HBA announced that garden hydrangea Panflora has won the benchmark Quality Garden Hydrangea 2022. The test shows that Panflora meets the consumer expectations best. Of all the plants entered, Panflora achieved the highest scores for shelf life and ornamental value. Panflora was submitted by HBA partner Kötterheinrich.

During Trade Fair 2022 Michel Verbeek, sales manager for RFH and Evelyn Beckers, researcher for Post Harvest Knowledge Center RFH, handed over a prize to Jürgen Gerdvordermark, sales manager for Kötterheinrich and Jan ten Brinke, sales manager for HBA.

Bell Nursery, an innovative wholesale nursery grower in the Central Garden & Pet portfolio, has been named Environmental Partner of the Year by The Home Depot. This award is presented to only one supplier a year that has gone above and beyond to assist the retailer in reducing the company’s environmental footprint while delivering top-quality products to the consumers who rely on The Home Depot to help them beautify and improve their homes.

With consumer interest in gardening continuing to gain momentum across North America, Proven Winners has expanded its commitment to support home gardener success. It hosted an inaugural group of content creators to a Proven Winners Creators Roundtable held in the newly established Proven Winners headquarters in DeKalb, IL.

Nearly two dozen plant influencers attended the two-day event to learn more about the brand’s plans for new products and gardener solutions that will launch in 2023.

Dollar Tree Inc. announced a number of key leadership additions, with Jennifer Bohaty, Terence Goods, Jennifer Silberman and Kristin Tetreault joining the organization as chief compliance officer, chief diversity officer, chief sustainability officer and chief communications officer respectively.

Two days of thought-provoking educational sessions, a sold-out trade show floor and a variety of networking opportunities await attendees of next week’s fifth annual Organic Grower Summit in Monterey, CA. Presented by Western Growers and Organic Produce Network, OGS 2022 will bring together organic growers and supply chain and service companies, providing them with information and education related to the continued growth, opportunities and challenges in the production of organic fresh food.

While turkey will be at the center of the Thanksgiving plate for many customers, cranberries remain a holiday staple with, a projected 6.2 million pounds — 100 truckloads — of fresh cranberries to be sold at Kroger stores, according to the company's retail and data science, insights and media arm .