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Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the 170th Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier. Yes, you read that right; this show has been happening in Chicago since 1847! For the past five [...]

We recently partnered with breeding company Sakata Seed America to evolve the brand of their all weather petunia, Super-Cal. We worked with the company to create a solution that resulted in a [...]

Last Friday the team at BatesMeron was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at spring! No, this doesn’t mean we have the ins with Mother Nature, and we, too, have no clue when this Chicago weather [...]

April Herring is the New Product Development and Marketing Manager at Pacific Plug & Liner. Consider that PP&L grows enough young plants to fill their 250,000-square-foot facility, and [...]

Recently BatesMeron was tasked with developing the 2012-2013 Seed & Vegetative Catalog for Sakata, an independent breeder of premium bedding plants, pot crops and cut flowers. Our heads were [...]

Talk of our winter…or rather, lack of winter this year in Chicago has gotten a lot of buzz over the past few weeks. But here at BatesMeron, we’ve been in the spring spirit since last July, when [...]