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IT’S LIKE HEAVEN TO ME
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Karen Tambayong is an AIPH member representative in Southeast Asia and Oceania. She is active in the Indonesian Flower Association, starting the Urban Greening Forum and introducing the Green City Guidelines when she led the association. She recently received recognition for her dedication as a Green City pioneer and ambassador of Indonesia’s ornamental horticulture, with a 2021 Silver Carnation Award in the International Business Management category. She recently attended the Singapore Garden Festival and Orchid Show and has written this review.
Ivisit the Singapore Garden Festival and the Orchid Show almost every year. Seeing the Garden Displays new Green solutions and innovations in flowers and plants is always a great pleasure. This year’s garden festival took place in the first week of August ... with a difference. Many of the garden displays were spread in different locations all over Singapore to avoid too much crowding. This decision was favourable as it brought the event to the people, with garden displays on the main Orchard Road, where all the shopping centres concentrate, and some in the local parks. The Orchid Show is at the National Orchid Garden, in the Singapore Botanical Garden. It is organised in partnership with the Orchid Society of South East Asia. The orchid competition features the region’s best orchid plants competing for heritage trophies and award-winning orchid varieties cultivated by dedicated hobbyists and professional growers. This year they received 528 entries, and the displays of winning specimens and other entries were carefully curated to highlight the orchids’ natural growing conditions. After two years of lockdown and seeing so many beautiful orchids and new varieties experiencing in a beautiful setting, it’s like heaven to me. I’m so grateful and happy to be among these beautiful living flowers; it’s energising. Flowers genuinely make people happy. View the highlights on this link, https:// youtu.be/aSUo-DcassQ
SEPTEMBER 2022
1-3. POLAND
Green is Life, Poland’s leading nursery trade fair in Warsaw. www.greenislife.pl
6-7. UNITED KINGDOM
FourOaks Trade Show, Cheshire. www.fouroaks-tradeshow.com
7-9. THE NETHERLANDS
Holland Dahlia Event www.hollanddahliaevent.com
13-15. FRANCE
Salon du Végétal, Parc des Expositions in Angers, France. www.salonduvegetal.com
13-15. IRAN
5th International Congress hosted by the Iranian Society for Ornamental Plants (ISOP). www.isopcongress.ir
13-15. RUSSIA
FlowersExpo at Moscow’s Crocus Expo. www.flowers-expo.ru
14. UNITED KINGDOM
HTA’s Ornamental Grower of the Year Awards, held in conjunction with HTA’s Autumn Conference. Award recipients will automatically enrol in the AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards in 2023. www.hta.org.uk
14.SOUTH KOREA
The winners of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2022 will be announced at a dedicated ceremony as a high-level gala dinner. This gala dinner is set to take place during the IUCN Leaders Forum in the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, www.aiph.org
14-17. GERMANY
Landscaping show GaLaBau. Held in mid-September at NürnbergMesse, GaLaBau is the premier trade event for discerning landscape designers, architects, contractors, facilities managers and interior designers. www.galabau-messe.com
21-23. ITALY
Flormart in Padua, Italy www.flormart.it
ITALY
Flormart is ready for a grand return
Having celebrated its 70th edition in grande stile in 2019, one of Europe’s oldest horticultural trade exhibitions, Flormart, is undergoing a significant overhaul. A new team of event organisers from the city of Parma are showing an unprecedented willingness to experiment with new features and the ability to understand the needs of Flormart’s attendees and exhibitors. Their efforts will start to pay off between 21-23 September 2022 when in keeping with tradition, Flormart will open its doors in Padua.
The 71st edition of Italy’s second-largest horticultural trade show will take place in its hometown Padua on the recently renovated grounds of PadovaHall but organised in partnership with Fiera di Parma. This event organiser prides itself on having successful international trade show brands such as Cibus, Mercanteinfiera and Il Salone del Camper in its portfolio. The new event management has ambition and drive and is keen to put Flormart back on the world map as ‘an international showcase for ornamental horticulture in Italy. Under the guidance of ITA, the Italian Trade Agency, Flormart will welcome a global delegation of 200 buyers. Fiera di Parma stresses that the venue remains unchanged, with Flormart staying true to the city where it all started in 1931. Flormart’s February 2022 edition will serve as a platform to exchange ideas and research findings. The focus will be on Italian-grown flowers and plants, offering growers an opportunity to showcase their latest breeding breakthroughs and excitingly new varieties. Now that the green city movement worldwide is gaining increasing traction, the Flormart forum discussions will also highlight how green infrastructure can contribute to a city’s liveability through its economic, social, and environmental benefits. Flormart’s message will be clear: Italian-grown flowers and plants play a crucial role in helping realise successful urban green spaces. In the future, the role of Flormart as a connector between companies and the government will intensify. In September, the trade show will roll out a campaign to maximise the market share of its exhibitors in foreign markets such as Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Mediterranean basin and the MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia) area. For more information, visit http://www. flormart.it
22. POLAND
Fresh Market Poland is a longstanding retail event offering B2B meetings with the cream of Polish supermarket chains. www.freshmarket.com.pl
23-26. BELGIUM
FleurAmour is a four-day floral extravaganza with more than 400 worldwide floral artists working on this year’s theme: Magic. www.fleuramour.be
23-25. UNITED KINGDOM
RHS Malvern Autumn Show www.rhs.org.uk
28. NETHERLANDS
Influencing Change in a Digital World is the theme of the Second AIPH World Ornamental Horticulture Summit, which will take place on 28th September 2022 at Floriade Expo 2022 Amsterdam Almere. www.aiph.org.
28-29. UNITED KINGDOM
The Landscape Show, NEC, Birmingham. www.landscapeshow.co.uk
