Hi All! Many parts of the world had a positive start to Spring and I hope in your Country as well! After Winter, the lockdown and difficult times, I hope we can slowly start to meet people again, travel and host IGCA congresses! Read more… […]
IGCA E-News December 2020
Message from our IGCA President We arrive at the end of 2020, after an incredible year has passed!! Who of us could have imagined that a little virus could change the world, our economies, our thoughts, our behaviour and our lives! Read more… […]
Inspiration Tour
Martina Schullian, IGCA President, along with a few ICCA members, recently toured to Vienna to visit garden centres. We are excited to share their experiences with you in the form of a virtual Inspiration tour! We plan to launch the concept of an Inspiration tour for members next year and will be sending out information […]
IGCA Virtual Congress 2020
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the IGCA 2020 Congress in South Africa has been postponed to 2021. This year posed a unique challenge to all of us and so many innovative ideas were implemented. We would like to share these success stories from around the world and will be launching a virtual congress in November. Martina […]
IGCA E-News April 2020
Message from the President Hi all, We in Italy, as in many parts of the world, are already in the 8th week of lockdown and now Italy and other Nations are fortunately beginning to ease restrictions. For the first month, garden centers were closed and we could only deliver. We are now open again but with strict […]
IGCA E-News December 2019 Message from our IGCA President Season’s Greetings to all! What an eventful year the IGCA had! There were numerous new challenges and exciting experiences. The congress in the UK was very well organized and a lot of fun. We had many varied experiences and saw several different garden centres. Every time it […]
IGCA E-News June 2019
Welcome from IGCA President, Koichi Akatsuka It was great to meet with the board and administrators in Johannesburg in March. During our meeting, we had great discussions and SANA gave us an excellent programme which we visited lovely garden centres, the SANA trade fair and some cultural places. Our meetings were very productive and successful. […]
IGCA E-News December 2018
Message from our IGCA President Season’s Greetings to you all! We recently had a great successful congress in Czech Republic where we could find invaluable experience with our IGCA friends. Czech association worked very hard and organized fruitful congress very well. I was very impressed by their warm hospitality and garden centers industry. Read more… […]
IGCA Congress 2018 – Prague
Congratulations to the Czech Garden Centre Association on hosting a successful and very enjoyable Congress last week. A huge thank you to all companies visited during this event for your hospitality. […]
IGCA Congress 2017 Canada
An annual Congress held for one week between August and October, each year in a different host country. This comprises of a business meeting, which elects officials and administers the affairs of the Association, a concentrated business IGCA Interactive Tour for the younger generation of garden centre employees, managers and directors, and an excellent social programme. […]