The Opening of the 2025 Legislative Session
By Hicks & Associates
The First Regular Session of the 75th General Assembly began on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Opening day featured speeches from leadership...
Survey tool improves employee retention at Arbor Valley
Since 2011, Arbor Valley Nursery has used a tool called Culture Index to help learn about people’s preferences and personality traits. Arbor Valley managers...
ProGreen Experience
ProGreen EXPO has become the Rocky Mountain region’s largest trade show and conference serving horticulture and other green industry professionals. Each year in February,...
Top Host Plants Preferred by Japanese Beetles
Japanese beetles have many preferences. It’s harder to find plants they avoid. Cheryl Smith, CDA Division of Plant Industry, provided the following list of...
Sharing Employees: Getting through Busy Times with Borrowed Labor
Why does Arbor Valley borrow employees from other organizations?
We have been in the industry for almost 40 years and have been working with partners...
Landscape Design for Small Spaces
Small spaces in the landscape such as courtyards, patios, or terraces provide a fantastic opportunity to add flair and create a custom-tailored oasis for...
12 Plant Picks for 2022 Orders
Colorado Nursery & Greenhouse Association members Diana Reavis and Ross Shrigley perused plant lists to pick out a few outstanding choices for Colorado and...
The Best Substitutes for Popular Trees
By Derek Meusch, CCNP, Arbor Valley Nursery
You bid, but can we supply?
A constant struggle in this industry is the ability to supply what our...
Worth the Wait
By Lindsay Squires Chrisp, Tagawa Gardens, Events & Community OutReach Coordinator
As springtime days lengthen, garden center shoppers wait in longer checkout lines, shifting from...
Creating Successful Customers through Upselling
By Diana Mundinger, CCNP, General Manager, Eagle Crest Nursery
During the training meetings at Eagle Crest Nursery, the subject of upselling or add-on sales comes...
