Sun Gro introduces a new website full of information for growers and retailers!

It has been an exciting year for Sun Gro® Horticulture. We further consolidated our leadership position in the North American growing market by acquiring Conrad Fafard Inc., and moving the Sun Gro Corporate Office to Agawam, Massachusetts. Our growing leadership inspired our company to renew its online presence, so we are proud to announce the launch of the new and improved Sun Gro corporate website!

The more visual, streamlined www.sungro.com offers a better user experience and provides more leverage to maximize Sun Gro’s online presence. New site features include a product database, with all pertinent product information, along with full information on technical services and other essential resources, like the Sun Gro’er Newsletter, which also has a fresh new look.

We have also rebranded and launched www.fafard.com as a retail only site. In time, the Fafard retail site will be comparable to our popular Black Gold, Sunshine Advanced and Grower’s Gold websites, in scope and service.

The end result presents Sun Gro Horticulture as a digital leader within the North American horticultural industry. We hope you agree.

Company Profile

Sun Gro was founded in 1929 in Vancouver, BC and has grown to become North America’s largest producer of sphagnum peat, and the largest distributor of peat moss and peat and bark-based growing media to professional plant growers in the US and Canada. Sunshine, Fafard, Metro Mix and Technigro are Sun Gro’s professional product lines. Sun Gro sells a complete line of consumer potting soils, garden amendments, peat moss and fertilizers. Sun Gro’s retail brands include Black Gold®, Fafard® and Sunshine®. Sun Gro supports their customers, both retail and professional, by offering expert guidance with tips from the pros, their own acclaimed team of horticulturalists, on their comprehensive selection of websites.

www.sungro.com – Corporate and Professional Brand Site

www.blackgold.bz – Retail Brand Site

www.fafard.com – Retail Brand Site

www.sunshineadvanced.net – Retail Brand Site

www.growersgold.net – Retail Brand Site

CSPMA Semi-Annual Meeting
The CSPMA Semi-Annual Meeting will be held at the Auberge de la Pointe Hotel in Riviere-du-Loup, QC, Canada, on June 6-7, 2013. More details to follow.

CSPMA 25th Annual General Meeting
The CSPMA 25th Annual General Meeting will be held at the Fairmont, Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada on November 6-8, 2013. More details to follow.

The CSPMA will be attending the following trade shows/workshops:

Gardening Saturday – March 23, 2013: Manitoba’s largest indoor gardening symposium connecting Manitoba gardeners with the experts, products and services. in its horticultural community.

Garden Writers Association’s 65th GWA Annual Symposium - August 16-19, 2013: This year the symposium will be held in Québec City, capital of the province of Québec, Canada, one of North America’s oldest cities. It will provide information on trends and current issues of importance to garden communicators.

The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association has announced a Position Paper titled: Sustainability: Canadian Horticultural Peat Industry Position Paper.
The Position Paper is the Canadian horticultural peat industry’s commitment to a Sustainability program.

It provides our Statement, the approach we are taking to achieve Environmental Responsibility, Economic Viability and Social Accountability.

It also outlines our intent to communicate in a transparent and traceable manner our achievements in meeting the sustainability measures important to the industry and stakeholders.