People and Events

PEOPLE

Colin Ashbee to technical sales manager, Canada at BioWorks Inc.

Ron Dekok to North America Marketing Manager, Turf & Ornamental Wholesale division, Agrium Advanced Technologies.

Leisa Stover to field sales representative, Eastern region, BFG Supply Co.

George Stallings to Director of Product Development, Natural Industries.

Scott Sterling to regional sales representative, Eason Horticultural Resources. Sterling's territory is Pennsylvania, and parts of Ohio, West Virginia and New York. Lad Buckley to regional sales rep, Eason Horticultural Resources. Buckley's territory includes Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota.

Marie McConnell and Bill Weaver to sales representatives, Lake County Nursery. McConnell will serve as inside sales rep and Weaver will represent Southern Ohio, parts of Indiana and Illinois, West Virginia and Kentucky.

Company news

Emerald Coast Growers launched a mobile website.

"Nearly 90 percent of smartphone users access the Internet on their handheld, and a quarter of them say they most often use their phone, not the computer, for the Internet," said Cheri Markowitz, ECG sales manager.

As part of the new development, the company has also created a QR code that gives smartphone users immediate access from their mobile device.

Hines Growers LLC is partnering with Breederplants, a Dutch breeder/grower consortium, to introduce new proprietary plants from Europe to the United States and open European markets to the Bloomtastic! brand and Hines Growers' new proprietary genetics. Joe Gray, vice president of Hines Growers, said the partnership ensures that gardeners throughout the U.S. and Europe will see exciting new introductions every year.

EVENTS

January

8-9, National Green Centre, Kansas City, Mo.;
www.nationalgreencentre.org.

11-13, Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show, Baltimore, Md.;
www.mants.com.

18-20, Mid-America Horticultural Trade Show, Chicago;
www.midam.org.

18-20, Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,

www.fngla.org/tpie.

18-20, Gulf States Horticultural Expo, Mobile, Ala.;
www.gshe.org.

23-25, Central Environmental Nursery Trade Show, Columbus, Ohio;
www.onla.org.

25-28, ANLA Management Clinic, Louisville, Ken.;
www.anlaclinic.org.


February

1-3, New England Grows, Boston, Mass.;
www.newenglandgrows.org.

7-10, ProGreen Expo, Denver, Colo.;
www.progreenexpo.com.

16-18, SAF Pest & Production Management Conference, Orlando, Fla.;
www.safnow.org/ppmc.