June 2015: Update from Switzerland

Vol. 7, Issue 2  |  June 2015   Erwin Shares a Gem in Italy By Erwin Meier-Honegger Imagine a museum at a Garden Centre. Think about displays showcasing the history of horticulture in a beautiful old glasshouse in the calm rear of a busy nursery. A fairy tale? No, someone was able to make her dream become true! […]

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September 2015: Update from Switzerland 2

Vol. 7, Issue 3  |  September 2015   Learn from other industries By Erwin Meier-Honegger Autumn is inspiration and training time. The summer months can often recharge your personal batteries, and this energy puts you on the right track to explore new ideas. The range of conferences, seminars, congresses and trade fairs is particularly diverse in […]

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June 2015: Update from USA

Vol. 7, Issue 2  |  June 2015   Ebert’s Gets Customers Excited to Shop with Pre-Spring Tour By Jeff Morey Ebert’s annual pre-spring “behind-the-scenes” tour of its production facilities taps local residents’ pent-up desires to garden and jump-starts sales when the store – located in the Midwestern U.S. state of Wisconsin, in the city of […]

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September 2015: Update from USA

Vol. 7, Issue 3  |  September 2015   AmericanHort is very excited to join the IGCA!  By Sherry Johnson AmericanHort serves businesses across the spectrum of the horticulture industry. With over 800 member businesses engaged in retail, we’re one of the largest garden center associations in North America. The industry is very optimistic as the economy […]

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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, […]

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September 2015: Update from Ireland

Vol. 7, Issue 3  |  September 2015   Update from Ireland By Fergal Doyle Garden retail is mostly gearing up for Halloween and Christmas now and Autumn has turned out to be very slow with sales mainly due to a lack of momentum coming from a poor summer. Despite this the industry and country in terms […]

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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 […]

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September 2015: Update from South Africa

Vol. 7, Issue 3  |  September 2015   Hello Spring! By Gerdie Olivier After a surprisingly mild winter, spring arrived in early August.  This is the start of our peak trading period for garden centres in South Africa.   Unfortunately with South Africa being a water scarce country, various regions are facing strict water restrictions.  For […]

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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 […]

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E-News: December 2015

Vol. 7, Issue 4  |  December 2015   Message From Your President John Zaplatynsky December 6 – 9 the IGCA Board of Directors the country Administrators met in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada for the annual winter meeting.  The meetings were held in Niagara Falls as it will be the location for the IGCA Congress in September, 2017.  The […]

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