HELLENIC PLANT METERIAL EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION About HE.P.M.EA - - PDF document

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HELLENIC PLANT METERIAL EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION

About HE.P.M.EA

After the successful participation in FLORIADE 2012 (Venlo , Holland), the most important nursery stock and plant material production companies in Greece, decided to establish an

• rganization to promote their products and to do

lobbying in international organizations with relevant subject and activities.

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• The

Hellenic Garden team (www.hellenicgardenteam.gr), the professionals that create the Greek garden in FLORIADE is , honorary, the Promotion Team

• f the Association.

HELLENIC GARDEN TEAM-PROMO TEAM OF HE.P.M.E.A

“SYNERGIA”

FLORIADE-HOLLAND 2012

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The new established HELLENIC PLANT MATERIAL EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION (HEPMEA), has the ambition to create strong relations between Greek producers-plant exporters and foreign trade centers, lobbying and put strategic aims for the upcoming years, defending the crisis conditions. The vulnerable rare plant of Cerastium theophrasti (Herba Olympica), surviving in high altitude difficult conditions, will be the emblem of HE.PMEA. The Hellenic Garden team(*) , the professionals that create the Greek garden in FLORIADE is , honorary, the Promotion Team of the Association and Nikos Thymakis is the Expert Consultant.

In January 2013, Hellenic Plant Material Exporters Association(HE.P.M.E.A)(ESEFY in Greek language) had the first meeting and in July 2013 is legally established and authorized…

(*) the first permanent council are : Thanos Vaiopoulos (TANI), Sotiris Mammos (MAMMOS NURSERIES), Aristos Triantafyllou (MODAGRI) , Vasilis Zafeiropoulos (RHODOLAND), Stathis Kornaros (CRESSA LAND COOP) and Pantelis Michalas (MICHALAS PLANTS)

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First movements….

During this period, a lot of research and efforts in other markets (such us Iran, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Holland, Italy , Qatar and Kenya) and participation in the 1st round table of E.N.A (European Nursery stock Association) (Catania, 25-27 June 2013), gave a remarkable potential to HE.P.M.E.A efforts to start to expand the exports of plant materials , with important results already.

The companies and cooperatives that are members of HE.P.M.E.A cover an important range of varieties of plant materials such us:

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• garden plants (boxwood, hibiscus, photinia etc)
• mediterranean plants (olives, figs, herbs etc)
• subtropical climate plants (citrus, kalamodin, bougainvillea, polygala,

callistemon etc)

• indoors and tropical plants (ficus, orchids, ardisias , small plants in special

complexes pots etc)

• fruit trees (for all climates)
• north climate conifers (cedars, abies, cupressus etc)
• splendid and unique Gardenias compact (traditional from Mountain

Pelion)

• special architecture trees (gnarled trunk olives, platanus etc)
• cactus and succulents (more than 800 species)
• turf grass varieties (for all climates)
• water plants (nuphars, bog plants, iris etc)
• palms (rarity Phoenix theophrasti)
• classical and traditional rose varieties (more than 1000)
• cut flowers (Proteaceae family, unique cultivation in mediterranean region)
• seedlings of bio-produced vegetable and herb varieties with special techniques

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The best production units…

Popular products

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Used in gardens worldwide…

TARGETING-LOBBYING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES SIMILAR ASSOCIATIONS AND FLOWER COUNCILS

The importance of these Association reflects also great garden design and landscape planning approach, construction and maintenance that guides to full “eco-system services” in sustainable development, as E.U newly “Green Infrastructure” Programme asks for. Also, HE.P.M.E.A, will focus to exchange “know how” with foreign countries and participate in E.U programmes.

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The founding members are:

• AVRAMIS ROSES, GLAVAKIS NURSERIES,

HORTICULTURE COOP OF THESSALONIKI, MODAGRI, MILIS NURSERIES, GARDENIA GROWERS GROUP, MAMMOS NURSERIES, HELLASOD, DELTA TREES NURSERIES, POULIMENOS CACTI NURSERIES, DIMITRIOU POTPLANTS, LAPPAS SYNTHESIS, FYTAGORA ZACHAROGIANNI, GRYLLIS WATER LILLIES, MARIGOLD PLANTS, KITANTZIS GROUP OF COMPANIES, TANI, BAIKAS NURSERIES, ANASTASOPOULOS NURSERIES, RHODOLAND, RODOPLANT, MICHALAS PLANTS, CRESSA LAND, LOUKISSAS FARM and PLASTONA, LABROPOULOS EDITIONS (related founding members)

INFO: NIKOS THYMAKIS

Expert Consultant, Agronomist.

info@esefy.gr mob: +306958104535