On Thursday 23 January, the ‘Together 4 Better’ Digital Business Awards were presented for the second time. This took place during the Copper and Nursery Day in Bleiswijk, which was organised by Floricode. Two awards were presented: the ‘Together 4 Better’ Digital Business Award for the grower who has performed best in digital business in the past year. Amigo Plant was the winner of this award. In addition, the ‘Together 4 Better’ Digital Growing Star was presented to the grower who has made the biggest steps in handling orders digitally in 2013, which was won by Tim van Leeuwen.

During a well-attended Poinsettia information meeting, the “Poinsettia Awards” 2013 were presented. The winner of the Award for best Poinsettia Novelty 2013 is: Prima Donna. This new variety by Dümmen scored best in the assortment comparison. Overall winner of the quality competition 2013 is Bram Breugem. This company took home the Award for Best Quality Poinsettia 2013. With 57 entries by 25 companies, participation in the quality competition was again very good. There are three categories, based on pot size. The best scoring party in each category received a certificate. The certificates went this season to: