‘ Today ’s youth , tomorrow ’s time to come ’ was chosen as central theme to this year ’s Home Garden Conference that take place on 27 - 28 September in the Enkhuizen area in the Netherlands . Referring to both the future consumers of products and the employees of the industry , this year ’s event focalise on how to convince youngsters to do it plant and to believe a life history in gardening . Approximately 75 outside professionals attended the issue .
The future generations know greenYoung small fry are very much open to seed , plant and gardening in general . Chris Collins , U.K. gardening broadcaster , showed how he successfully familiarizes British school children with growing their own vegetable . Together with maintaining a level-headed life style , this experience might turn them into hobby gardeners themselves when grown up .
Scott Mozingo , Business Development Manager at Burpee U.S. , said that youngsters sleep together works and verdure in universal . As societal buying is becoming more and more of import for millennials , creating a garden kin or community on Facebook and Instagram will help companies to keep in touch with this generation . In gain to the consumers of tomorrow , the league also looked at next employee .
Erwin Cardol , former handler of Seed Valley , explained how this first step help to stimulate local young person to start a career in horticulture . With targeted communication campaigns and spring chicken initiation programmes , Seed Valley considerably contributed to increasing the enrollment of pupil in Plant Studies at Wageningen University .
Seed package kitchen range at Sluis Garden
Enkhuizen , cradle of the seed industryIn addition , the programme admit a whistle - block up tour to four locations in the Enkhuizen area connect to home gardening . Celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary , ABZ Seed narrow down in cover strawberry from seed . Director Gé Bentvelsen devote a myopic overview of the company ’s history and showed the modish bringing up successes in the show garden .
Sluis Garden showed its three dissimilar seed bundle pick machine and exhibit its wide flower and vegetable seed parcel miscellanea . At this location , Prudac also offered a tasting of its late tomato plant and pepper assortment .
PanAmerican Seed had laid out the current Fleuroselect trial which tests new breeding versus existing varieties in the market . Successful diverseness achieve either Gold Medal or Approved Novelty condition . Finally , the tour also end at the stain new Sow to get Experience , a local initiative honouring the history and current bodily process range of ornamental breeding .
ABZ possessor Gé Bentvelsen and part of the delegate in the ABZ show garden
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