Month: November 2015

Continuing the strong emphasis on collaboration and communication between the floral industry and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), SAF’s senior director of government relations Lin Schmale was a featured speaker last week at a two-day educational session hosted by APHIS, training new inspectors to participate in the ongoing, successful geranium certification program. …

National Garden Bureau (NGB) introduces a fresher brand identity to further our mission of encouraging the use of more flowers and plants. A new strategic plan includes the introduction of an up-to-date logo that is attractive and attention-getting for a wider audience and reflects the expanded programs the organization has taken on in recent years. The artist’s rendering of a generic green leaf can be interpreted to represent a tree, a shrub, a perennial, an annual or an edible plant—all of which are part of today’s garden spaces. …

Rosehips, a lovely addition to any arrangement, but those thorns. Incredibly hard and painful to come in close contact with. Luckily, growers are aware of this fact and therefore strive to offer their rosehip without thorns, either manually removed or grown without thorns. Nowadays, many different varieties have shown their faces on the market, but somehow not everyone knows how vast the variety of rosehips really is. …