People in the news
Jerry Lowe to general manager, Olathe landscape distribution center, KAT Nurseries.
Chad Weinand to primary account manager, KAT Nurseries.
Cassie Geiger to customer service and marketing, AmeriLux.
Mark Freeman to Western technical sales manager, Daniels Plant Food.
Jason Frank to field sales representative for the southern region, Bayer Environmental Science.
Roger Styer to general manager, Total Growth Solutions.
Noah Schwartz to senior production coordinator and head grower, Garden State Growers.
Awards
The Irrigation Association honored Hunter Industries CEO Richard Hunter with its Industry Achievement Award in December at the 2010 Irrigation Show, in Phoenix, Ariz.
PlantHaven announced that Berberis ‘Admiration’ and Berberis ‘Fireball’ received the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. received a 2010 Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and an Innovation Award from The National Council of Public-Private Partnerships.
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