Management

MANTS has Highest Attendance in 11 Years

The 2019 Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS), Jan. 9–11, 2019, welcomed more than 11,600 total registrants (including exhibitors), its highest attendance numbers in the last 11 years. Attendees from 48 states and 16 foreign countries... more »

Seed Your Future Launches Horticulture Career Exploration Tool

On Jan. 23,, Seed Your Future launched its new free online horticulture career exploration resource (SeedYourFuture.org/careers). Seed Your Future is an industry-wide effort to promote horticulture and inspire more people to pursue careers working with plants.... more »

Dates Set for 2019 Griffin Grower & Retailer Expos

Dates have been set for the 2019 Griffin Grower & Retailer Expos. The company will return to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to host two Expo events this year, each spanning two days. The Massachusetts Expo will... more »

Hortica Names New President

Tim Noble has been named president of Hortica, a brand of the Sentry Insurance Group. He replaces Mona Haberer, who retired at the end of 2018, following a 30-year career with the company. Noble joined... more »

Program Announced for 2019 NFF

The 2019 National Floriculture Forum will take place Feb. 16-17, in Chicago, Illinois. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Adding Value: Back to our Roots.” Participants may register at any time, but the deadline... more »

AmericanHort Now Accepting HortScholar Applications

The 2019 AmericanHort HortScholars program is now accepting applications. Now through March 1, 2019, college students in horticulture-related degree programs (any degree level) can apply online at AmericanHort.org/Scholars. HortScholars is a seven-day program that sets students... more »

McHutchison Corp. Creates New Management Structure

McHutchison Corp. has announced a new structure across its operating units, McHutchison Horticultural Distributors and Vaughan’s Horticulture, as the two divisions continue with strong growth across North America. Keith Cable, currently the president of Vaughan’s... more »

MSU’s Behe to Keynote 2019 IGC Show

Bridget Behe of Michigan State University has signed on to be one of the keynote speakers at the 2019 IGC Show in Chicago, Illinois. Behe will be the keyote presenter on Tuesday, Aug. 13 —... more »