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International Florist Organisation Florint welcomes four new, partners: the Floral Trade Group, Fleur Creatif, Aleia Roses and the Flower Council of Holland.

’The question is: how much longer will the orchid remain trendy?’

Rebels destroyed several flower farms in Ethiopia last week. In Ziway, where the largest rose production site in Ethiopia is situated, everything is still under control.

A growing economy and a plant and flower loving population with an increasing disposable income. It seems like there are lots of opportunities in Poland for plants and flowers from the Netherlands. However, trying to increase the sales of horticultural products in this Eastern European country is not a walk in the park.

"Kenya is more of a Wild West than Ethiopia" is what news agency Bloomberg wrote down at a nursery in Ethiopia on the 24th of August. The reason for the report were the riots at the end of 2015. Only a week after Bloomberg published its report, the next incident happened. Ten horticultural companies outside the town of Bahir Dar were confronted by population groups that disagree with the government. Esmeralda Farms was hit worst. A ten million investment literally went up in smoke. The company closed down.

John Grootscholten is the new chairman of Decorum Company, a Dutch association of growers of potted plants and cut flowers. He believes we need to cooperate, now and in the future. 'Things will get hard if we don't. We shouldn't compete, we should join forces.'

In 2015, the total U.S. floricultural production sales added up to $3,8 billion of which 48% applied to potted & bedding plants the delegation of Fleuroselects Annual Member Convention in Chicago was told by Bill Doeckel, Retail Director of Ball Horticultural Company.