February 2021 - 11

INDUSTRY NEWS
convening our green industry
suppliers and buys and
thankful to all who supported
the MANTS Business Hub
this year, " said Vanessa A.
Finney, MANTS executive vice
president. " Despite not being
able to meet in person due to
the pandemic, we continued
the tradition of MANTS
meaning business in January,
and we look forward to when
we can all gather together in
person once again. "
All MANTS 2021 registered
attendees can continue to
connect and engage with
suppliers, discover new
products, and restock inventory
via the Business Hub through
April 8. MANTS 2022 is
scheduled for Jan. 5-7. For
more information, visit MANTS.
com or call 410.296.6959.
MORE
WAYS
TO
GROW
NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU
COLLABORATES WITH
KIDSGARDENING.ORG
In a move to help grow and sustain an
even more robust interest in gardening,
KidsGardening and National Garden
Bureau have created a working partnership to
increase the reach of their previously individual
messaging efforts.
By collaborating, these two non-profit
organizations have doubled the number of
consumers, families, and educators their
materials and messages will reach.
" Gardens give kids and their grown-ups a
way to come together in challenging times, "
said Jim Feinson, KidsGardening Board chair
and president of Gardener's Supply Co. " Those
of us in the garden industry are fortunate that
so many have recently turned to gardening.
The partnership between KidsGardening and
the National Garden Bureau will help grow and
sustain this interest in gardening and in doing
so improve the lives of millions of children
across the country. "
" I'm very excited about our new partnership
with KidsGardening as it truly addresses a
need to engage with gardeners of all ages, "
said Nicholas Pucci, NGB Board president and
marketing manager for Seminis Vegetable
Seeds. " We now, more than ever, have the
ability to give younger gardeners access to
more resources to grow their gardens and
expand their knowledge of new varieties and
products available from our members. "
A few of the many events and projects
the two organizations will work on and
co-promote are:
* Quarterly blog on gardening with
children for the NGB Inspirations blog
* Promotion of KidsGardening's Youth
Garden Grants on the NGB social media
channels
* Promotion of the NGB Therapeutic
Garden Grant on the KidsGardening
social media channels
* KidsGardening Winter Photo Contest -
co-promotion by both groups
* NGB's Year of the Sunflower Photo
Contest - co-promotion by both groups
ORNAMENTALS + EDIBLES
SEED YOUR FUTURE LAUNCHES
2021 BLOOM! CAMPAIGN
Seed Your Future has announced the launch
of " Plants to the Rescue! " - its 2021 BLOOM!
campaign to excite young people about the
power of plants and their unique ability to help
solve some of the most pressing problems
in their communities. In collaboration with
Scholastic, the global children's publishing,
education and media company, BLOOM!
provides free eye-catching, fact-based, online
content for educators, youth program leaders
and parents.
The latest BLOOM! campaign marks year
four of this initiative of Seed Your Future,
a coalition of more than 200 partners -
including horticulture companies, gardening
organizations, schools, colleges, universities,
public gardens, youth organizations, nonprofit
Nufarm offers more solutions for
edible crops, including powerful
Spirato®
GHN. Spirato defends
against disease in ornamentals
and more than 85 edibles.
organizations and individual advocates -
united in their mission to promote horticulture
and careers working with plants.
" Youth have told us that they want to help
solve some of the most difficult problems in our
world today, " said Susan E. Yoder, executive
director of Seed Your Future. " Students are
learning about global health issues, world
hunger, climate change, flooding, air pollution,
noise pollution, food deserts and more, and
they're eager to do something about it - but
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February 2021

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