People and Events

New Positions
Richard Rasmussen Jr. to pacific northwest territory manager, BioSafe Systems, East Hartford, Conn.
 
Karel Blockmans to director of global research and development; Peter Maes to director of marketing and sales Europe, Koppert Biological Systems, The Netherlands.
 
Cortney Simon to customer service manager, Co-Ex Corp., Wallingford, Conn.

Honors
Eastern Shore Nursery, Keller, Va., and co-owner Robin Rinaca, received the 2009 ground water award from the Virginia Eastern Shore Regional Ground Water Commission.
 
Alan Shapiro, Grandiflora, Gainesville, Fla., was awarded the 2010 Robert McGee Balentine Horticulture award by the Southeastern Horticultural Society. The award is presented annually to the individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of horticulture in the southeastern United States.
 
Nick Nichols Enterprises, Ethel, Wash., received the 2009 Dealer of the Year award; Dickson Tractor, Westminster, S.C., named 2009 most improved dealer, KIOTI Tractor, Blairstown, N.J.
 
Ambius, Buffalo Grove, Ill., became a Planet Positive certified business.
 
Jeff Miller was recognized for his 25 years of service as executive director, Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association, Christiansburg, Va.

Associations
Ed Tankard, Tankard Enterprises, Exmore, Va., to president; Mark Maslow, Southern Landscape Group, Evington, Va., to vice president; Steve Grigg, Grigg Landscape Design, Manassas Park, Va., to secretary/treasurer & education; Duane Shumaker, RSG Landscaping & Lawn Care, Concord, Va., to past president, Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association. 
 
Scott Johnson, Johnson’s Nursery, Menomonee Falls, Wis., to president; Dan Krueger Jr., Northwoods Nursery, Rhinelander, Wis., to vice president; Jason Jacobs, Northern Christmas Trees, Merrillan, Wis., to secretary/treasurer; Brent Gustason, Midwest Groundcovers, St, Charles, Ill., and Ross Swartz, Paul Swartz Nursery & Garden Shop, Wilmot, Wis., to board of directors, Wisconsin Nursery Association, Greenfield, Wis.
 
The American Nursery & Landscape Nursery Association (ANLA) has launched an interactive job board which offers its members, and the green industry at large, a highly targeted resource for online employment connections. It can be found at www.anla.org/jobboard.
 
Jim Mason, Country Landscapes, Ames, Iowa, to president, Western Nursery and Landscape Association, St. Joseph, Mo.

Business Changes
Hines Nursery, Irvine, Calif., acquired Bordier’s Nursery, Irvine, Calif.
 
Ellison Chair in International Floriculture, College Station, Texas, has launched a new Web site, www.ellisonchair.tamu.edu.

Deaths
Else Kientzler, owner of Kientzler plant company, Gensingen, Germany, died March 26.
 
Francis Revay, Revay’s Gardens, Broad Brook, Conn., died April 1.
 
Perry Upchurch, Garden Center magazine consultant, died April 5. 
 
Daniel Speer, Speer & Sons Nursery, Woodburn, Ore., died April 19.

Events

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
15-17, National Lawn and Garden Show, Colorado Springs, Colo.; www.nlgshow.com
16-18, Southeast Color Connection, Greenville, S.C.; www.sgcts.org
17, MNLA Field Day, Davidsonville, Md.; (410) 823-8684
26-29, Seeley Conference, Ithaca, N.Y.; www.hort.cornell.edu/seeleyconference
27-30, Garden Centers of America Summer Tour, Orlando, Fla.; www.gardencentersofamerica.org

July 2010
3-11, Adrian Blooms’ Celebration of English Gardens Tour, England; (866) 642-7120
18-24, Perennial Plant Symposium, Portland, Ore.; www.perennialplant.org
19, Cornell Greenhouse IPM In-Depth, Ithaca, N.Y.; www.greenhouse.cornell.edu
20, Cornell University Floriculture Field Day, Ithaca, N.Y.; www.greenhouse.cornell.edu
24-27, Orlando Gift Show, Orlando, Fla.; www.orlandogiftshow.com
25-28, Philadelphia Gift Show, Oaks, Pa.; www.philadelphiagiftshow.com
31-Aug. 3, San Francisco International Gift Fair, San Francisco; www.sfigf.com

August 2010
2-13, Michigan Garden Plant Tour, various locations; www.planttour.hrt.msu.edu
4-6, All-America Selections Summer Meeting, Lisle, Il.; www.all-americaselections.org
5-7, Aquascape Pondemonium, St. Charles, Ill., www.pondemonium.org
7-11, American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tenn.; www.apsnet.org
17-19, Waterlily Festival and Symposium, San Angelo, Texas; www.iwgs.org
17-19, IGC Show, Chicago; www.igcshow.com
19-22, Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Expo, San Antonio, Texas; www.txnla.org
21-24, Seattle Gift Show, Seattle, Wash.; www.seattlegiftshow.com
22-27, International Horticulture Congress, Lisbon, Portugal; www.ihc2010.org
28-31, Fort Lauderdale Gift Show, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; www.ftlauderdalegiftshow.com