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CNGA Board Message: Investment in the Future

For the first time ever, your CNGA Board of Directors has approved a negative income budget for the year. 2021 will push the nonprofit income...

GreenCO 2026 Legislative Session Summary

Session Overview The second regular session of Colorado’s 75th General Assembly adjourned on May 13, 2026, under the weight of a significant state budget shortfall...

What We’re Bringing Back from Cultivate ’26

Four days. Hundreds of exhibitors. Dozens of education sessions. Four inspiring garden center visits. One goal: Bring back ideas that help Colorado's green industry...

GreenCO Legislative Committee Opposes Pesticide Recycling Bill

HB26-1111: Pesticide Product Disposal & Container Recycling GreenCO voted to oppose this bill in our Legislative Committee meeting on February 17, 2026. We support this...

Sharon Harding-Shaw and Terry Shaw are the 2025 Inductees into the CNGA Hall of Fame

Sharon and Terry have spent decades running and growing their family business, Harding Nursery, which has been in operation for 69 years. Their dedication...

Update: Japanese Beetle – Nursery Imports from Oregon to Colorado

This procedure will be for the 2026 season, due to the lag in the eradication program. If the trapping program is re-instituted, Colorado and...

Green Industry Legislative Priorities 2026

Colorado General Assembly – 2026 SessionThis document outlines GreenCO’s legislative priorities and policy positions for the 2026 Colorado legislative session. GreenCO will remain proactive,...

2026 Colorado General Assembly Convenes

The Second Regular Session of the 75th General Assembly convened on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Opening day featured the traditional remarks from leadership in...

End of Season Survey 2025 – Wholesale

CNGA asked our wholesale members to share how their season went, because every time we visit members, the first question we hear is: “What...

Branches of the Past: Potting Soil

By Stan Brown, Alameda Wholesale Nursery In the 1940’s and 1950’s nursery potting soil was not available commercially. Nurseries had to make their own, most...

What We’re Bringing Back from Cultivate ‘25

We spent four days in Columbus with one goal: find what’s actually working, from the sales floor to the soil and behind the counter...