Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Yaahh, only 5 months to go! By Per Boisen Andersen Then we will welcome you to the 57th International Garden Centre Congress, to be held in Denmark from 9 to 14 August 2015. By now we have more than 120 registered delegates, and the study tour is almost […]
March 2015: Update from Czech Republic
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 New Year in Czech Republic By Michal Ferenčík The beginning of the year starts with the meeting of the middle management. Members discuss what to prepare for customers this year and how to implement changes at all our garden centres. From this meeting and also from the meeting of owners […]
June 2015: Update from France
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Invasive Alien Species By Christiane Weiller French garden centers have been working on the Invasive Alien Species regulation in the European Union together with other French horticultural professions. This new regulation, which focuses only on species introduced into the European Union as a consequence of human intervention, is […]
March 2015: Update from Japan
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Report from Japan By Akihiro Ozaki A lot of snow has been falling in the northern and mountainous areas of Japan in this year. It is a very cold year, but there have been many days with nice weather in the plains from the east to the […]
March 2015: Update from UK
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 News from the UK By Iain Wylie UK GCA members finished 2014 with a good season of Christmas trading and ended the year approximately 9% ahead of the previous twelve months. This was in no small part due to the greatly improved weather in March, April and May […]
March 2015: Update from Switzerland 1
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Insider Tip: Save the Dates for 2016 By Erwin Meier-Honegger On 5 and 6 February the fourth edition of the Garden Retail Experience did take place near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. There was a master class in ‘Garden Centre Retailing’ with lots of information to increase sales, and […]
March 2015: Update from Switzerland 2
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 IGCA Meeting in Beautiful Switzerland By Othmar Ziswiler At the end of February we hosted 23 IGCA delegates from 15 different countries in Switzerland. The main focus of the meeting was the Swiss congress in 2016. The group visited several garden centers and they made sure that all […]
June 2015: Update from Switzerland 2
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Getting Plants into the News By Othmar Ziswiler From March through Easter, the Swiss newspapers wrote a lot about gardens, plants and the awakening nature. After Easter the media interest in garden topics slows down and this year we wanted to do something to continue the interest. We […]
June 2015: Update from Denmark
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Report from Denmark By Steen Vinkler After a cold wet spring, the sun is now shinning here in Denmark and we are really looking forward to welcoming you all to the IGCA Congress August 9th-14th. This year’s spring has been very difficult for the Danish garden centres. We have […]
June 2015: Update from Japan
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Report from Japan By Akihiro Ozaki A new organization called “indoor green promotion council” has been established. Its goal is to increase the demand for flowers and green spaces, after the downturn that happened in July of last year. The council has a mandate to improve greening in indoor offices, commercial facilities, […]