The Floral Event of the Year: The Complete Guide to IPM ESSEN, the World's Largest Horticulture and Floristry Trade Fair

IPM ESSEN (IPM Essen), a major event for the horticulture industry, a global platform for inspiration, exchange and supply.

Every year, the latest plant varieties are showcased here, the leading figures of the floristry and horticulture world unveil trends, and future topics are discussed with industry professionals in a professional context.

IPM 2018: 1,577 exhibitor stands, from 45 countries, more than 57,000 visitors.

Here you can discover the latest plant cultivation methods, learn about innovative technological developments, and create hit floral trends!

"According to statistics from the European horticulture association and the trade fair, about 85% of trade contracts and purchasing agreements between exhibitors and buyers are signed on site each year; this fair is the most important trade bridge in the international horticultural plant world."

Keywords:

Innovation, commercial value, global network

Innovation Showcase

Since 2008, the Innovation Showcase has displayed the latest plant varieties every year at IPM ESSEN (the German horticulture trade fair).

Every year, an authoritative jury selects the "IPM Innovation" award winners of the year in the categories "flowering and foliage indoor potted plants", "spring-flowering plants", "bedding and balcony plants", "cut flowers", "shrubs", "woody plants" and "container plants".

BLOOM’s World-Nature & Handcraft

The showcase area offers visitors a platform to hone their knowledge and skills through specialist seminars. Grounded in practice and keeping pace with trends, from learning floral design techniques to seeing trend products on display, you can "level up" in a relaxed atmosphere.

FDF WORLD

Watch live performances by high-energy floral designers from around the world in Hall 1! Here is a small preview of the lineup: Alex Choi, Floral World Cup champion from South Korea, Stein Are Hansen, 2010 World Florist Championship winner from Norway, and more.

Four main sections:

Floristry, horticulture, plants, technology

Floristry - arts and crafts, candles, greeting cards, decorations, dried/silk flowers, florist essentials, grave decorations, handmade pottery, glass/ceramic/earthenware flower pots, plastic and enamel products, promotional products, wickerwork

→ Halls 6, 8

Horticulture - birdhouses and nesting facilities, gardening equipment, garden decorations, garden sculptures, gardening tools, lifestyle accessories, outdoor planters, promotional products, green facades

→ All halls (concentrated in 6, 8)

Plants - bonsai, tuberous plants, shrubs, Christmas trees, cut flowers, potted flowering plants, green plants, hydroponic plants, nursery plants, palm trees, promotional products, seeds, vegetables, seedlings

→ Halls 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14

Technology - cooling, commercial vehicles and trailers, soil and peat, fruit and vegetable production technology, horticulture and landscaping technology, greenhouse construction, heating systems, irrigation systems, machinery and equipment, measuring and regulating equipment, propagation technology, plant protection, flower pots, promotional products, transport and lifting equipment

→ Halls 3, 7

If you don't want to miss such a grand trade fair, you'd better save the following guide.

Basic information:

Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9:00-18:00

In Hall 1 there will be a large number of floral designer performance shows. The designers whose schedules are already confirmed are: Stein Are Hansen and Alex Choi (January 24, 11:00; January 25, 14:00; January 26, 12:30).

This time Dominique and Jurgen Herold will once again team up as performance hosts and interpreters, and Frédéric Dupré, a tutor from Liushi, and others will also take part in the performances.

Ticket information:

Buy tickets online and save €10 - just €22, and no need to queue!

If you drive, remember to buy a parking ticket (€9) too!

Ticket purchase portal:

https://host.convey.de/esop_es2/bin/iisclt.cia?n&OpenSession&esproject&20023&21639&305012018&TARGET_TOP_NAME=_top

For group ticket applications, you can send an email to:

[email protected] 

Transport:

After flying into Düsseldorf Airport,

take the airport express bus at Terminal B,

and in just 20 minutes you'll arrive at the MESSE ESSEN exhibition center!

(Airport bus one-way ticket €15, round-trip ticket €25)

Indoor facilities: (for media professionals)

Coat racks, lockers, free wifi,

laptop workstations, a catering area offering cold/hot drinks and snacks

A quick look around Essen:

After visiting the IPM fair, there are still many German-style churches and modern museums around Essen that must not be missed!

Münster Abbey, the Baptist Church,

a moated castle, the opera house, the Red Dot Design Museum