Grower News

Driving Sustainability at Westerlay Orchids

Westerlay Orchids has made quite the mark in Carpinteria, California. What started as a rose operation when Joop Overgaag immigrated from the Netherlands in the late 1970s has now become an orchid powerhouse, growing more... more »

Aris & Silverleaf Come to Herb Agreement

On Sept. 12, 2022, Scott Schaefer, president & CEO of Aris Horticulture Inc., announced an agreement between Silverleaf Greenhouses Inc. and Aris’ Green Leaf Plants Division to take on its herb business and execute as... more »

Profile Products Acquires Nivetha Exporters

Profile Products has acquired Nivetha Exporters, an international producer of coco coir products. The transaction includes all Nivetha product lines, as well as the company’s facilities in Southern India and employee base. As part of... more »

Summit Nutrients Acquires AGVNT

Summit Nutrients, a manufacturer and marketer of bio-nutritional and fertilizer products, has acquired AGVNT, an R&D company. This acquisition is said to be part of Summit Nutrients’ growth strategy toward building a broad platform of... more »

Young’s Plant Farm Adopts HortiFootprint Calculator

Young’s Plant Farm Inc. has became the first North American bedding plant grower to use the HortiFootprint Calculator. With over 3 million square feet of production space, this wholesale floricultural company located in Auburn, Alabama,... more »

Hoffman Nursery Announce Promotions on Sales and Marketing Team

Hoffman Nursery has promoted two employees, Stephen Gillis to sales and customer service manager and Alex Stanley-Stretch to marketing coordinator. Gillis joined Hoffman Nursery in February 2019 as a... more »

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 »