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"Autumn leaves are nice, but chrysanthemums are irresistible"
The South Korean city of Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, announced that the 21st Yangsan Chrysanthemum Festival, held at the Jungbu Plaza area of Hwangsan Park from October 24 to November 16, concluded successfully. This year's festival showcased more than 65,000 chrysanthemum works, lovingly cultivated by the city of Yangsan over the past year, to the public.
The festival venue was filled with...
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India: Annual tulip plantation in Pulwama has kicked off
The Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu under the flagship Mission on Floriculture on Thursday, 20 November 2025, kick-started its annual Tulip plantation at its Field Station Bonera Pulwama. Under the Mission CSIR-IIIM has initiated tulip cultivation at Field Station Bonera since 2022 with the primary objectives of indigenizing tulip bulb production, developing agro-technological...
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NL: CHP remains important as energy costs rise sharply due to new policy
The importance of the gas-engine combined heat and power unit (CHP) in Dutch horticulture will remain strong in 2025, even as energy costs continue to rise and tax benefits are gradually phased out. According to S. Schlatmann and J. Larrivee of BlueTerra, who shared their findings with Glastuinbouw Nederland in an autumn update of the CHP Barometer, CHP systems still offer a competitive advantage compared...
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"The quality of your people matters even more than the quality of your seeds or substrates"
"We all know the aeration motor needs lubrication and the CHP unit needs its annual service. However, where most of a company's money and time are really spent, and what determines the final result most, is people. Yet we invest surprisingly little in them," says Peter Klapwijk of 2Harvest. It's not just about making work more enjoyable, he adds, it's also good business. "It pays off...
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