling Centre at Heathrow is the largest chilled airfreight distribution centre in the UK. With a capacity of more than 140,000 tonnes of perishable cargo each year and the ability to process eight million retail trays a year, it has had a significant effect on many of the UK’s large produce import businesses and their customers. Operated by Salvesen Logistics, the sponsor of this year’s Re:fresh Importer of the Year award, the centre has entered another phase of development, and plays a key role in the future expansion plans of Salvesen’s aviation logistics division, the company’s general managers Giles Brown and Matt George tell Tommy Leighton.
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ArticleSainsbury's expands fresh flowers range
Sainsbury’s has introduced a selection of specially designed fresh flowers for the summer season.
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ArticleEthiopian flower market taking off
Ethiopia’s Horticultural Producers and Exporters Association believes that the country could become one of Africa’s leading flower exporters within the next five years.
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ArticleMean machines
The drive for efficiency in growing means that manufacturers need to keep developing a constant stream of new products. In the first of three features this week, Commercial Grower rounds up some of the latest developments in outdoor farm machinery.
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ArticleSize matters to Punter
Redbridge Produce & Flowers was named Capespan Re:fresh 2006 Wholesaler of the Year. Following an action-packed 12 months in which its parent company, Redbridge Holdings, joined forces with Fyffes spin-off Total Produce to form a near £400 million fresh produce giant, the wholesale side of the business - albeit in a new form - has maintained its model status. Anna Sbuttoni met Total Produce chairman Denis Punter.
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Fargro announces new sales team
Fargro has announced the appointment of two new sales staff.
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RHS goes intergalactic
Space is the place for this year’s RHS flower shows, if early notice of exhibits is anything to go by.
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ArticleChelsea Flower Show to turn space age
Themes of outer space, science fiction, astrology and the cosmos are set to take the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to another dimension this year.