Who's News: May 2008 - Garden Center

New positions

Harry Kloppenburg to president, Fides, Holland.

Zac Fellabaum to sales manager for U.S. and Latin America, LawnGrips LLC, Lake Oswego, Ore.

Larry Blackledge to West Coast area manager, Quali-Pro, Raleigh, N.C.

Gary Berglund to vice president, western market sales, Dosatron International Inc., Clearwater, Fla.

Brian Krug to greenhouse/floriculture extension specialist, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

Brian Lennon to director of sales, Irrometer Co., Riverside, Calif.

Scott Phillips to director of sales and marketing, Stuppy Inc.

Chris Kessler to branded programs manager, East Jordan Plastics, East Jordan, Mich.

Rob Neill to global head of marketing; and David Stanley to general manager of professional products, Syngenta Crop Protection, Greensboro, N.C.

Mike Rider to general manager, Sunny Border Ohio Inc., Jefferson, Ohio.

Todd Carnley to executive director, PDSI, Loxley, Ala.

Marney Dorsey and Justin Stewart to sales representatives, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis.

Tammy Hickel to vice president of sales and marketing, Magnet Works Ltd., St. Louis, Mo.

Leslie Nathan-Street to president, Gift & Home Channel, New York City.

Honors

Texas Nursery & Landscape Association award recipients: Michael E. Brown, The Grass Is Greener Landscape Inc., Helotes, Young Leader Award; Tom Dickerson, Powell Plant Farms, Fair Oaks Ranch, Arp Award; and Chuck Sudduth, Chuck Sudduth Associates, Lubbock; Elaine K. Turner, Turner Landscape Inc., Corpus Christi; and Ted Turner Sr., Turner Landscape Inc., Corpus Christi, Honorary Lifetime Memberships.

Ruppert Nurseries, Laytonsville, Md., received the National Capital Business Ethics Award from Society of Financial Services Professionals.

Mark Bridgen, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, Riverhead, N.Y., received the Herbert Medal from International Bulb Society  for meritorious achievement in advancing the knowledge of bulbous plants.

Alabama Nursery and Landscape Association award recipients: Heath Hoffman, GreenEarth LLC, Birmingham, Horizon Award; and Harry Ponder, Auburn University, Auburn, Lifetime Achievement Award.

Homespice Décor, Tucker, Ga., received the Best of Floor Award for its Out-Durable rug display at AmericasMart Atlanta.

Associations

New officers of Texas Nursery & Landscape Association: Bill Brown, Creekside Nursery, Hempstead, chairman; James Wilhite, Wilhite Landscape and Lawn Care, Tyler, chairman-elect; Johnette Taylor, Roundtree Landscaping, Dallas, landscape director; Bobby Spence, Harvest Supply Co., Fort Worth, supplier director; and John Smothers, TG Trees Nursery and Garden Center, Lubbock, Region VI director.

Ronnie Stisher, Birmingham, Ala., to secretary/treasurer, International Plant Propagators’ Society, Southern Region.

New officers of Garden Centers of America: Ken Long, L.A. Reynolds Garden Showcase, Winston-Salem, N.C., president; Jim Feeney, Feeney’s Nursery, Feasterville, Pa., president elect; David Williams, Williams Nursery, Westfield, N.J., treasurer; and John Trax, Northwest Nursery Buyers Association, Zigzag, Ore., past president.

New officers of Michigan Floriculture Growers Council: Paul Karlovich, C. Raker and Sons Inc., Litchfield, president; Jim Tuinier, Post Gardens, Battle Creek, vice president; and Don Klooster, Klooster Greenhouse Inc., Kalamazoo, secretary/treasurer.

Richard Nieuwenhuis, Scenic Valley Greenhouses, Warren County, N.J., was elected to American Farm Bureau Federation’s board of directors.

Business changes

Fides, Holland, acquired exclusive global rights to distribution of double-flowered kalanchoes from breeder Gartneriet Rosborg-Bellinge, Denmark.

Lindsay Corp., Omaha, Neb., acquired Watertronics Inc., Hartland, Wis.

BASF Crop Protection, Research Triangle Park, N.C., agreed to provide limited access to triticonazole fungicide to Bayer Environmental Science, Germany.

Ralph S. Moore, Sequoia Nursery, Visalia, Calif., donated his miniature rose breeding stock, 80 plant patents, a book collection and cash contribution to Texas A&M University’s Horticultural Sciences Department.

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Takao Nursery, Fresno, Calif., is exclusive North American agent for De Ruiters of Holland.

May 2008