As Grupo Alta celebrates its 25th anniversary, the present looks great and the future looks even brighter.

Speaking with The Produce News on April 2 was Carlos Bon Jr., a Grupo Alta partner. Grupo Alta is based in Hermosillo, Sonora, and its marketing arm, Divine Flavor, LLC, operates from a brand new distribution center in Nogales. Divine Flavor also has sales offices in San Diego, CA, and McAllen, TX.

Weis Markets, headquartered in Sunbury, PA, announced in a news release that Michael Brody, AIFD, has joined its company as corporate lead floral designer and he will help develop and oversee Weis Markets’ full-service floral design and arrangement business.

Master Nursery Garden Centers and AmericanHort jointly announced in a news release that Master Nursery Garden Centers will begin hosting its eastern region gathering (formally know as the Conclave) this year at Cultivate ’15 in Columbus, Ohio, July 11-14.

“We are moving our membership meeting to Cultivate because it’s an all-inclusive event that will provide business-building education and access to the largest variety of plants and products that our members need,” said Gerry Docksteader, vice president of operations at MNGC in Vacaville, CA, in the release.

The Horticultural Research Institute announced in a news release that it is accepting applications for the 2015-16 school year. The scholarships are made possible by seven special HRI endowment funds that aid students who are seeking a lifelong career in horticulture and are available as follows:

• The Timothy S. and Palmer W. Bigelow Jr. Scholarship (one $3,000 scholarship available).

• The Usrey Family Scholarship (one $1,000 scholarship available).

The fourth edition of the International Floriculture Trade Expo will be held at the Shree Visa Oshwal Community Center in Parklands Nairobi, Kenya, June 3-5.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. all three days. The industry-wide, international event serves all segments of the floriculture chain from breeders, propagators and growers to cargo shippers and suppliers to the trade.

The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association’s sixty-third annual convention will meet June 12-13 and according to the organization’s website, “it’s a time each year for FNGLA members and industry friends to celebrate the past year of success while welcoming FNGLA’s new leadership taking office.”