December 2014 Number 24, December 2014 A message from the President A Chairde/Friends In Ireland we are still enjoying our fond memories of congress and are looking forward to Denmark next August. It is amazing that each country that hosts a congress puts on a different but fantastic show, where we all learn and take back ‘gems’ […]
E-News: June 2014
June 2014 Number 22, June 2014 President’s Message I am delighted to report that we have over 200 delegates registered for the Congress coming up in Ireland. We have been finalizing the itinerary for the week, and I visited some of the stops last month. The week will be full of some lovely garden centres […]
E-News: December 2009
DECEMBER 2009 IGCA E News Number 4, December 2009 Our E News is a little shorter this month with everyone very busy with Christmas. On behalf of IGCA we trust you will have a wonderful Christmas and a great 2010. Christmas Greetings to you all! In spite of the U.K. apparently being the last […]
E-News: September 2009
SEPTEMBER 2009 IGCA E News Number 3, September 2009 Greetings from California! Whether you’re in the Northern or Southern hemisphere this year, we’re all very well aware that the economy has played a large part in the way we’re doing business these days. Inventory levels and labor costs are more important than ever. There […]
E-News: June 2009
JUNE 2009 Hello everyone, IGCA E News Number 2, June 2009 Greetings from California! Well, let me tell you that this spring was the year of; ‘If you can eat it, you can sell it’! Vegetables, grapes, berries, fruit trees, citrus…. anything and everything related to food flew off the shelves. Everything involved with growing […]
E-News: April 2009
APRIL 2009 – Welcome to the first IGCA E-News. Thank you to those who have contributed some words and special thanks to Leigh Siebler of the Garden Centres Association of Australia for volunteering his editing skills. From Your President – Tom Courtright First and foremost I would like to thank our Japanese friends for a […]
E-News: April 2010
April 2010 GCA E News Number 5 The IGCA administrators and board met in Italy in February to discuss business including future congresses. From President Sue Allen Please include greetings to everyone from me, saying how much I enjoyed our visit to the South Tyrol region of Italy, and extending my thanks particularly to Victor […]
E-News: June 2010
June 2010 Number 6, June 2010 Ensure your booking for the Congress in Japan this year – book now. This year Sakura season kept longer because of the cool spring in March and April. Low temperature and less sunshine meant that we had difficulty in selling vegetable seedling in this season. It affected the sales […]
E-News: September 2010
September 2010 Number 7, September, 2010 From Your President Sue Allen Last month we were sorry to hear that the American Nurserymen and Landscape Association had resigned its membership of the IGCA. As one of the original and stalwart member countries they had hosted 3 congresses in the past, and for many years a large […]
E-News: December 2010
December 2010 Number 8, December, 2010 From Your President Sue Allen I am writing this as snow falls outside my window, and the warm October weather and the warm welcome the IGCA delegates experienced at the Japanese Congress seem so long ago now. From the moment those drummers beat 200 delegates into silence at the […]