People and events

New positions
Tom Johnston to chief financial officer and controller; Phil Hart to nursery grower/trees and shrubs, Denison Landscaping & Nursery, Fort Washington, Md.
 
Graham Anderson to vice-president/general manager, Surface Nursery, Gresham, Ore.
 
Jessica Brophy to tree care and maintenance sales representative, Hawks Nursery, Wauwatosa, Wis.
 
Shannon Ortigosa  to territory manager for southeastern Florida; Robbie Abillama to territory manager for east, south and central Texas; Sharon Gravitt-Warschauer to territory manager for Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Ward Gunter to specialty agricultural sales agronomist, Scotts Professional Products, Marysville, Ohio.
 
Adam Stratton to regional sales manager for the West Coast region, Hamilton Engineering, Livonia, Mich.
 
Kim Daum to nursery specialist, Target Specialty Products, Santa Fe Springs, Calif. 
 
Morgan Martinez to nursery department assistant manager; Christa Jennings, edible gardening specialist, awarded a certificate as a master fruit taster, McShane’s Nursery & Landscape Supply.
 
Terry Berger to sales representative for Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, Aris Horticultural Services, Barberton, Ohio.
 
Stephanie Whitehouse to sales and marketing manager, Peace Tree Farms, Kintnersville, Pa.

Associations
Mike Emmons, Prides Corner Farms, Lebanon, Conn., to president, International Plant Propagators’ Society, Southold, N.Y. 
 
Julie Douglas, Lafayette, Ind., to director of communications, American Seed Trade Association, Alexandria, Va. 


 

Business changes
Quali-Pro, Raleigh, N.C., has acquired Bold Formulators, Tifton, Ga. Quali-Pro offers fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and plant growth regulators in commercial ornamental and turf markets; Bold Formulators specializes in liquid and dry agrichemical formulations, providing all phases of product development and manufacturing.
 
Ashdown Roses, Landrum, S.C., has changed its name to Paul Zimmerman Roses. The company also launched a new website at www.paulzimmermanroses.com.
 
Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, and Agrisoma Biosciences, North Vancouver, British Columbia, have signed a research and commercial license option agreement.  The agreement provides Dow AgroSciences access to Agrisoma’s proprietary Engineered Trait Loci (ETL) technology on an exclusive basis in major food crops, and on a non-exclusive basis, in other crop species.
 
Carico Systems, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Cowin Global, China, have combined expertise and resources to establish Carico Cowin Global. The new company will offer material handling wire roll carts and containers, as well as produce other low-cost, high-quality steel wire mesh products. Travis Ferguson has been named vice president/marketing and Barbara Park has been appointed field marketing manager. The company also launched a new website, www.caricocowin.com.


 

Honors
ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, Calabasas, Calif., was honored with 14 landscape awards at the 40th annual PLANET Green Industry Conference in Louisville, Ky. 


 

Deaths
David Mason Pharr, 68, died November 20, 2009. He was a professor of Horticulture at North Carolina State University.
 
Tom van Wingerden, 63, died December 19, 2009. He was the founder of Metrolina Greenhouses in Huntersville, N.C.