Entries for events (43)
Jul 24, 2025
Haba Hydrangea Wins Retailers’ Choice Award
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From July 12-15th, we had an amazing turnout at Cultivate’25 in Columbus, Ohio, this year! Our experts had the chance to connect with conference attendees to talk about the latest varieties and new improvements all ...
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Jul 07, 2025
Plan Your Visit to Customer Days at The Gardens at Ball
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Come find out what’s new at this year’s Ball Seed Customer Days! Be the first to see new plant introductions for 2026 and find your next best seller. Open only to the trade, you’ll get ...
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May 20, 2025
Register Now for Ball Seed Customer Days 2025
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Sign up today for Ball Seed Customer Days and come visit us in West Chicago, IL. Choose either Thursday, July 24 or Friday, July 25 and ...
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May 15, 2025
At Ball Seed, we pride ourselves on our wide assortment of product categories to supply you, the grower, with the inputs you need for successful programs. One of the hottest categories lately is Perennials. These ...
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Jan 15, 2025
CAST 2025: We Are Here for You
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Our team is excited to tour the California coast for you! From March 26-29, 2025, the California Spring Trials (CAST 2025) will once again welcome visitors throughout these coastal trials ...
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Jul 25, 2024
Cultivate’24 Recap
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What a great time at Cultivate’24! Hosted over four days in Columbus, OH, from July 13-16, 2024, this year’s tradeshow had our booth bustling with attendees eager to network or catch up, as well as ...
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Jul 15, 2024
There's still time to RSVP for Ball Seed Customer Days 2024! Watch the video below (featuring yours truly) to hear all about the new features on display in The Gardens at Ball. ...
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Jul 03, 2024
Plan Your Visit to Ball Seed Customer Days
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Have you seen the full schedule of events for Ball Seed Customer Days? If not, you’ve come to the right place. Check out all there is to do, so you can plan your visit accordingly ...
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Jun 17, 2024
Registration Now Open for Ball Seed Customer Days
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It’s been on your calendar! Get ready to visit us in West Chicago, IL. Registration is now open for this year’s ...
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May 16, 2024
CAST 2024 Wrap-Up
Jaime Kedrowski
We had a great time at CAST24 this year. It was full of exciting conversations, beautiful plants and wonderful weather up and down the California coastline. Here, our team shares a few of our Top ...
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Feb 06, 2024
Horticultural Lighting Workshop at Michigan State University
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Michigan State University recently hosted a Horticultural Lighting Workshop sponsored by Ball Seed and Philips/Signify Lighting. The workshop provided greenhouse growers with education on supplemental lighting in indoor controlled environments, including methods to increase Daily ...
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Jan 29, 2024
What’s Up with Wave Petunias in 2024
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Here’s what Wave® Petunias and Cool Wave® Pansies will be up to this year! Mark your calendar for the latest events. • The Wave brand kicks ...
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Aug 15, 2023
Customer Days Roundup 2023 and Video
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2023 Ball Seed Customer Days (July 27 and 28) were full of camaraderie, fantastic mid-western weather, and gorgeous plants. “The attendance for our educational presentations and ...
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Jul 24, 2023
Let’s See the Magic Happen with PanAmerican Seed
Madison Umphrey
July 27 and 28 are the days we have all been waiting for ... Ball Seed Customer Days! Included in this annual experience are the raised beds and wood pergola filled with colorful products from ...
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Jul 20, 2023
Create Your Own Combinations with Fun Fusions and Dynamix
Madison Umphrey
The industry is familiar with MixMasters and Trixi Combos. Now Ball FloraPlant and Selecta One are launching a way to customize combinations to your own liking. Let’s look at how that works! ...
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Jul 18, 2023
2024 New Varieties With Burpee
Madison Umphrey
The Ball Seed assortment of Burpee branded plants is known for their garden performance and great taste. Let’s look at some of the new varieties that will be presented at Customer Days on July 27 ...
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Jul 11, 2023
Plan Your Visit for Ball Seed Customer Days
Madison Umphrey
2023 Ball Seed Customer Days will be here before you know it. Follow along to see all the behind-the-scenes details about this spectacular event! (And scroll to the end to watch a welcome video with ...
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Jul 03, 2023
Something 'New' with Ball FloraPlant & Selecta One
Madison Umphrey
For 2023, Ball FloraPlant and Selecta One have redesigned their layout display in The Gardens at Ball. Let’s explore how these changes will positively impact the way you experience this year’s showcase! ...
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Jun 08, 2023
Save the Date for Ball Seed Customer Days
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Join us for Ball Seed Customer Days! Choose from two days, July 27 or July 28, and experience everything the Gardens at Ball has to offer. Register today to reserve your place and be among ...
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May 24, 2023
Registration Now Open for Darwin Perennials Day
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Sign up and see new plants at Darwin Perennials Day – the perennials event of the year! Come down to West Chicago, Illinois, on June 21 for a full day of plants and connections. Registration ...
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Aug 31, 2022
Thank you to everyone who visited The Gardens at Ball this summer. It was a fantastic year for flowers and the trial gardens were a must-see stop for color, inspiration and education. ...
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Aug 12, 2022
Join our Ball Seed cut flower experts for a FREE webinar, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at 1 pm ET / 10 am PT, as they discuss "Perennials for Cut Flowers." ...
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Aug 01, 2022
We're so pleased with our guests' reaction to The Gardens at Ball this year. There were so many great comments during Ball Seed Customer Days (July 28 and 29), and visitors were ...
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Jul 14, 2022
Explore What's Trending With Ball Ingenuity
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With Ball Customer Days only a few weeks away, be sure to add Ball Ingenuity to your list when you arrive. They will have some must-see items on display to check out. ...
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Jul 06, 2022
Summer Showcases New Lineup For Kieft Seed
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The Kieft Seed perennials team is thrilled to showcase their amazing new lineup, consisting of high-quality perennial breeding from PanAmerican Seed. Kieft Seed is a brand that includes top-notch seed perennials as ...
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Jun 28, 2022
Beautiful Additions in 2023 to PanAmerican Seed
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As one of the world’s leading breeders in the horticulture industry, you know the quality of PanAmerican Seed. Well, get ready to see their newest additions for 2023! Count on PanAmerican Seed ...
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Jun 08, 2022
The Sky’s the Limit with Selecta One New Intros
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All of the new plants that Selecta One is introducing for 2023 are fascinating. The Selecta Group is a world leader in breeding, growing, and marketing of innovative ornamental plants. Your Ball ...
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Apr 14, 2022
Welcome Back, Darwin Perennials Day
Jim Kennedy
The annual Darwin Perennials Day is back and in-person this spring in The Gardens at Ball. On behalf of Ball Seed, I would like to formally invite you to this premier perennial ...
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Mar 09, 2022
FREE 2-Part Webinar Series on Cut Flowers
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Ball Seed® is sponsoring a two-part webinar series that will focus on the growing Cut Flower segment and the new varieties coming to market. The area of cut flowers has been on ...
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Mar 03, 2022
Update Now In Stores: CAST | Mobile App
Katie Rotella
The latest update for the Ball Horticultural Company CAST | Mobile app is now live! Find the latest info on flower and vegetable introductions for 2023 straight from the breeding companies that ...
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Aug 17, 2021
Save the Date for Darwin Perennials Day 2022
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Darwin Perennials®, North America’s premier breeder of vegetative perennials, is bringing back its in-person event Darwin Perennials Day next spring to showcase the latest introductions and educate perennial plant producers in The ...
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Aug 06, 2021
Our Ball Seed 2021 Customer Days event are over, but The Gardens at Ball are still open for visitors! If you'd like to tour our stunning grounds again, feel free to make ...
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Jul 19, 2021
Ball Seed Vegetables At Our 2021 Customer Days
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Are you visiting West Chicago next week? There’s still time to register for one of our three open days to see The Gardens at Bal. This week, we wrap up our blog ...
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Jul 16, 2021
Up and down the coast of California in June were open-house opportunities to see the latest new products from the world's leading breeding companies. At the Ball top in Santa Paula, the ...
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Jul 13, 2021
Introducing More Jurassic Begonias
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Ball Ingenuity is thrilled to introduce four new additions to its Jurassic collection of Rex Begonias, meeting the needs of customers in four different sizes. The Jurassic lineup for 2021 now includes ...
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Jul 06, 2021
Visit Kieft Seed In The Gardens At Ball
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The Kieft Seed perennials team will showcase their latest introductions in The Gardens at Ball. Look for perennial plantings of these newly developed plants when you visit. The Leucanthemums White Lion and ...
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Jan 29, 2021
ProGreen EXPO Goes Virtual
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The ProGreen EXPO is the only green industry conference in the Rocky Mountain Region of its kind. In years' past, more than 6,000 green industry professionals would gather every year in Denver to ...
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Jan 26, 2021
iLandscape365
Jeff Gibson
The eigth annual iLandscape show will be hosted virtually this year, Feb. 3-4, 2021. The Illinois + Wisconsin Landscape Show is known for its creativity and fun atmosphere and is THE show ...
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Jan 18, 2021
Ball Seed at T.P.I.E.
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The 2021 Tropical Plant International Expo will be a virtual trade show and educational program for attendees interested in the highly popular indoor plant and tropical category. Connect with dozens of industry ...
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Nov 27, 2020
During Week 47, N.G. Heimos Greenhouses in Millstadt, IL hosted their annual Poinsettia Trials, where over 150 varieties from five different breeders were on display. The Selecta One Poinsettia team of Gary Vollmer (Technical Rep) ...
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Aug 07, 2020
This year we've stretched out our open days for The Gardens at Ball so that more guests can tour at a safe distance. The GrowerTalks magazine crew of Chris Beytes and Jen Zurko joined us ...
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Jul 17, 2020
Our annual Ball Seed Field Day & Landscape Day has been reinvented to accommodate a wider range of open dates so we can welcome guests safely with adequate social distance. Join us this Summer in ...
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Jul 08, 2020
'See' you at Cultivate'20 Virtual
Katie Rotella
Ball Seed will host a virtual exhibit during this year’s Cultivate’20. We encourage you to visit! Our helpful team will be standing by to chat live and take your questions about all ...
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