Floral pros from all industry segments came together to experience two days of world class business training, creative inspiration and networking with 400+ peers at SAF Orlando 2022. More than a dozen educational sessions covered consumer buying behavior, capitalizing on trends, building and evolving your brand, company culture and retaining talent.

Photos provided by Sahid Nahim of New Bloom Solutions.

Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of its client, Flower Kingdom to Klis Capital. The acquisition closed September 2, 2022.

Flower Kingdom, located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, provides custom floral arrangements, plants and gifts for every occasion.

Founded in 1986, Flower Kingdom has been a family-owned and operated business since inception and offers only high-quality products with custom designs. Flower Kingdom has developed market share through its unwavering commitment to customer service and

The extremely high energy costs hit the floriculture industry hard. Royal FloraHolland is sounding the alarm and is working together with other parties to do so. Don't leave the horticultural sector out in the cold! In this video, CEO Steven van Schilfgaarde addresses the growers.

CalFlowers Fun 'N Sun Convention: All About Flowers was a blast as old friends and new contacts reveled in Victorian grandeur at Hotel del Coronado as the floral industry reunited for the 3 day event.

Sahid Nahim and Willie Armellini of The Bloom Show and Flowers and Cents were joined by Danean Allan of Armellini Logistics and Mike Mooney of Floral Trade Distributors to discuss the logistics of delivering flowers. As an added bonus, they offered advice on working with logistics firms for wholesalers, distributors and supermarkets.

All-America Selections is pleased to announce that entries for the 2023 trials are now being accepted.

Publicity and overall awareness of AAS is at an all-time high. This is a great time for breeders and breeding companies to take advantage of the momentum generated by the additional publicity and availability of AAS winners.

Breeders interested in entering their new, never-before-sold varieties can now use AAS’ online forms to enter into any one or more of the seven AAS trials:

1. Perennials, trialed in-ground for three winters - $1,700
2. Ornamentals from Seed, trialed in-ground - $800
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