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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 negatively into the six figures mark. Why, you might ask?  First and foremost, our income from ProGreen was projected to be approximately one third of what it typically is. ProGreen, along with membership dues, is a major source...

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 and during the final legislative session of Governor Jared Polis’ administration. Faced with an estimated $1.5 billion budget gap, lawmakers spent much of the session focused on balancing the budget through spending reductions, fund transfers,...

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 thrive. From merchandising ideas that encourage customers to buy just one more item, to economic insights that help businesses prepare for 2027, here are a few of the takeaways Meg and Glenda brought home from Columbus. Congratulations...

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 idea in principle, but our members have experienced the effects of the Producer Responsibility Program (PRP) For Recycling established by HB22-1355, which is confusing, administered by an out-of-state company, and still has not established what...

Sharon and Terry have spent decades running and growing their family business, Harding Nursery, which has been in operation for 69 years. Their dedication to the industry spans generations, beginning with Billie Harding, Sharon’s father, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996. Terry and Sharon have both served on the CNGA Board of Directors, Terry in 2011...

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 Oregon will have a blanket compliance agreement and individual nurseries won't have to send trapping/treatment data with shipments. From the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA):Regarding the importation of nursery stock from Oregon. Due to the...

Colorado General Assembly – 2026 SessionThis document outlines GreenCO’s legislative priorities and policy positions for the 2026 Colorado legislative session. GreenCO will remain proactive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented while advocating for policies that protect the industry, public health, and the environment.Pesticide PolicyGreenCO will continue to advocate for balanced, science-based pesticide policy. The pesticide issue has been a recurring topic in...

The Second Regular Session of the 75th General Assembly convened on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Opening day featured the traditional remarks from leadership in both the House and Senate chambers. Speaker Julie McCluskie delivered her final opening-day address, as she is term-limited in 2026. Both Speaker McCluskie and Senate President James Coleman reflected on the work accomplished over the...

CNGA asked our wholesale members to share how their season went, because every time we visit members, the first question we hear is: “What are you hearing? How’s everyone else’s season going?” The answers are never the same, and that’s what makes this survey so valuable. Thanks to your input, we’ve been able to capture a clearer snapshot of how...

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 of which were composed of top soil (preferably sandy loam), mixed with our native peat moss (back then it was really a nice product -- in later years it became one step closer to coal)....

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 and bring it back to our membership and ProGreen EXPO. We joined tours, sat in sessions, hit the tradeshow floor with curious minds. The takeaway? Creativity is currency. Training is make-or-break. And the future of our...