On 31 August and 10 March 2025 , Fleuroselect welcomed more than 80 delegate to Munich ( Germany ) for the one-year Home Garden Conference . The two - day political program prove to be a unique chance for industry experts to learn about the latest trends in place horticulture .
In close collaborationism with Herbert Wehrle , Vice - Chair of the Fleuroselect Home Gardening Business Unit ( B.U. ) , and Ralf Schräder of Graines Voltz , the program was carefully compiled to admit both plenary school term and caller visits . The main theme - ' Small Space Gardening ' - was discernible in all aspects of the program , allow for a well - assail flavour into this extremely relevant subject .
After the introduction of the primary paper by Herbert Wehrle , trends and customer profiles in the German pictural packetmarket were discussed by Rolf Pohlen from Bruno Nebelung . He explained that after 2020 and 2021 - when sales importantly increased for pictorial packets due to the COVID crisis - the market place is now declining again due to the fluid political and economical climate . Representing the State Horticultural College and Research Institute Heidelberg , Vera Joedecke present the results of her inquiry intobiodiversity in the urban center , focussing on thepollinator friendliness of annuals and perennial in an urban circumstance . By do a series of ocular pollinator counts on selected ornamental crops , LVG has mapped which variety attracts which pollinators . The departure between native versus non - native plants as a food origin for insects was studied . Florian Demling from the Bavarian State Department for Agriculture informed us about thelatest public initiatives to support community garden and home horticulture in small spaces . In seven community gardens throughout Bavaria , the urban gardener is inspired by fresh techniques such as plant column , roving , and erect gardening , raised beds , hydroponics , terra - bio - ponic , and aquaponics . Finally , Katrin Kell introducedWeihenstephan University and its manufacture - link up bodily process . The university play a take theatrical role in educating the local unpaid gardener by offering courses , guide tours , and info packet .
Despite the rain , delegate experienced an inspiring afternoon atWeihenstephan University . Thetrial garden , establish in 1947 , covers an arena of more than five hectare and is used to test trees and bush , herbaceous perennials , and raw varieties of rose in terms of their practical use . An important aspect isplanting herbaceous perennial in ecologically harmonious and esthetically pleasing combinationsin agency that fit local stipulation . specially for this sojourn , Weihenstephan University grew various varieties ofSalviato pep up the delegation to include Fleuroselect’s'2023 Year of the Salvia initiative in their selling plans .
In theallotment garden , the centering is on thecultivation of vegetables and herbsbeing maturate in a kitchen range of sample - and - quiz and new varieties . delegate found this to be exceptionally interesting to see , fromclassic vegetables and raised beds to horizontally constructed container systemswith a various range of plants which can even be see on small balconies and terrace . Within the model of Fleuroselect ’s ' 2022 Year of the Basilinitiative , Weihenstephan University grew more than 40 Basil varieties for the delegation to admire and taste .
The second sidereal day of the Home Garden Conference was spent atPflanzen Köllein Munich . Over the preceding 200 + years , this family business has progressed to a chain of garden centers with 13 fix and three owned nurseries across Germany . The delegation was greeted by General Manager Michael Wittmann , who have an overview of Pflanzen Kölle ’s history and current activities , after which Sustainability Manager Ulrike Rothhaar explained the mathematical group ’s vision toward organic and trim - pesticide cultivation . Delegates incur maneuver tours through the garden center , where the extensive pictural packet assortment take out considerable attending . The radical was take into account to visit the nursery , where part of the assortment is produced in - house .
Highly relevant lectures on urban gardening , superb plants in lowly space in the Weihenstephan Gardens , and first - hired hand retail information at Pflanzen Kölle : were the cornerstones of a successful Home Garden Conference .
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