Horticulture

As early as in 1951, Genap BV recognised the importance of storing water in earth dams. "At our first facility in Westzaan, we started manufacturing prefabricated geomembranes used for lining earth dams to hold rainwater. The collected rainwater would then be used as irrigation water for greenhouses,"…

The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Landscape and Greenhouse Team is hosting a Plant Production lunch and learn webinar series. The webinar registration has unlimited attendance and it's possible to select multiple sessions.  "You can attend as many or as few as you like. Register and select…

For many horticultural businesses, the challenge of accessing reliable and affordable labour is one of their biggest concerns. In response, AHDB developed SmartHort, a programme to help growers make improvements to their labour efficiencies and to investigate new automation and technologies. As part of…

Robert Doig spent three months pruning vines in Canterbury to take a break from his usual job as an auto industry sparkie. The 31-year-old Cantabrian said he earned decent money in the spell from June to August, got fit, grew some muscles and loved working outdoors. Now, he’s recommending horticulture…

Mprise Agriware already hosted two webinars for seed companies in September. If you missed your chance, they have good news for you: they will organize two new webinars on the 27th and the 28th of October. This time they would like to invite all kinds of horticulture companies to participate. Do you use…

Recently the tenth and last interactive session of the EAT THIS webinar series was held. NethWork and World Horti Center look back on a successful series, bursting with inspiration and new insights concerning the ‘future of food’ by visionaries from – and more particularly – outside the horticultural…