Floriexpo will take over the Broward County Convention Center from May 31–June 2.  On May 31, the event will present an exclusive Pre-Conference Day designed for mid and high-volume buyers, category managers and merchandisers across all segments of the floral industry. Previously the “International Floriculture Expo,” Floriexpo, enters 2023 with a new format that includes a revamped content program, curated experiences specific to high volume buyers as well as retail professionals and a major focus on enhanced networking and a top-notch experience.

Attendees and exhibitors will have access

As part of the FloraLife Sustainability Plan 2025, the company has been looking at its product line’s packaging with magnifying glasses and has been making changes wherever possible. Plastic usage across its full global product range has been a big focus area of improvement.

Following the reduce, reuse and recycle principles, the company has been able to reduce plastic usage for its North American EthylBloc Truck Kit product by 10.11 percent and reduced emissions from freight by 20 percent. This is an immediate improvement. There is no change to the use instruction or great efficacy you have

If there’s one thing we love to see, it’s our educational grants in action, educating and inspiring students.

In 2022, AFE gave researchers at Mississippi State University an educational grant of $5,500 to start a cut flower garden on campus. This funding helped purchase perennial plants, gardening tools, and materials to create raised gardens with an irrigation system.

MSU began work on the garden last Spring. Since then, they have installed 24 raised flower beds, established a drip irrigation system, placed weed barriers, and set up compost bins. In addition, they grew and evaluated 23

The Bloom Show started in January 2021 on YouTube as a much-needed platform during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, The Bloom Show also started to live stream via LinkedIn, another platform for floral industry professionals.

The idea that started it all was to give the flower industry a place to innovate, connect, and bloom with other industry peers and create opportunities for the guests to have an honest conversation with people they wanted to collaborate with. The Bloom Show has also done shows like the Women's Roundtable, which highlights the women leaders of the floral industry, and

Dümmen Orange is making new genetics available for out-licensing to young plant growers and breeders. The company is constantly focusing on creating a rich pipeline of new products. To bring more of these genetics to the market alongside its own portfolio, Dümmen Orange is looking to setup new partnerships with industry players.  

To build up the licensing-out of genetics, Dümmen Orange has appointed Martijn Kuiper, currently Head of Global Product Management, to the new role of Director of Global Out-licensing. Martijn has long-term experience within the floriculture industry, working with

Consumers may think a flower is a flower, or a tulip is just a tulip. But we in the flower industry know that this is not the case.

Two key factors contribute to making a better tulip. How do you define better?

At Sun Valley, we define better as the best possible consumer experience. After all, it is the end user that we aim to delight and amaze with our flowers, therefore a better tulip performs better for consumers. We’ll prove it, let us send you a sample box today!

The first factor in determining if one tulip is better than another is weight. In some markets, tulip pricing is based on