News and Events

People in the News

New positions
Siebe Dirk Streekstra to head of Project Management; Hay Lamers to Growing Advisor, Schoneveld Twello, The Netherlands.
 
Business changes
Dosatron International, Clearwater, Fla., has partnered with Dosa Distributions, Oakland, Calif., to create modular, ready-to-install panel systems for the hydroponic and boutique garden markets.

Scotts Miracle-Gro, Marysville, Ohio, is expanding its manufacturing plant and has purchased a distribution facility in Orrville, Ohio. The expansion will create about 100 additional jobs.

Honors
David Wright, owner of Wright’s Nursery and Greenhouse, Plantersville, Ala., named 2009 Southeastern Alabama Farmer of the Year from Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo.

Scott Hutchins, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, has been named a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America.

Johnson’s Nursery, Menomonee Falls, Wis., is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Darrel Apps, Garden Adventures, Wild Rose, Wis., received the Perennial Plant Association’s Award of Merit.

The Society of American Florists awarded the 2009 Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education to Lance Osborne, professor of entomology, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, Wis., was given a first place award for its new Effinity93 gas-fired heater by Business Contracting.com at the 2009 Comfortech Expo.
 

Events

January 2010
3-4, WESTERN Annual Meeting & Trade Show, Overland Park, Kan.; www.wnla.org
6-8, Northern Green Expo, Minneapolis; www.northerngreenexpo.org
6-8, Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show, Baltimore; www.mants.com
12-14, Landscape Ontario Congress, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; www.locongress.com
12-13, Mid-States Horticultural Expo, Louisville, Ken.; www.mshe.org
20-22, Mid-America Horticultural Trade Show, Chicago; www.midam.org
21-23, Gulf States Horticultural Expo, Mobile, Ala.; www.gshe.org
25-27, Central Environmental Nursery Trade Show, Columbus; www.onla.org
27-29, WinterGreen, Duluth, Ga.; www.ggia.org
Jan. 31-Feb. 3, ANLA Management Clinic, Louisville, Ky.; www.anla.org