“NURSERY - Opportunities and Challenges”.
November 28-29, 2022
Katowice, Vienna House Easy Hotel

There were 14 speakers, including 3 foreign speakers - recognized experts in their fields, who guaranteed up-to-date, practical knowledge and presented solutions to support the nursery business. The event was attended by 182 participants, including 63 members of the Polish Nurserymen's Association.

EVENT PROGRAM

November 28, 2022 (Monday)

• Opening of the conference - Dr. Eng. Wieslaw Szydło, President of the Polish Nurserymen Association (ZSzP)
• Solutions to production problems - weed control, irrigation water, alternatives for boxwood - Dr. Heinrich Beltz, Bad Zwischenahn Research Station
• Modern plant production in horticulture. Fertilizers: cost or production aid? - Peter Mosler, ICL Poland
• Alternative substrates to peat - Dr. Eng. Piotr Chohura, Wroclaw University of Life Sciences
- Department of Horticulture• Sustainability in nursery based on reliable data - Maik Mandemaker, MPS Group
• Fertigation in practice - Dr. hab. Bożena Matysiak, Prof. of the Institute of Horticulture InHort
• Unobvious fruit trees or less common trees and shrubs for use in the kitchen - Bronislaw Jan Szmit, SZMIT Nursery, ZSzP
• Quantity or quality? - Directions of perennial market development - Tomasz Michalik, VITROFLORA Grupa Producentów Sp. z o.o., ZSzP
• Niche new flowering shrubs, curiosities - Fotergilla, Daphne, Calicanthus - Andrzej Kujawa, "Bąblin" Nursery, ZSzP
• Diseases, pests in the nursery and methods of their control - Dr. Eng. Janusz Mazurek, Department of Horticulture, Wroclaw University of Life Sciences, Plant Clinic

November 29, 2022 (Tuesday)

• Profitability of the nursery, cost calculations, checkpoints - Dawid Olewnicki, Ph.D. Laboratory of Horticultural Organization and Economics at the Institute of Horticultural Sciences of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)
• Consumer trends - Alicja Cecot, journalist, freelancer
• The importance of marketing in a modern nursery - Oktawia Wasielewska, GARDENcasa Design Office
• Price management - Maciej Kroenke, PwC Poland

The meeting was held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice; media patronage - Nursery Publishing Plantpress.

“NURSERY - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES”

November 27-28, 2018

Warsaw, Plaza Hotel

 
The program included 17 lectures, led by 19 speakers, including 4 from abroad.

The event was attended by 225 participants, including 78 members of the Polish Nurserymen Association (ZSzP).

EVENT PROGRAM

November 27, 2018 (Tuesday)

• Welcome, opening - Wojciech Wróblewski, President of the Polish Nurserymen Association
• AIPH organization - activities and benefits for nursery development - Tim Briercliffe, Secretary General of AIPH
• Deciduous trees. About the assortment differently - Jan Grąbczewski, Grąbczewscy Nurseries, ZSzP
• Promising varieties of ornamental conifers - Artur Maj Daglezja Ornamental Plants Nursery, ZSzP
• Proper timing of nutrient supply as a key factor in producing healthy plants - Dorus Rijkers, ICL technical advisor
• Production of ornamental grasses - selection and application - Tomasz Grochowski, GROCHOWSCY Plant Nursery
• Potential in fruit - Mariusz Podymniak, publisher and editor, Hortus Media
• Latest developments in perennial breeding from syngenta flowers. Bonzi - ornamental plant growth regulator - Bartlomiej Pierzchalski, Tomasz Czerwiński, Syngenta
• Water law - implications of changes for nurserymen and gardeners - Lucyna Osuch-Chacińska, Water Law Advisor
• Consumer trends - what lies ahead for horticulture? - Natalia Hatalska, infuture hatalska foresight institute
• Irrigation in nurseries. Efficiency, savings, closed systems, decontamination - Waldemar Treder, Ph.D. Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice

November 28, 2018 (Wednesday)

• New ornamental plant pathogens in German nurseries and their control - Dr. Heinrich Lösig, Horticultural Center at the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Agriculture
• Syngenta for nurserymen - Bartlomiej Pierzchalski, Krzysztof Krupa, Syngenta
• Protection of nurseries against pests - problems and threats - prof. Gabriel Łabanowski, Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice
• Application of herbicides in ornamental plant nurseries - Dr. Wiesław Szydło, NIEWIERZ Nursery, ZSzP
• Technical aspects of plant protection in nurseries - prof. Ryszard Hołownicki, Department of Agroengineering Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice

The meeting was held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Horticulture Inhort in Skierniewice, European Nursery Association (ENA); media patronage - Nursery Publishing Plantpress, Ornamental Plants, Portal Ogrodinfo.pl.

„NURSERY - PERSPECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT”

November 29-30, 2016

Warsaw, Novotel

20 speakers, including 6 from abroad gave 16 lectures and presentations. This unique event was attended by 250 people, including 99 members of the Polish Nurserymen Association (ZSzP). Guests came from different regions of our country, but also from the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

EVENT PROGRAM
November 29, 2016 (Tuesday)

• Opening of the conference welcoming the guests and participants and speakers - Wojciech Wróblewski, President of the Polish Nurserymen Association
• Polish nursery stock yesterday, today and tomorrow - Dr. Eng. Szczepan Marczyński, Clematis Nursery, ZSzP
• Polish varieties of ornamental trees and shrubs - Grzegorz Falkowski, ZSzP office
• New trends in fertilization of ornamental plant nurseries - Dr. Eng. Piotr Chohura, Department of Horticulture, Wrocław University of Life Sciences
• 50 years of Osmocote in Polish and European nurseries and further development prospects - Gerard Klein Onstenk ICL
• Directions of modern breeding of new varieties - Arie Blom Breeding
• Licensing of varieties in two perspectives: Nurseryman and Breeder - Graham Spencer, Plants for Europe Limited
• Legal tools in variety protection - application, examples - Joanna Pabiniak, Arkadiusz Kamiński, Pabianiak Law Firm
• Methods of measuring peat volume - Artur Małecki, Pindstrup Mosebrug A/S
• Organization of plant sales via the Internet - Anna Rafaląt, e-Clematis. pl
• Modiform-Life-Experience - Krzysztof Banas, Kees van Beek, Modiform
• Marketing plants - best practical solutions from the UK - Neville Stein, Ovation Ltd

November 30, 2016 (Wednesday)

• Nematodes in nurseries - enemies and allies - Dr. Aneta Chalanska, NEFscience
• Alternative methods of weed control in container and ground crops - Dipl.-Ing. Gartenbau Heinrich Beltz Chamber of Agriculture of the State of Lower Saxony
• Modiform - customized solutions - Krzysztof Banaś, Modiform
• Problems in the protection of nursery crops - Dr. Wieslaw Szydło, NIEWERZ Nursery, ZSzP
• Technical innovations in nursery production - Dipl.-Ing. Gartenbau Heinrich Beltz, Lower Saxony State Chamber of Agriculture
• I exhibit, so I am! How to derive maximum benefit from trade fair participation? - Marcin Gębarowski, Ph.D., Cracow University of Economics
• Brand - a value that transcends the product. How to build a brand in the gardening industry? - Paweł Tkaczyk, Midea

The meeting was held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Horticulture Inhort in Skierniewice, European Nursery Association (ENA); media patronage - Nursery Publishing Plantpress, Ornamental Plants, Portal Ogrodinfo.pl.

„NURSERY - PERSPECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT”

November 17-18, 2012

Ozarow Mazowiecki, Mazurkas Congress Center

The first international nursery conference organized to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Polish Nurserymen Association (ZSzP) presented a rich and diverse range of topics, which were presented by 14 speakers, including 8 specialists from abroad.

The foreign speakers also took a study tour prior to the conference, during which they visited 3 nurseries affiliated with ZSzP.

The conference was a unique industry event on an international scale, as evidenced by the 350 participants who came from 11 countries in addition to Poland (Belgium, Belarus, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine and Hungary). More than 90 members of the Polish Nurseryman Association (ZSzP) took part in the meeting.

EVENT PROGRAM

November 17, 2012 (Saturday)

• Opening and welcoming the guests - Dr. Szczepan Marczyński, President of the Polish Nurserymen Association
• Hydrangeas - plants with great potential - Hanna Grzeszczak-Nowak, Arboretum in Wojsławice
• Plants of the future - trends in breeding trees, shrubs and perennials for various uses - Marco Hoffman, Praktijkonderzoek Plant & Omgeving B.V.
• Promising genera in Polish climatic conditions. Review of varieties of species from the genera Weigela and Symphoricarpos - Marco Hoffman, Praktijkonderzoek Plant & Omgeving B.V.
• Nursery stock as a commodity - ideas for marketing and boosting sales - Alicja Cecot, Allpress
• Planning and targeted nursery development - Peter Orum, Midwest Grpundcovers LLC
• Nursery production and stricter environmental regulations. Fertilization, waste disposal, water or nutrient solution recycling based on the experience of British nurserymen - John Adlam, Dove Associated
• Expanding the functionality of storage systems leading to comprehensive nursery management - Boguslaw Juszczyk, Prespekt
• Polish plants - online database of availability of nursery plants of ZSzP - Jakub Kurowski, Kurowscy Nurseries, ZSzP
• Changes in European nursery in the last 10 years and its prospects - David Brown, European Nursery Stock Association
• New technologies in nursery production - Dr. Heinrich Lösing, Horticulture Center at the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Agriculture

November 18, 2012 (Sunday)

• Current and expected threats of diseases and pests, especially quarantine pests. How to react, what to use in the nursery in a situation of limitations in the availability of chemicals - Prof. Gabriel Łabanowski, Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice
• New disease of ash trees - Dr. Heinrich Lösing, Horticulture Center at the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Agriculture
• Integrated protection in the nursery - expediency, effectiveness, profitability. Practical handling in the face of the declining number of registered plant protection products and environmental concerns. Using “compost tea” - Dirand van Wijk, Cultus Agro Advies BV
• The impact of weather on the effectiveness of plant protection - Hans Pijpers, Cultus Agro Advies BV
• Polish Nurserymen Association - a thriving organization that unites and supports nurserymen - Dr. Szczepan Marczynski, Clematis Nursery, ZSzP
• Alternatives to peat and bark ingredients for container growing media - John Adlam, Dove Associated
• Substrates for growing in containers. Properties of substrates, what to consider when determining their composition, how to prepare them - Dr. Henk van Reuler, WUR - Applied Plant Research Nursery Stock
• Fertilization strategy in the nursery - from propagation to final product - Dr. Henk van Reuler, WUR Applied Plant Research Nursery Stock
• Novelties in increasing the efficiency of plant propagation from cuttings - John Adlam, Dove Associated

The meeting was held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture, the International Plant Breeders' Association (IPPS), the European Nursery Association (ENA); media patronage – Nursery published by Plantpress, Ornamental Plants, Ogrodinfo.pl portal.