PRO Notes: May 2008 - GMPro

Thursday, 01 May 2008

New positions

Harry Kloppenburg to president, Fides, Holland.

Larry Blackledge to West Coast area manager, Quali-Pro, Raleigh, N.C.

Brian Krug to greenhouse/floriculture extension specialist, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

Scott Phillips to director of sales and marketing, Stuppy Inc.

Mike Rider to general manager, Sunny Border Ohio Inc., Jefferson, Ohio.

Todd Carnley to executive director, PDSI, Loxley, Ala.

Honors

Texas Nursery & Landscape Association aware recipients: Michael E. Brown, The Grass Is Greener Landscape Inc., Helotes, Young Leader Award; Tom Dickerson, Powell Plant Farms, Fair Oaks Ranch, Arp Award; and Chuck Sudduth, Chuck Sudduth Associates, Lubbock; Elaine K. Turner, Turner Landscape Inc., Corpus Christi; and Ted Turner Sr., Turner Landscape Inc., Corpus Christi, Honorary Lifetime Memberships.

Ruppert Nurseries, Laytonsville, Md., received the National Capital Business Ethics Award from Society of Financial Services Professionals.

Mark Bridgen, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, Riverhead, N.Y., received the Herbert Medal from International Bulb Society for meritorious achievement in advancing the knowledge of bulbous plants.

Alabama Nursery and Landscape Association award recipients: Heath Hoffman, GreenEarth LLC, Birmingham, Horizon Award; and Harry Ponder, Auburn University, Auburn, Lifetime Achievement Award.

Associations

New officers of Texas Nursery & Landscape Association: Bill Brown, Creekside Nursery, Hempstead, chairman; James Wilhite, Wilhite Landscape and Lawn Care, Tyler, chairman-elect; Johnette Taylor, Roundtree Landscaping, Dallas, landscape director; Bobby Spence, Harvest Supply Co., Fort Worth, supplier director; and John Smothers, TG Trees Nursery and Garden Center, Lubbock, Region VI director.

Ronnie Stisher, Birmingham, Ala., to secretary/treasurer, International Plant Propagators’ Society, Southern Region.

New officers of Garden Centers of America: Ken Long, L.A. Reynolds Garden Showcase, Winston-Salem, N.C., president; Jim Feeney, Feeney’s Nursery, Feasterville, Pa., president elect; David Williams, Williams Nursery, Westfield, N.J., treasurer; and John Trax, Northwest Nursery Buyers Association, Zigzag, Ore., past president.

New officers of Michigan Floriculture Growers Council: Paul Karlovich, C. Raker and Sons Inc., Litchfield, president; Jim Tuinier, Post Gardens, Battle Creek, vice president; and Don Klooster, Klooster Greenhouse Inc., Kalamazoo, secretary/treasurer.

Richard Nieuwenhuis, Scenic Valley Greenhouses, Warren County, N.J., was elected to American Farm Bureau Federation’s board of directors.

Nancy Blecha was elected president, Western Nursery and Landscape Association board of directors.

Business changes

Fides, Holland, acquired exclusive global rights to distribution of double-flowered kalanchoes from breeder Gartneriet Rosborg-Bellinge, Denmark.

Lindsay Corp., Omaha, Neb., acquired Watertronics Inc., Hartland, Wis.

BASF Crop Protection, Research Triangle Park, N.C., agreed to provide limited access to triticonazole fungicide to Bayer Environmental Science, Germany.

Ralph S. Moore, Sequoia Nursery, Visalia, Calif., donated his miniature rose breeding stock, 80 plant patents, a book collection and cash contribution to Texas A&M University’s Horticultural Sciences Department.

Takao Nursery, Fresno, Calif., is exclusive North American agent for De Ruiters of Holland.

Deaths

Bert Singleton, HammockSource, Greenville, N.C., died Dec. 20, 2007. He was 44.