Grower News

Metrolina Greenhouses Announces Fall Mum Trials

Metrolina Greenhouses will hold its annual Mum Trials open house for members of the floriculture industry from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Oct. 6. The annual event will kick off in the morning with... more »

ForemostCo Strengthens Sales Team with New Appointments

ForemostCo Inc. has added Neil Beatty, Victoria Sossoman and Pamela Glaze to the sales team as sales representatives to accelerate growth and expansion plans. National Sales Manager Chris Rocheleau confirmed that the appointments are part... more »

Westerlay Orchids Adopts HortiFootprint Calculator

Westerlay Orchids is the first North American user of the HortiFootprint Calculator, a software tool developed by MPS and LetsGrow.com that measures the carbon footprint of horticultural production and helps growers to make more sustainable... more »

Costa Farms Pivots to Consumer Marketing

Costa Farms is shifting its communication strategy to an increased focus on indoor and outdoor gardeners. As a part of this strategy, the company has launched a branding effort and consumer marketing campaign and is... more »

PPA Honors 2022 Special Recognition Award Recipients

Nine perennial professionals were recognized for their exceptional contributions to the industry with a Special Recognition Award during the Perennial Plant Association’s (PPA) 2022 National Symposium. Initiated in 1985 by PPA, the Special Recognition Awards... more »

Bailey Recognizes Network Partners

Bailey Nurseries recently honored four brand licensee partners who work with Bailey Consumer Brands Endless Summer Hydrangeas, First Editions Shrubs & Trees, and Easy Elegance Roses. Brand & Business Development Manager Layci Gragnani presented the... more »

Revol Greens Plans Texas Expansion

Greenhouse lettuce grower Revol Greens is building its largest facility to date in Temple, Texas. Planting within the first of 20 planned acres in Phase 1 of this new greenhouse is expected to start by... more »

Hort Americas Donates to AppHarvest Foundation

Hort Americas has donated $10,000 to the AppHarvest Foundation to support its AgTech education program that introduces high school students to controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to help grow the next generation of farmers and futurists... more »