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IPM Essen

Graham Spencer — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:17:04 +0000

Graham will be at IPM Essen for all of next week. IPM is the biggest trade show for horticulture anywhere, and is the most valuable show in PFE’s annual calendar. It is a great opportunity to meet old and new friends, to talk plants and to see what is new for 2012 and 2013. It’s hard work, but great fun!

To arrange a meeting, contact us now. The diary is pretty full already!

Help us to Help The Hospices

Graham Spencer — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:08:59 +0000

Graham will be walking more than 27 miles tomorrow to raise money for Help The Hospices. You can find out more and show your support by clicking here.

Four Oaks

Graham Spencer — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:06:37 +0000

Graham will be at the Four Oaks Show tomorrow and Wednesday. See you there!

Plantarium

Graham Spencer — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:55:05 +0000

Graham will be at Plantarium on Wednesday and Thursday. We hope to see you there!

Forthcoming public holidays

Graham Spencer — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:50:47 +0000

I’m not quite sure if the forthcoming public holidays in the UK are getting the horticulture industry excited (lots of sales opportunies) or terrified (how will we get stock into garden centres fast enough?). But, either way, if the weather is good, we think that all these holidays will be good for sales of garden plants.

Further to that, customers should note that the Plants For Europe office will be closed for the following days:

Friday 22 April – Good Friday
Monday 25 April – Easter Monday
Friday 29 April – Royal Wedding (we’ll be at the party on the village green!)
Monday 2 May – May Day
Monday 30 May – Spring Bank Holiday

During these holidays, email and telephone messages will not be checked, although we will do our best to respond to you as soon as we can.

GAN

Graham Spencer — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:45:22 +0000

The GAN Trade Show is becoming increasingly important as a curtain-raiser on the new year for British hardy ornamentals. You will hear people talk about the atmosphere there – as a seasoned veteran of several years of attending, we can say it is one of the most informal and relaxed events you can go to. And the catering is always first class!

Graham will be there for most of the day. Already, he has ~~three~~ four important meetings in his schedule. If you want to meet him there, we recommend you contact us to make an appointment.

See you there!

Twitter

Graham Spencer — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:57:31 +0000

You can now follow Plants For Europe on Twitter. Graham posts frequently (but not 100 times a day!) on the Twitter account grahampfe.

To follow us, simply click here:

IPM Essen

Graham Spencer — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:20:12 +0000

Plans are well advanced for IPM Essen 2011. IPM remains one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) and most important events in our field of horticulture, with participants from all the major and most smaller companies from across Europe and around the world. Graham will be at the event for the whole duration of the show, from Tuesday 25 to Friday 28 January. Naturally, he would like to meet with as many people as possible during the show, so please contact us now to make an appointment.

EDIT: Tuesday now looks pretty full; Wednesday and Thursday are filling fast! Act now to make an appointment!

Members of the LinkedIn Plant Breeders and Agents Group are reminded that there will be a networking event for members in the Saal Rheinland meeting room at Messe Essen on Tuesday 25 January, starting at 4.30pm.

Adverse weather

Graham Spencer — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:02:31 +0000

We are currently experiencing severe adverse weather. 30cm of snow has already accumulated and more is falling.

We have canceled all meetings, as the roads in this area are virtually impassable. We have also not received any service from Royal Mail for several days, so we have no mail going in or out.

A thaw is expected on Sunday, so we hope that conditions will improve soon. But it is very pretty!

UPDATE: the promised thaw has arrived.

The Garden Event at West Dean

Graham Spencer — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:46:38 +0000

For 15 years, Graham has organised the Garden Event at West Dean, a small garden show for the public held at the beautiful gardens at West Dean near Chichester, West Sussex. Since 2004, this has been part of the Plants For Europe business.

After careful consideration, Graham and the West Dean team have agreed that the 2010 Garden Event will be the last. This is a sad decision, but reflects that Plants For Europe needs to concentrate on the core business of representing new plants and that the market for garden shows has completely changed (and shrunk) in the last few years. It allows West Dean to redesign their annual events programme, with a new event being launched in 2011 to replace the Garden Event, Wholly Herb show and Totally Tomato show.

It has been nothing but an absolute pleasure to work with West Dean for all these years and we wish them every success with their new shows programme.

UPDATE:

Here are the dates for West Dean events in 2011:

MedFest: 9-10 July
Chilli Fiesta: 5-7 August
The West Dean Festival: 26-29 August
Apple Affair: 1-2 October

Details will be available soon on the West Dean website.