Are you a journalist? On our press site, you will find our contact details and our press archive. www.vlaanderen.be/vlam/press Florall trade fair: Sempervivum ‘Coconut Crystal Belsemmag1’ wins golden Florall award 29 September 2022 At the Florall trade fair, a professional jury presented awards to potentially interesting innovations. After intense deliberations, in which several aspects were carefully considered, the jury decided to award gold to the new variety Sempervivum ‘Coconut Crystal Belsemmag1’. Read more Flemish horticulturalists put their weight behind biggest stand at 2022 Floraliën Ghent 01 April 2022 The Floraliën Ghent will be held from Friday, 29 April to Sunday, 8 May 2022 at the ICC, the Floraliën hall and the Kuipke in the Citadelpark of Ghent. It will be a gigantic indoor garden covering 1.5 hectares with a discovery trail that is 1.5 km long. Read more The Belgian Garden at the Floriade Expo 2022 22 March 2022 The Belgian garden at the Floriade Expo from 14 April to 9 October 2022 is taking shape. The Flemish horticultural sector is also looking forward to the exhibit. Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board put landscape architect Nicolas Godelet in touch with numerous leading companies. Read more Florall fair: Primula acaulis ‘Rubens’ Antique rose wins the golden Florall Award 03 March 2022 The spring edition of Florall attracted 75 exhibitors and a lot of visitors from Flanders and abroad. Once again, a professional jury awarded potentially interesting innovations. Read more East Flemish tree nursery Sylva Nurseries exports forests at full capacity 04 October 2021 25 million saplings are leaving Lievegem every year to create forests and develop nature reserves. So far, Sylva Nurseries has exported them to as many as 40 different countries, good for 10,000 hectares of green area. Sylva Nurseries exports its product to all the corners of the world, including distant countries such as China, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Read more Florall fair: ‘Magical Snowqueen’ wins the golden Florall Award 25 August 2021 After an intensive deliberation phase during which various aspects of the candidates were taken into account, the jury made the decision to award Gold to Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Magical Snowqueen’. Cortaderia ‘Tiny pampa’ got a silver medal and Echinacea ‘SunSeekers Apple green’ received bronze. Read more Floréac wins prestigious JardinPlus Trophée d’Or for second year running 19 July 2021 Floréac has been awarded the Trophée d’Or 2021 for best supplier of houseplants and cut flowers by the leading French magazine ‘Jardineries’. This entrenches the East-Flemish family business’ position as the market leader. Last year, Floréac won gold in the exact same categories: innovation, logistics, and commercial dynamism/communication. Read more First digital fair by Florall: Betterbuxus® wins the golden Florall Award 31 March 2021 Once again, a professional jury awarded potentially interesting innovations, during the digital Florall fair. After an intensive deliberation phase, during which various aspects of the candidates were taken into account and weighed, the jury made the decision to award Gold for Betterbuxus®. Agapanthus “Poppin’ Purple” that was awarded a silver medal also received its first public award. The spectacular colours convinced the jury to award Bronze to Leucothoe 'Rant01' (Firestar). Read more Discover the Belgian horticultural masters and their innovations online 14 January 2021 IPM Essen is the annual trade fair for meeting the Belgian horticultural sector at various group stands of the VLAM, Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board. Since the 2021 edition of IPM Essen has been cancelled, VLAM is offering a virtual alternative. Read more Corona puts wind in the sails of young azalea growers 05 January 2021 When Belgium went into lockdown in March, Drieghe Azalea barely panicked. The plants could go into the cold storage to inhibit flowering and direct sales were scaled up rapidly. All in all, this corona year has been a good year. The growers see a bright future and the market for azaleas is on the rise. Read more Floréac wins prestigious JardinPlus Trophée d’Or 2020 31 August 2020 Floréac was awarded the Trophée d’Or 2020 for the best supplier of houseplants and cut flowers by the leading French magazine ‘Jardineries’. The family business from the province of East Flanders achieved the highest score for three criteria: innovation, logistics and commercial dynamic/communication. However, it was above all its ‘proximity to consumers and shops’ that convinced the jury made up of purchasers from leading garden centres and chains. Read more Floraliën Ghent 2020 postponed to April 2021 18 March 2020 Read more Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Loving Flemish horticulture? Find a supplier Contact our experts Home
Florall trade fair: Sempervivum ‘Coconut Crystal Belsemmag1’ wins golden Florall award 29 September 2022 At the Florall trade fair, a professional jury presented awards to potentially interesting innovations. After intense deliberations, in which several aspects were carefully considered, the jury decided to award gold to the new variety Sempervivum ‘Coconut Crystal Belsemmag1’. Read more
Flemish horticulturalists put their weight behind biggest stand at 2022 Floraliën Ghent 01 April 2022 The Floraliën Ghent will be held from Friday, 29 April to Sunday, 8 May 2022 at the ICC, the Floraliën hall and the Kuipke in the Citadelpark of Ghent. It will be a gigantic indoor garden covering 1.5 hectares with a discovery trail that is 1.5 km long. Read more
The Belgian Garden at the Floriade Expo 2022 22 March 2022 The Belgian garden at the Floriade Expo from 14 April to 9 October 2022 is taking shape. The Flemish horticultural sector is also looking forward to the exhibit. Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board put landscape architect Nicolas Godelet in touch with numerous leading companies. Read more
Florall fair: Primula acaulis ‘Rubens’ Antique rose wins the golden Florall Award 03 March 2022 The spring edition of Florall attracted 75 exhibitors and a lot of visitors from Flanders and abroad. Once again, a professional jury awarded potentially interesting innovations. Read more
East Flemish tree nursery Sylva Nurseries exports forests at full capacity 04 October 2021 25 million saplings are leaving Lievegem every year to create forests and develop nature reserves. So far, Sylva Nurseries has exported them to as many as 40 different countries, good for 10,000 hectares of green area. Sylva Nurseries exports its product to all the corners of the world, including distant countries such as China, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Read more
Florall fair: ‘Magical Snowqueen’ wins the golden Florall Award 25 August 2021 After an intensive deliberation phase during which various aspects of the candidates were taken into account, the jury made the decision to award Gold to Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Magical Snowqueen’. Cortaderia ‘Tiny pampa’ got a silver medal and Echinacea ‘SunSeekers Apple green’ received bronze. Read more
Floréac wins prestigious JardinPlus Trophée d’Or for second year running 19 July 2021 Floréac has been awarded the Trophée d’Or 2021 for best supplier of houseplants and cut flowers by the leading French magazine ‘Jardineries’. This entrenches the East-Flemish family business’ position as the market leader. Last year, Floréac won gold in the exact same categories: innovation, logistics, and commercial dynamism/communication. Read more
First digital fair by Florall: Betterbuxus® wins the golden Florall Award 31 March 2021 Once again, a professional jury awarded potentially interesting innovations, during the digital Florall fair. After an intensive deliberation phase, during which various aspects of the candidates were taken into account and weighed, the jury made the decision to award Gold for Betterbuxus®. Agapanthus “Poppin’ Purple” that was awarded a silver medal also received its first public award. The spectacular colours convinced the jury to award Bronze to Leucothoe 'Rant01' (Firestar). Read more
Discover the Belgian horticultural masters and their innovations online 14 January 2021 IPM Essen is the annual trade fair for meeting the Belgian horticultural sector at various group stands of the VLAM, Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board. Since the 2021 edition of IPM Essen has been cancelled, VLAM is offering a virtual alternative. Read more
Corona puts wind in the sails of young azalea growers 05 January 2021 When Belgium went into lockdown in March, Drieghe Azalea barely panicked. The plants could go into the cold storage to inhibit flowering and direct sales were scaled up rapidly. All in all, this corona year has been a good year. The growers see a bright future and the market for azaleas is on the rise. Read more
Floréac wins prestigious JardinPlus Trophée d’Or 2020 31 August 2020 Floréac was awarded the Trophée d’Or 2020 for the best supplier of houseplants and cut flowers by the leading French magazine ‘Jardineries’. The family business from the province of East Flanders achieved the highest score for three criteria: innovation, logistics and commercial dynamic/communication. However, it was above all its ‘proximity to consumers and shops’ that convinced the jury made up of purchasers from leading garden centres and chains. Read more