Grower

Friends, family and colleagues had the opportunity to honour the lifetime of work by John Somerville on Aug. 29 at the Riverwood Retirement Home in Alliston.

A two-day special meeting of the International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS), Eastern Region, took place in Ottawa on July 25 and 26.

This year Grobe’s Nursery and Garden Centre in Breslau not only looks back with pride on 50 years of success, but ahead to a promising future built on passion and good business sense.

Willowbrook Nurseries in Fenwick is well-known for its charity work helping the cancer fund with its special branded plants.

A framework for Pest Management in Nursery Crop Production

The International Plant Propagator’s Society area meeting and tour took place in Ottawa on July 25 and 26.

Concern is being raised over the federal government looking at significant cuts to a key program for growers, AgriStability.

The current Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) will expire March 2014.

For the past four years the owner of Blue Sky Nursery in Beamsville, Alice Klamer, has served on the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Board and sponsored fundraising events.

Knippel Nursery of Gloucester supports the community through donations of plant material.