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The showy everlasting daisy is endangered, but a primary school is helping out
The showy everlasting is being grown at Woodlupine Primary School. Credit: Andrew Crawford, Author provided Western Australia boasts seemingly endless fields of pink, white and yellow everlasting daisies. But while there might seem to be an infinite number, one...
Michigan Flower Growers’ Cooperative helps small businesses bloom
YPSILANTI, MI — Carole Caplan is in her third season of growing flowers at The Farm on Jennings . Around the time she was starting up in 2017, so was the Michigan Flower Growers’ Cooperative , which she said was essential to getting her business off the ground. “The...
Hawke’s Bay orchid grower takes top honour at national event
HAWKE’S BAY TODAY Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand orchid grower takes top honour at national event Thomas Petrie, from Hastings, won best in show for his orchid at the New Zealand National Orchid Expo. Photo / Paul Taylor A ‘young’ Hawke’s Bay...
Culinary connection
From the street, the old strip mall in Arlington, Virginia, gives few clues that something fresh is going on inside. But around back and tucked underneath, the city’s only urban farm has hydroponic agriculture going full swing. Fresh Impact Farms Founder and Owner...
Champion grower Jim in seventh heaven (again)
CHAMPION grower Jim McCartney won seven cups at this year’s Caversham Allotment Holders and Gardens Association summer show. The 67-year-old, from Tilehurst, who is a show regular, took home half the trophies available as well as gold in the top tray and top vase. He...Latest News
