horticulture news
Trade show debutant at South
West Growers! The organiser of one of the UK’s top commercial horticultural exhibitions has announced an increase in exhibitor bookings, compared with this time last year. The SouthWest Growers Show (October 5, 2011) has already confirmed 40 exhibitors since bookings began earlier this year. Held at TheMatford Centre in Exeter, the event is aimed at growers and plant buyers ranging from garden centres and retail outlets to local authorities and the landscaping industry, and brings together key growers and suppliers of specialist horticultural equipment and services. Devon-based NewWood Trees has chosen SWG as its debut trade event. Set up recently by Philip Nieuwoudt, the company specialises in multi-stem ornamental trees and shrubs. He commented: “I have visited The SouthWest Growers Show for the last two years and it has proved itself to be an excellent local event and the most obvious place to launch my business.” Image: pruning at NewWoodTrees. For more information call 01297 680567 or visit
www.swgs.co.uk
PVR protection for
newEuphorbia plant Plants For Europe Limited, the independent plant breeders’ agent, has taken steps to remind growers that Euphorbia martinii Ascot Rainbow is protected by EPVR (European Plant Variety Rights.)Director GrahamSpencer, said, “We are concerned that there are plants in the trade that are not carrying PVR information, either on the label, on delivery notes or in catalogues.We intend to gain the support of growers and retailers to ensure that all plants are correctlymarked, in accordance with current regulations.” The Plant Variety Rights are the property of the breeder of Ascot Rainbow,David Glenn. The rights allowMrGlenn, through his agent Plants For Europe, to control the propagation,
marketing, sale, distribution and import/export of Ascot
Rainbow.Growers and retailers found to be handling unlicensed product will be subject to legal action by the breeder and agent. For more information call 01825 731831 or visit
www.plantsforeurope.com
Goldmedal for RHS debutant!
The traditional RHS season curtain-raiser in Cardiff coincided with glorious weather and produced record numbers of over 27,000. This April event beat last year’s attendance by over 3,000 as temperature’s rose into the 20’s. This was the seventh year of the show in Cardiff, delivered though a partnership between Cardiff Council and the RHS, and organisers are very pleased in its growing popularity. RHS shows director Stephen Bennett said, “Following a second successive year of sunshine, with record visitor numbers, the exhibitors have had an extremely successful show, and we are now able to plan for the longer term future with a great deal of confidence.” Penzance- based Trewidden Nursery was a first-time exhibitor in Cardiff, and won a GoldMedal for their Balaskin tetraphy Ilum. For more information email
info@trewidden-nursery.com
Return of native
wild flowers! The growers of Enviromat have stocks of the new wildlife friendly "MeadowMat" ready for dispatch. Over 90 per cent of Britain's wild flower meadows have disappeared in the last 60 years, leaving our bees, butterflies, moths and birds with fewer sources of nectar. Farmers and horticulturists are doing their best to re-instate some of that vital habitat by bringing back wild flowers to field margins, hedgerows and gardens.Wild flowers however, are notoriously difficult to establish from
seed.MeadowMat overcomes this problem by establishing the plants into a cost-effective and easily installed matting system. Simply prepare the ground as you would for turf, unroll Meadowmat
INTERIORSCAPEMEETS LANDSCAPE!
The newly branded Landscape event held at Olympia in April produced an impressive blend of both the interior and exterior sectors. Having previously been the bi-ennial event for the leading interior association (EFIG), the new branding of where ‘indoors meets outdoors’ was successfully delivered. A wide range of products were displayed from around 100 exhibitors and nearly 1000 visitors saw feature gardens,
sculptures, new technologies, flowers, planters and hard landscaping. The show included major London event florists and the biggest suppliers of planters and flowers right the way through to specimen trees and outdoor furniture. Landscape 2012 returns to the National Hall at Olympia from March 8-10, 2012. For more information call 0207 798 8500 or visit
www.landscapeshow.co.uk
on to the surface and keep it watered until the plants have put their roots
down.Maintenance for MeadowMat is simple and inexpensive. For more information call 01842 828266 or visit
www.meadowmat.blogspot.com
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