People in the News

New Positions
Shelby Singleton to sales and client relations manager, Carolina Native Nursery, Burnsville, N.C.
 
Chris Berg to director of marketing, EuroAmerican Propagators, Bonsall, Calif.
 
Robert Gordon to national sales manager, Border Concepts, Charlotte, N.C.
 
Layci Gragnani to ornamental marketing/sales director, Greenheart Farms, Arroyo Grande, Calif.
 

Business news
BioWorks Inc., Victor, N.Y., launched its new website www.bioworksinc.com.
 
Valent USA, Walnut Creek, Calif., formed a new Biorational Business Unit.

Deaths
Gary Bowman, Thompson Rose Co., San Marcos, Calif., died Jan. 7, 2010.
 
William H. Carlson, Michigan State University, died Jan. 20, 2010.
 
David Ray Edmundson, Arbor Valley Nursery, Brighton, Colo., died Jan. 23, 2010.

EVENTS

April 2010
8 and 15, Invasive Insect and Disease Program, West Friendship, Md.; Suzanne Klick, (301) 596-9413
10-11, Progressive Gardening Trade Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas; pgta.org
10-17, California Spring Trials, various locations; www.ngb.org
24, Proven Winners Outdoor Living Extravaganza, Boston; www.provenwinners.com

June 2010
2, California Grown Show, Costa Mesa, Calif.; www.californiagrownshow.com
6-9, North American Horticulture Supply Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, N.M.; www.nahsa.com
17, MNLA Field Day, Davidsonville, Md.; (410) 823-8684
27-30, Garden Centers of America Summer Tour, Orlando, Fla.; www.gardencentersofamerica.orgw