Grower News

D.S. Cole Growers’ Young Plant Catalog Available Online

D.S. Cole Growers has announced that its 2021-2022 young plant catalog is now available online. You will find the same solid line of varieties from breeders around the world including over 200 new varieties. Each... more »

Pleasant View Introduces Proven Winners Complete Package Program

Pleasant View Gardens has introduced the Complete Package Program for 2022, which is intended to leverage the strength of the Proven Winners brand across all Proven Winners plants, including annuals, so there’s no doubt that... more »

Plug Connection’s Juan St. Amant Passes Away

Juan St. Amant, the retired “Face of Plug Connection” sadly passed away Sunday, June 13, at his home in Vista, California. His final days were very peaceful with his family nearby. Juan was loved and... more »

Layci Gragnani Joins Bailey Nurseries

Bailey Nurseries is thrilled to welcome Layci Gragnani to the brand marketing team as the Brand & Business Development Manager. Gragnani has over a decade of industry experience in public relations, sales, marketing, and brand... more »

International Grower of the Year Awards Calls for Entries

The International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) Awards 2022, organized by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH), is now open for entries. The award ceremony is scheduled to be presented in January 2022 during... more »

Scoggins Joins Saunders Brothers, Saunders Genetics

NewGen Boxwood, from Saunders Genetics, LLC, and Saunders Brothers, Inc. recently announced the joint hiring of Holly Scoggins, Ph.D., as NewGen Program Manager and Saunders Brothers Marketing Coordinator. Scoggins... more »

Bushel Boy Farms Names New President of Iowa Operations

Bushel Boy Farms, a producer of fresh, local, greenhouse-grown produce year-round in the upper Midwest, has named Chuck Tryon president of its operations in Owatonna, Minnesota and Mason City, Iowa. Tryon’s breadth and depth of... more »

Dangizer Guatemala Obtains MPS-A Certification

Danziger has announced that its Guatemala facility has obtained MPS-A certification — after starting in 2019 with MPS-ABC environmental certification. Danziger Guatemala was founded nine years ago by Zehava and Ernest Danziger. It is one... more »