With the opening of two new research green roofs at CSU’s Spur Campus in Denver – on the Terra and Hydro buildings – Jennifer Bousselot, Ph.D, assistant professor at CSU is thrilled.
She is passionate about horticulture and her primary research interest is green roofs, including green roof photovoltaics.
Let the planting begin
The Terra building opened in June and Bousselot, lead...
The Colorado Horticulture Research and Education Foundation (CHREF) board of directors would like to thank all who sponsored and attended this year’s golf tournament. The amount raised was $9,900 for scholarships and research.
Congratulations to the following teams:
1st place – Welby Gardens2nd Place – Little Valley Wholesale3rd Place – DWD Plant Sales
CHREF plays an integral role in encouraging and rewarding...
Glenda Mostek
CNGA Executive Director
By the time you receive this E-Magazine, we will have met with industry leaders at the Horticulture Leadership Retreat, and will have been given the charge to drive what lies ahead for CNGA. The board and staff take input from our members very seriously and shape our programs for the next year or years accordingly, based...
Aquatic and Wetland Nursery9999 Weld County Rd 25Fort Lupton, CO 80621303-442-4766http://www.aquaticandwetlandnursery.com
What are the roots of the company?
We evolved from Aquatic and Wetland Company (AWC) that was started in 1986 by my father-in-law, Dr. J. T. Windell. In 1988, AWC formed a construction division which my husband and I headed up and in 1990 a nursery division was added. In...
Meadowlark OrnamentalAult, CO970.342.6457
How did Meadowlark Ornamentals get started?
My husband, Derek, and I started Meadowlark in 2020 with an empty field and a dream. We both spent years in the Colorado nursery industry gaining valuable on-the-job experience. Between the two of us, we have done just about every industry job there is. With a simple sheet of graph paper we...
I am so proud to be a part of an industry and a company that recognizes the need to support women and diversity. Growing up in the industry, I have seen it evolve, thanks to organizations like the Colorado Nursery & Greenhouse Association (CNGA) and Syngenta Flowers, with its Syngenta Women in Flowers Team (SWiFT), that support events promoting...
Tania Lemus, Undergraduate Horticulture Student,
Colorado State University
At Colorado State University, we continue to evaluate herbaceous perennial performance at our Perennial Demonstration Teaching, Research Outreach Garden. This garden was moved to its present location north of the University Center for the Arts in 2017 from the former demonstration garden at the Plant Environmental Research Center.
Plants in this garden are planted...
Part 3 of 3 – Reviewing Financial Statements
After the Income Sheet (featured in the previous issue of NewsLeaf), we move to the reviewing Financial Statements.
When should the business owner review the business financial statements and what other reports are useful to review?
The financial statements should be “mostly” ready by about the 5th of the following month. With online banking,...
Colorado State University (CSU) welcomes Mengmeng Gu, Ph.D., as the new Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA) department head in the College of Agricultural Sciences. Professor Gu’s official start date was July 1, 2022 and she is “looking forward to working side-by-side with new colleagues at CSU, the local community, and getting to know green industry partners.”
Health and wellbeing are...
Providing a sustainable product
It’s no secret that growing plants in Colorado is not an easy feat! Our soil, wind, and variable temperatures make this a very temperamental climate to keep plants healthy and growing. It is our responsibility as nursery professionals to make sure that the products we’re growing, selling, and recommending are well-suited for the harsh Colorado climate....
