European Giant Vegetable Grower's Association

Membership

Growers of pumpkins, squash, long gourds and other giant vegetables from all over the world are welcome to join the EGVGA. Other interested persons are also welcome.

As a member you will have free access to this site, three free digital newsletters on growing giant vegetables and related topics delivered to your mailbox each year, a free seed promo consisting of seeds from many other EGVGA members, a chance at winning an award for your special specimens, the latest news on giant veg activities and events and all the free advice you need.

Please renew your membership before January 1, 2010 to ensure you get a seed package. Memberships received after May 1 cannot compete for EGVGA prizes.

The membership dues for 2010 are 15 euros. Send €15 or $25 US along with your name, home address and email address to:

Iwan Horde

i.horde@chello.nl

Eksterlaan 19

4143 AB Leerdam

The Netherlands

 

Bank information for Euro transfers:

IBAN: NL16RABO0154664618
BIC: RABONL2U

 

We prefer cash or Euro bank transfers but we also accept PayPal. Make payments to i.horde@chello.nl. Make sure to add name, home address and email address.


The board and country coordinators

The EGVGA board consists of the following persons:

  • President - Kaarina Rinne (Finland)
  • Treasurer - Iwan Horde (Netherlands)
  • Media coordinator - Brad Wursten (Netherlands)
  • Head of country coordinators - Andreas Wild (Germany)
  • Public Relations - Jos Ghaye (Belgium)
  • Events coordinator - Anders Lilja (Sweden)

Country coordinators:

  • Austria - Chris Schieder
  • Belgium - Jos Ghaye
  • Finland - Miika Mantyniemi
  • France - Jean-louis Duchezeau/Fabrice Boudyo
  • Germany - Raimund Burghardt
  • Ireland - Ed Molloy
  • Italy - Sergio Moretti
  • Luxembourg - Tom Delles 
  • Netherlands - Brad Wursten
  • Spain - Juan Jose Ramos
  • Sweden - Lars Ornskov
  • Switzerland - Roger Rüegger
  • United Kingdom - Ian Paton
  • other countries - Brad Wursten

Seed Distribution:

  • Central distributor - Brad Wursten
  • Northern Europe - Kaarina Rinne
  • Germany - Andreas Wild
  • Netherlands, Belgium and North America - Iwan Horde
  • Central, East and Southern Europe - Roger Rüegger


Members

Austria

  • Wolfgang Grabher
  • Joachim Hammerl
  • Gerhard Moser
  • Manfred Rainer
  • Barbara Schabkar 
  • Gerhard Scharf
  • Christoph Schieder
  • Kerstin Schieder 
  • Josef Stocker
  • Franz Weinzierl
  • Peter Woltan

Belgium

  • Luc Beckers
  • Luc Berrens  
  • Rhonny Clerinx
  • Leo Cuypers
  • Nick Decock 
  • Bart de Greef
  • Jonas De Swert
  • Jos Ghaye
  • Marc Trappeniers
  • Frans Van Gool 
  • Luc Vanheuckelom
  • Paul Van Laer
  • Alexander VanLaere
  • Paul Van Pelt 
  • Jan Van Rompaey
  • Paul Vanwynsberghe 
  • David Wellens

Canada 

  • Graig Balkwill
  • Lonnie Bourne  
  • Kirk Chenier
  • Philip Dance 
  • Al Eaton   
  • Giant Vegetable Growers of Ontario 
  • Phil Hunt   
  • Chris Lyons
  • Bryan Mailey 
  • Dave Pitura  

Denmark

  • Ivar Lund
  • Paul Sörensen

Finland

  • Ulla Björklund  
  • Maija Karvinen
  • Juhani Lempiäinen 
  • Armi Lindell
  • Paula Liukko 
  • Anne Mamia
  • Miika Mantyniemi
  • Hannu Oksanen
  • Tuija Osmala
  • Kaarina Rinne
  • Sanna-Mari Saarenmaa
  • Voitto Saarinen
  • Marko Suomi
  • Ritva Viljanen 
  • Mirja Vuorisalo   

France

  • Fabrice Boudyo
  • Mehdi Daho
  • Jean-Claude Derouin
  • Jean-louis Duchezeau
  • Nicolas Hamm 
  • Simon Hermelin 
  • Stephane Wilk

Germany

  • Norbert Andres  
  • Andreas Baumert 
  • Peter Bohnert 
  • Roswitha Bohnert  
  • Raimund Burghardt
  • Henning Dannenbrink 
  • Dominick DiNapoli 
  • Stephan Eckardt  
  • Peter Frei 
  • Enrico Graber 
  • Erik Haase
  • Andreas Henke  
  • Janni Höllein 
  • Elmar Hubertus  
  • Jean-Michel Hüllein 
  • Sabrina Hüllein
  • Benedikt Hülsmann  
  • Horst Jager  
  • Robert Jaser
  • Martin Keller   
  • Veronika Kick 
  • Oliver Kiehn
  • Martin Krüger 
  • Oliver Langheim  
  • Manuel Memmert  
  • Jan Mikutta
  • Jan Molter 
  • Gunnar Mügge 
  • Degenhard Neisse   
  • Thomas Niederhofer 
  • Mirko Nürnberg  
  • Johannes Offermann 
  • Owen Olsen 
  • Bernhard Preis 
  • Reinhold Radzibaba  
  • Martin Reiss 
  • Stephan Renz
  • Martin Rudorfer  
  • Michael Rupf 
  • Rick Sanders 
  • Marko Schröder 
  • Johannes Tanner 
  • Joakim Trinks   
  • Michael Weiss
  • Achmed Wendt 
  • Andreas Wild 
  • Thomas Wittmann 
  • Mattias Würsching 
  • Andreas Ziegler 
  • Sven Zirkelbach

Ireland

  • Eugene Brady  
  • Michael Byrne 
  • James Mahon  
  • Ed Molloy 

Italy

  • Vasco and Leonardo Agnelli  
  • Boioni Emidio 
  • Paolo Ermacora 
  • Benedette Lanza  
  • Sergio Moretti
  • Mauro Zanardini 

Luxembourg

  • Tom Delles
  • Marc Dentzer
  • Kuerbisfrenn Biereng
  • Nico Grommes 
  • Pierre Schaul
  • Tanja Schuller 

Netherlands 

  • Sebas Coenen  
  • Arnold Horde
  • Iwan Horde  
  • Theo Kiewiet
  • Willem Kiewiet
  • Harry Poels 
  • Jan Scheffe
  • Leo Spoelstra
  • Brad Wursten

Norway

  • Arne Ulfeng

Poland

  • Justyna Roik
  • Tomasz Ropiak  

Rumania

  • Liviu Pencea

Slovenia

  • Mojca Rehar Klancic
  • Janko Lovse

Spain

  • Xavier Armadas Albinyana
  • Javier Papaseit Benitez  
  • Joan Codina i Berengueras
  • Ruben Mendi Hualde
  • Alberto Ruiz Millán  
  • Salvador Mogas
  • Marti Tantinya Olive
  • Antoni Tarruella Pubill 
  • Ruben Ramirez 
  • Juan Jose Ramos 
  • Josep Cardona i Riera
  • Carlos Callen Romero
  • Luis Gomariz Verdu
  • Pera Trullas Vila  

Sweden

  • Sven Blömstrom
  • Börje Gustavsson  
  • Albin Helgesson  
  • Erik Innerstedt
  • Peter Kjellberg
  • Gunnar Kvarnbäck
  • Anders Lilja
  • Lars Ornskov
  • Bo Persson
  • Bernt Rosander
  • Petri Wester 

Switzerland

  • Beat Jucker  
  • Beni Meier  
  • Roger Rüegger
  • Willi Schwager
  • Daniel Steiner 

United Kingdom

  • Frank Baggs 
  • Mark Baggs 
  • Peter Bragg
  • Malcolm Carter  
  • Andrew Chambers 
  • Neil Ferguson
  • Ross Keightley
  • Simon McMinnis 
  • Mark Norman  
  • Ian Paton 
  • Stuart Paton 
  • Stephen Pocock 
  • Mark Raymont  
  • Richard Smith
  • Graham Stewart 
  • David Thomas 

United States of America

  • Ron Barker 
  • Dan Bowles 
  • Andrew T. Godfrey 
  • Glen & Margaret Martin
  • Steve Minor  
  • Richard Plush 
  • Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers  
  • Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers
  • Debra Rebel 
  • Lee Roof
  • Curt Saxton 
  • Paul Tackett 
  • Bart Toftness 
  • Philip Wellington  
  • Ralph Werven  
  • Don Young