PRO Notes: February 2008 - GMPro

New positions

Tabatha Gainey to marketing coordinator, Proven Winners North America LLC, Sycamore, Ill.

Fred Bosch and Korbin Riley to vice presidents; Cameron Smith and Kim Moore to territory managers; and Ryan Lewis to marketing manager for water-soluble fertilizers, Scotts Co., Marysville, Ohio.

Andrew Bell to curator of woody plants, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill.

Jamie Gibson to corporate manager for quality control/technical services, Conrad Fafard Inc., Agawam, Mass.

Evan Elenbaas to president; and Niles Riese to vice president of sales, Walters Gardens Inc., Zeeland, Mich.

David DiPietro to large tree installation specialist; and Ty Trent to training and development manager, Ruppert Nurseries, Laytonsville, Md.

Kim Fulk and Darren Gilbert to sales representatives, McGregor Plant Sales, Carlsbad, Calif.

Jason Kuhlemeier and Joe Burke to business managers; Matt Bradley to marketing services/project manager; Mike Ruizzo and Jim Fetter to sales managers; Brian Tepper and Eric Kalasz to regional sales managers; and Bryan Gooch to national accounts manager, Bayer Environmental Science, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Cindy Rapshus to vice president of business development, Temkin International Inc., Payson, Utah.

Neil Mattson to assistant professor, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Honors

Paul Ecke III, Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, Calif., was honored for his volunteer efforts by Community Resource Center, Encinitas.

International Plant Propagators’ Society honorees: Don Cross, Cross Nurseries, Lakeville, Minn., Fellow of Eastern Region; and Tom Intven, Canadale Nurseries, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, Award of Merit.

Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, was a winner in one category and finalist in four other categories in the AGROW Awards competition, which honors corporate and individual excellence in crop protection and production.

Ball Horticultural Co.’s consumer Web site for Wave petunias, www.wave-rave.com, won a WebAward for Outstanding Achievement.

Associations

Mike Emmons, Prides Corner Farms, Lebanon, Conn., was re-elected executive director, International Plant Propagators’ Society Eastern Region Foundation.

Dan Wells, New Growth Inc., Hubbard, Ore., was inducted as president, Mailorder Gardening Association, Elkridge, Md.

Business changes

First Step Greenhouses, Temecula, Calif., partnered with Wagner Horticulture Solutions, Mount Pleasant, S.C., as a licensed propagator of Celebrated Plants.

Repel Products, Marion, Iowa, was named exclusive marketing and sales agent for Tree Guard deer repellent by Becker Underwood, Ames, Iowa.

Goldsmith Seeds, Gilroy, Calif., was named marketing partner for the ColorGrass collection by Kieft-Pro-Seeds.

Altman Plants, Loxahatchee, Fla., became a Anthony Tesselaar USA licensee.

Valleybrook Gardens, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, and Ellison’s Greenhouses, Brenham, Texas, joined the Hort Couture grower network.

John Deere, Moline, Ill., named Fergus/Peters Group, Des Plaines, Ill., as its public relations and advertising agency.

Ball Horticultural Co., West Chicago, Ill., acquired Darwin Plants, Netherlands.

Greenleaf Wholesale Florist Inc., Brighton, Colo., acquired United Wholesale Florists LLC, Little Rock, Ark.

Botanic Gardens Conservations International moved its U.S. headquarters to Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill.

A consortium of businesses agreed to acquire Nufarm Limited, Burr Ridge, Ill.

Jelitto Perennial Seeds, Germany, opened a branch office in Chiba, Japan.

DeGlas Acrylic Building Products changed its name to Evonik Industries, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

LidoChem Inc., Hazlet, N.J., expanded its Performance Nutrition Division into southeast U.S. turf and ornamental markets.

PALRAM Americas, Lehigh Valley, Pa., announced an agreement to supply cellular PVC Trimboard to Trex Co., Winchester, Va.

Deaths

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Sigrid Thomas, plantswoman, landscape designer and horticultural journalist, New York City, died Oct. 22. She was 75.

Edward Losely, Herman Losely and Son Inc., Perry, Ohio, died Oct. 25. He was 78.