Flower News Archive - Aug 2009

Thousand of visitors

NICK Hamilton of Barnsdale Gardens took a little piece of Rutland to the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park in Cheshire this week. The theme for the 2009 show was "Holidays" and Nick's display proved a popular feature with the thousands of visitors to the show.

Jones the Florist and Jack Herb Florist said today they will create a business with combined gross sales of about $ 6 million annually. Under the merger, the two Jack Herb Florist locations at 8621 Winton Rd., Finneytown, and at 7848 Hamilton Ave., Mount Healthy, will remain open and will continue to operate under the Jack Herb Florist name.

Corner of a garden

More than 70% of people believe spending time in the garden may improve their quality of life, suggests a survey for the National Trust. One in three people also considered gardens to be romantic places which could boost their love lives.

Heptonstall nursery

A DISPLAY of alpine plants reaped rewards for a Heptonstall nursery at a prestigious flower show. Slack Top Nursery and Gardens scooped a Silver Gilt medal at the Royal Horticultural Society's Tatton Park contest for the colourful 10ft x 10ft entry.

Plants and Flowers

Kenya's horticultural exports have come under renewed threat as the carbon footprints campaign gains momentum in key European markets, a new survey indicates. In a report published on Wednesday, the European Union said the majority of consumers support the controversial carbon footprints concept and want it immediately implemented to help fight climate change.

Online flower delivery

The world's leading florist and gift shop, is celebrating the beauty of friendship with unique floral and gift sets. Proclaimed by the United States Congress in 1935, "National Friendship Day" is celebrated the first Sunday in August to honor the importance of friends and friendship.(1)

International flower delivery

DaFlores, international flower delivery service to the Americas, has expanded into Asia and Europe. Known for its responsiveness and excellent customer service, the Miami-based company has forged partnerships with flower shops in Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Russia, the Ukraine and China.

2,000 annual flowers

Alsip Home & Nursery, owned by New Lenox resident Bill Christakes, has donated more than 2,000 annual flower and vegetable plants to the Jones Community Center and Respond Now in Chicago Heights. All of the plants were originally grown at Alsip's new 3-acre production facility in northwest Indiana. The retail value of the donated plants is more than $5,000.

Roses and Sweet peas

BEAUTIFUL blooms and fabulous florals were aplenty at the 107th Badsey Flower Show. Hundreds of people visited the show on Saturday (July 25) which is one of the Vale's biggest events of the summer.

world's leading florist

Giving consumers a brand new way to shop, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM(R) (FLWS), the world's leading florist and gift shop has launched an e-commerce store inside its Facebook(R) Page, where customers can purchase their floral favorites without ever leaving the site. With the debut of a fully-functioning storefront, people can now browse and buy gifts directly through the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Facebook Page.

Increasing flower export

The first of its kind technology based pilot project in floriculture will start commissioning in mid 2010, Pakistan Horticulture Development Export Board (PHDEB) said on Tuesday. "The aim is to promote export oriented flowers industry for earning millions of dollars per annum by increasing export to UAE, Saudi Arabia and European Union beside others" chief executive officer PHDEB, Shamoon Sadiq said while talking to Daily Times.

Floral arrangers

Flowers are just another luxury item that many people are doing without, said Matthew Pacheco, regional director for the Florida State Florists Association. Unlike the big chains, each flower at Lou's is hand selected. Bouquets are assembled to order by floral arrangers. For a small fee, the shop will deliver your wine and roses.

Growing Garden

The 2009 CHTA conference, "Good for the Soil, Good for the Soul", highlights ways in which horticultural therapy (HT) and therapeutic horticulture (TH) nurture both the earth and ourselves. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about organic gardening techniques and to dig deeply into the connections with nature that make HT and TH programs so effective.

Flower Growers Association

State cooperative minister Harshvardhan Patil said here on Friday that farmers with floriculture polyhouses would benefit from the loan-waiver package announced at the cabinet meeting in Nashik recently.

Native plants

Flowers, shrubs and weeds brought here from foreign shores are pushing out native plants and damaging delicate ecosystems. Of the 1,000 foreign plants that have been introduced to the state, 30 are classified as "widespread" invasive species, including the shrubs multiflora rose and Japa-nese barberry. Another 71 have been identified as "emerging" invasive species. And the rate of new plant introductions continues to rise, Almendinger said.

Growing flowers

The growers of the Shankarpura jasmine have opposed the auction plan mooted by the APMC and horticulture department in marketing the famous jasmine flowers. They want the status quo to continue in the marketing system which has been followed by them for over seven decades. The APMC plans to set up a yard in Udupi to auction the flowers grown in Udupi district.

Small scale Horticulture in Zimbabwe

The Netherlands-based Common Fund for Commodities has so far made over US$1,2 million available to support mainly small-scale horticultural projects in Zimbabwe, an official last week.

Gold award at Tatton park

A SHOWPIECE Cheshire Garden has won the prestigious Best Show Garden and 'Gold' award at the RHS show at Tatton Park, for the second year running. The International Show Garden: Ness Botanische, designed and constructed by award winning designer and TV presenter Chris Beardshaw and his team, will move on after the RHS show to become a permanent feature at Ness Botanic Gardens.

Flowers for each other

For France's First Couple, 660 pounds seem to be a meagre amount -- Nicolas Sarkozy and his ladylove Carla Bruni spend the money everyday to buy flowers for each other.

Pretty flowers from August

The rain that has fallen in Namaqualand has caught flower tourists by surprise. "Nobody expected the flowers this early this year," said Bernard van Lente, the park head at the Namaqua National Park near Kamieskroon on Wednesday.

Seed to Shelf

International Floriculture Expo, will be the only industry-wide event that brings buyers and sellers together and serves all segments of the floriculture process, from Seed to Shelf. Permanently located in Miami Beach, FL.

Largest Garden Show

Nelson landscape designer James Wheatley has made his mark at the world's largest garden show, helping to win a top award and making history in the process. The judges were so impressed that Winchester Growers' Growing Tastes Allotment Garden not only won a gold medal, but was awarded the Tudor Rose award for best show garden.

Flower of Buddhism

The Indian lotus of the botanical gardens of Szeged University -- which has the largest pond in Central Europe covered by the exotic plant -- is now in full bloom, head of the botanical facility Julianna Pulics told MTI on Monday. Nelumbo nucifera, the sacred flower of Buddhism, was brought to Szeged in 1932, and soon covered the whole surface of the water.

Fruits & Flowers

FANTASTIC flowers and a vast variety of veg were on show at the Coombe Bissett & Homington Flower Show on Saturday. The annual show is affiliated with the Royal Horticultural Society, and one outstanding gardener was presented with the Society's Banksian medal for scoring the most points in all the classes.

Nation's horticulture Industry

Horticulture leaders have launched an industry strategy to double the sector's economic value to $10 billion over the next decade. The strategy was launched at the Horticulture New Zealand annual conference in Christchurch by the organisation's president, Andrew Fenton.

Gardens of Kashmir

The Floriculture Department and INTACH have submitted the documents-Conservation and Management Plans of Mughal Gardens?to the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, which in turn has forwarded these to the UNESCO. "It would be a big step toward boosting the tourism sector if our proposal is approved by the UNESCO. Heritage lovers across the world have a strong passion to visit the World Heritage Sites," Naqqash told Greater Kashmir.

Plenty of arena events

HORTICULTURAL fans came out in force to support the Southminster Flower Show. Hundreds of people turned out for the annual event on Saturday to enjoy a number of floral displays in the marquees as well as horticultural items and crafts at the village's King George V playing field.

Varieties of flowers

The commercial cultivation of floriculture which started during 2004-05, was further extended during 2008-09, covering an area of 5.0 ha. under green house cultivation. Besides roses, lilium and anthurium and heliconia, some new varieties of flowers were introduced during the current year which are alstroemeria and zantedeschia benefiting about 200 groups of entrepreneurs, according to the annual administrative report of the horticulture department.

Expansion of Floriculture

An area of 1426.59 hectares of land covering different horticulture crops has been cultivated under National Horticulture Mission launched in the state during 2005-06, stated union minister of state for agriculture K V Thomas in a written reply to Goa member of parliament Shantaram Naik.

National Horticulture Mission

Union minister of state for agriculture K V Thomas has told MP Shantaram Naik in a written reply that Rs 6.18 crore has been given as financial assistance to Goa, from 2005-06 to 2008-09, towards the implementation of the National Horticulture Mission. The mission was launched in the state in 2005-06, he stated.

Won silver awards

JUDGES were impressed by a display of Salisbury's flower power when they toured the city on Wednesday (July 8). The 'City of Flowers' has won silver awards for the last two years in the South & South East in Bloom competition.

Flower arrangements

Akamai Technologies Inc., the Cambridge company specializing in technology that aims to provide speedy and rich Web content delivery, said that it helped deliver an online interactive ecommerce-enabled advertising campaign for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM during the recent Mother's Day holiday.

3,000 people for the event

The 13th annual Daylily & Wine Festival wrapped up Sunday as more than 3,000 people turned out for the two-day event at the Andre Viette Farm & Nursery. Andre Viette humored audiences throughout the weekend with talks on daylilies and perennials.

Lilies are notorious for perfume

Fragrant flowers are much-loved in summer gardens, though many need close nose contact especially if the nose is elderly. But there are other plants with flower perfumes that wash the whole garden for many weeks in a spine-tingling scent bath.

Flowers & Fruits

Flowers, fruit, vegetables and handicrafts were under scrutiny in Stanton on Saturday as the village held its annual show. The village hall hosted the day-long event, where entries from competitors aged five upwards were judged.

Award winning Garden & Florist

Garden Centers of America®, a non-profit national association of independent garden centers, announces that Hillermann Nursery and Florist in Washington, MO, has been named their 2009 Garden Center of the Year. This award, selected by GCA's Board of Directors, is presented annually to a garden center that is devoted to the industry, exhibits strong community involvement, has a superior staff and provides excellent customer service.

25 exhibits on show

STUNNING floral exhibits took centre stage in St Michael's Church last weekend for Beer's annual flower festival. Organised by the altar guild, the flower festival, with the theme 'Things of Joy', was held last weekend.

International trade of flowers

It is our aim to improve and strengthen the unity of the floriculture industry. We strive to create an environment for Syrian industry in which it will thrive and prosper as a major contributor to the economy and to the quality of life in Syria.

Rose florist

A FLOWER shop owner this week urged Knutsford to take advantage of the RHS Show at Tatton Park. Lynne Miller, owner of the Black Rose in King Street, said the town should benefit more from the five-day event. But she believes some of the show's visitors do not even know where Knutsford is.

Florist competition

Emma Reid who works at WGC's design-led florists, Lambert's Flower Company, won through to the highly prestigious final of the Society of Floristry's Florist of the Year Competition. And Lambert's is celebrating by treating a Welwyn & Hatfield Times reader to one of Emma's bouquets - worth £50.

Various wildflowers

Ozarks Regional Land Trust will hold a seed-gathering session at Woods Prairie near Mount Vernon on Thursday. ORLT president Andy Thomas will lead the session and help identify various wildflowers in the area, according to a news release.

Three blossoms per year

A rare ghost orchid growing on an ancient bald cypress tree at Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples is in bloom for the third consecutive summer, this time with 10 buds that will likely produce blooms visible from the Audubon sanctuary's boardwalk through the end of July and perhaps well into August. Blooms are difficult to see with the naked eye, so binoculars are recommended.

Flower Delivery services

"We're delighted to receive TopConsumerReviews.com's highest rating," said Vickie, Manager at Internet Florist. "It's reassuring to see that others are aware of our commitment to provide fresh, high quality, flowers and gifts on time and as promised. We're so committed to making sure our clients are happy that we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. We also work hard to provide the latest designs in flower arrangements and a well functioning website that allows customers to easily find exactly what they are looking for."

Great success

A FLOWER festival at St Peter's Church in Seaford was described as a great success by organisers. It was held from Friday July 3 to Sunday July 5 in the Belgrave Road venue.

Flower growers

With the floriculture exports from Mizoram on the increase, more and more farmers in the state are gradually taking to flower cultivation. Flower exports of Anthurium from Mizoram to several cities in India and abroad is immensely getting popular.

Colorful Flowers

The colourful blossoms that can be found in Duke Street, Portland Walk and in car parks around the town center, were tendered at Tithe Barn Nursery in Long Lane. Eleanor and Steve Fisher, directors of the nursery, and son Joss, have been providing the flowers in the town center for several years.

Blooming flowers

The edible flowers of common day lilies, which taste a bit like onions, have popped open in all their orange glory along roads, in meadows and at field edges all across Pennsylvania.

Colourful flowers

Colourful and fragrant flowers will make Delhi bloom during the Commonwealth Games next year. Scientists at the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun are busy developing new species of over 300,000 flowering plants for the games.

Flower industry

Flora model farms are being established in various cities of the country with the support of PHDEB on around 1000 acres land to promote export oriented flowers industry aimed at earning millions of dollars per annum by increasing export to UAE, Saudi Arabia and European Union beside others.

Flowers and Gifts

1300 FLOWERS is leading the floral retail industry by offering Same Day Delivery across Australia for a standard fee of $10. Consumers are able to order flowers online through the 1300 FLOWERS website at 1300flowers.com.au or by telephoning their Brisbane based call centre on 1300 FLOWERS (1300 356 937). However, orders must be received before 2pm AEST Monday to Friday and before 10am AEST Saturday for same day delivery.

Garden in Srinagar

The government is spending Rs. 1.50 crore on the beautification and renovation of heritage emporium garden of Srinagar. The beautification plan focuses on integrated development of the complex, landscaping of lawns and garden, drainage system, etc.

Local flower supply

Helen Wilson has formed The Flower Bank, a wholesale flower company, which she will run from premises on her father's Bankdale Farm near Wreay, Carlisle. The company will supply florist shops throughout Cumbria and Scotland.

Varieties of flowers

The rose garden is the prime tourist spot for the city and there is need to renovate it. Our new plan focuses on breaking the old-fashioned and stereotype planning through additions of new varieties of exotic flowers, creating a back-up system and landscaping, combined with recreational aspects," Chandigarh Finance Secretary Sanjay Kumar said here Thursday.

Benefit to both countries

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) indicated that Russia could be a potential market for Ethiopian floricultural and horticulture produces. A Russian plant produces quality control team has come to Ethiopia.

Success at Flower Show

Garsons Farm in Esher is celebrating after it received a Gold award from the RHS judges at this year's Hampton Court Flower Show for the second year running. The winning stand from the farm based in Winterdown Road appeared in the Floral Marquee and featured fruit, vegetables and sunflowers from Garsons Pick-Your-Own Farm.

High-tech floriculture

Maharashtra is an important state for floriculture. Presently, 275 hectare in the state is under green house floriculture. Of this 75% is with the small farmers while the rest is held by corporate growers. The state cabinet at its meeting held in Sindhudurg in Ratnagiri district last week announced the interest waiver for 1372 identified small floriculture farmers in the state and banks have been asked to re-schedule their loans.

Sixth medal for the college

PERSHORE College has won a prestigious gold medal at one of the country's top flower shows. The college took the Best Exhibit in the Plant Heritage Marquee award at the RHS Hampton Court show. It is the sixth medal for the college this summer, following its success at the Malvern Spring Show, where it won three medals, as well as Gardeners World Live and the Chelsea Flower Show.

5,000 people for flower festival

MORE than £23,500 has been raised for the restoration of the Boston Stump in a special event to mark the church's 700th year. In excess of 5,000 people from all over the country and abroad visited the church during its Flower Festival.

45 varieties of sunflowers

The Kansas State Research and Extension Horticulture Center is hosting a field day to educate the public on various aspects of nature. Attendees can talk with experts about recommended plants in the form of vegetables, grass and flowers.

Picking flowers

Dubai: Damaging and picking flowers in public places without permission is a violation of the law that can set you back by hundreds of dirhams, warned a senior official of the Dubai Municipality.

Garden design

THIS is the garden design which won Southend Council a silver medal at the Hampton Court Flower Show. The theme of the garden is Pastures Bye, inspired by the history of coastal grazing along the shoreline and estuaries of south Essex.

Modern green house

The Ethiopian Horticulture Development Agency announced that the government is constructing practical horticulture training centers so as to produce skilled man power needed in the sector. Agency Director General, Hailesilasie Tekae, told WIC that the government is constructing the practical training centers with 40 million birr budget.

Bloom Flowers & Gifts

Mary Lou Mack of In Bloom Flowers & Gifts in Fort Myers was awarded the prestigious designation of Florida State Master Designer at the recent Florida State Florists' Association 88th Annual Convention held in St. Petersburg June 5-7. Candidates achieve this certification by successfully demonstrating their floral knowledge and design abilities before an accredited panel of evaluators.

Floral Art Display

The Inaugural Solomon Islands Independence Day Floral Art Display was opened Sunday, and highlighted not only the magnificent flowers that blossom in the Solomons, but also the growing skills of the country's floral art designers. The competition was part of an Australian Government project that is supporting flower producers in Solomon Islands to develop their industry.

Increase in flower cultivation

With the floriculture exports from Mizoram on the increase, more and more farmers in the state are gradually taking to flower cultivation. Flower exports of Anthurium from Mizoram to several cities in India and abroad is immensely getting popular.

1st time in 14years

Fireworks weren't the only things busting open on the 4th of July. SF State University's resident corpse flower burst into bloom for the first time in 14 years with a pungent, patriotic display.

Floriculture farms

Grants provided to SMEs included support for setting up of Cold Storage Units, Establishment of Model Floriculture Farms, Acquisition of ISO & BRC certifications, Training Programs on a variety of courses ranging from dairy farm management, mushrooms cultivation to tissue culture lab technology & nursery management, development of Lead Auditor Course on Halal Food.

Trading Partners

Kenya has offered the transfer of flower growing technology to Pakistan to enable the country to export flowers and earn precious foreign exchange. The Minister expressed that Kenya and Pakistan are trading partners and both should see maximum opportunities to explore potential trade.

Kenyan flowers in European mkts

Kenya's vital flower exports fell 19.5 percent to 10.7 billion shillings in the first quarter of this year from 13.3 billion in the year ago period, the Kenya Flower Council chief said on Friday.

Fresh flower delivery

In order to arrange the delivery of the freshest flowers at great value, 1300 Flowers is building a network of direct florists across the country from capital cities to regional centres. This direct network is planned for completion by the end of July 2009 and is projected to cover over 90% of their entire flower deliveries. A significant benefit of this direct network is the support of local Australian florists which in turn supports Australian growers.

Bouquets for the people

Teleflora, the world's leading flower wire service, offering only hand-arranged, hand-delivered floral arrangements, announced today its plans for the 2009 Make Someone Smile(R) Week program, the floral industry's leading benevolent project. Thousands of Teleflora member florists and community volunteers will help to deliver bouquets in the company's keepsake Be Happy(R) Mugs to those most in need of a smile - such as hospital patients, senior citizens living in nursing homes and assisted living homes and recipients of Meals-on-Wheels programs. This year's program will run from Sunday, July 19 through Saturday, July 25.

Flowers grown in polythene

The Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) will soon use packaged water polythene to grow flowers and other plants in nurseries.Dr Dije Bala, the Chairman of the agency, who stated this in Bauchi on Wednesday in an interview, said the agency would design a method of collecting the sachets and sending them to various plant nurseries for incubation of plants.

Alliance Flowers

The company is engaged in the business of floriculture which mainly includes growing and export of cut flowers. The recent acquisition of Globeagro Holdings, a wholly-owned Mauritius-based subsidiary, has brought three floriculture companies in Ethiopia, namely, Holetta Roses, Alliance Flowers and Oromia Wonders, under the company's fold and enabled it to emerge as a world class floriculture company.

Titan Arum is due to bloom

SF State's giant corpse flower which is due to bloom in the next few days. Check this web page for status updates and public viewing hours over the weekend. The corpse flower, or Titan Arum, is famous for its death-like stench and its huge central flower structure.

Flower designs

The garden created by Dutch designers Piet Oudolf and Jacqueline van der Kloet is a naturalistic, 4-season garden, according to the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center/North America. The web site is a teaching tool with how-to sections detailing the designers' innovative planting techniques and their flower designs. New images are added about every two weeks.

Special species of flowers

Colourful and fragrant flowers will make Delhi bloom during the Commonwealth Games next year. Scientists at the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun are busy developing new species of over 300,000 flowering plants for the games.

Bouquet of flowers

DOROTHY Marchant Florists certainly know how to say it with flowers and recently ran a competition where the lucky winner, Wendy Gorham, won a bouquet of flowers every month for a year. Claire Paine, manager of the Western Road florists said they'd had a good response to the competition, which they ran for a month, and that it was organised to "create a good atmosphere in the shop."

Titan Arum

The Titan Arum, found in the wild in Indonesian rainforests, can reportedly grown up to 12 feet tall. It only blooms over a 24- to 48-hour period, and the pungent smell has been compared to that of a decaying mammal.

Change in colors

In the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, two researchers document their studies of the evolution of columbine flowers in North America. They studied red columbines pollinated by hummingbirds, and white or yellow columbines pollinated by hawkmoths. They believe that a color shift from red to white or yellow has happened five times in North America.

Replace Sunflower with Rose

As we approach the July 4th Independence Day Holiday, one of the nation's best known horticulturists recommends replacing the rose as America's national flower with the sunflower. The reasons, according to George Ball, chairman, W. Atlee Burpee & Co., the nation's leading home gardening company, based here in Bucks County, are obvious, and for patriotic reasons the sunflower should be elevated to America's top flower.

Quality flowers

The $17.5 million project introduced in 2008 would help cultivate 50-200 hectares of flowers to boost the crop's export receipts to Rwf323 million in 2009 from Rwf14 million registered in 2008. Muvara said flower prices on the international market have declined by 15 percent.