WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists across the United States are busy tapping and shaking cut flower shipments to ensure Valentine’s Day flowers are safe for the American public.

“With the high demand for flowers during Valentine’s Day, the number of flower shipments will increase significantly during the season, making it a very busy time for CBP agriculture specialists,” said John Sagle, CBP Acting Executive Director of Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison.  “Even during COVID, there has been no slowing in the number of flowers being imported. Our

Floriexpo, the largest high-volume B2B floral expo in North America, uniting floral category vendors with mass market floral buyers from supermarkets, chain stores, wholesale florist distributors, online retailers, retail florists and more returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center from June 7-9, 2022.

The event returns with a fresh brand and a renewed focus and promises to be a hub of inspiration and exploration featuring product categories spanning from fresh cut flowers and greens to potted plants, containers, plush, technology, balloons, care and handling, design, and much more.

“After

"With this acquisition, GrowGen is strengthening its global product supply chain and adding significant distribution of its growing list of private label products," said Michael Salaman, President and co-founder of GrowGen. "Keith Harrington is one of the most respected executives and one of the early innovators of the U.S. modern horticultural market. We are excited that he will contribute his multi-decade expertise to the GrowGen team."

"I am looking forward to working with GrowGen to build out a tri-continent supply chain to offer developing markets around the world a best-of-breed supply

PanAmerican Seed® is pleased to continue its charitable give-back to less widely known causes through annual donations on behalf of Beacon® Impatiens. The disease-resistant Beacon series has brought light – and happiness – back to shade gardens worldwide. Now entering year three, PanAmerican Seed announces the 2022 Beacon Impatiens charitable donation will fight low vision issues, such as macular degeneration – a disease affecting the eyesight of millions of people worldwide.

The affliction was brought to PanAmerican Seed’s attention through the experience of one of its own team members. To

Griffin, one of the largest horticultural brokers and suppliers in the United States, announced today the relocation of its Aurora, CO facility to Denver, CO. The new state-of-the-art facility is 36,200 square feet with 1,900 square feet of administrative office space.

"We are thrilled to be relocating our facility to Denver, as the area will provide the foundation for our new growth initiatives going forward. This makes it an ideal distribution center for the West Coast,” said Duane Salenger, Director of Operations for Griffin.  “We now have a distribution center in CO that can receive

For more than a decade, Galentine's Day (Feb. 13) has been growing in popularity, including in the floral industry, which now offers products recognizing this trend. "We continue to see a spike in demand for our foam products that help customers create fun floral arrangements and care packages to show gratitude for the women in their lives,” says Amy Steidl Olson, director of product development at FloraCraft, a manufacturer of foam products for the craft and floral industries.

So, what is Galentine's Day? "This once-fake holiday from a 2010 episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation featured the