Last week, the XX International Protea Association Conference and the XV International Protea Research Symposium took place in Temecula, California. This year’s theme of this Bi-Annual Conference was “United by Proteas.” The 2025 schedule included best practices, fresh ideas, creative solutions and networking opportunities, gathering 140 delegates from around the world.
Also Helix Australia took an active participation in the conference, including a Helix grower breakfast, conference sponsorship and MD Adrian Parsons presenting a speech on Helix Australia’s global Waxflower/ boronia program.
Parsons: “The conference was superb and the organizers led by Dianna, Roy, Kenneth Leonhardt, and Mel Resendiz worked tirelessly with attendees, gaining a lot of knowledge as well as developing and rekindling relationships across the Protea world.”
In addition to the 2-day conference program, attendees enjoyed 2 days of farm tours visiting a mixture of protea, waxflower and eucalyptus growers in addition to Altman Nursery and Bandy Ranch bouquet facility.
Picture on the right: from left to right: Adrian Parsons of Helix Australia, Hamish Godbolt of Zuluflora, Tyler Hirota and Steve Dionne of Wafex USA, and Craig Scott of Eastcoast Wildflowers.
Attendees hailed from Hawaii, Australia, Chile, Brazil, South Africa, Belgium, Portugal, Colombia and the host nation United States.
“The conference concluded with an inspiring presentation by renowned floral designer Rene Van Remes, who created stunning arrangements using a wide variety of Protea species from local growers.”
The next World Protea Conference will be held in South Africa in 2028.
For more information
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Adrian Parsons
Helix Australia
Email: [email protected]
www.helixaustralia.com.au
Protea Conference
www.proteaconference2025.org
