The Age of Amazon
Whether your company is still relatively new to online retail or established in e-commerce, Amazon.com has an impact on your sales. As the gigantic...
An Expanding Plant Palette for Diversifying Interests
How did the company get started?
Our initial family business was Bookcliff Gardens, which was started by my father, Ed Settle, in the early ‘70s....
Work Together with Growers to Develop Custom Solutions
Tell us about the company’s history.
Harrell’s has been around since 1941, starting out as a feed store in Lakeland, Fla. It wasn’t long before...
CHREF Scholarship Recipients — Where are They Now?
Each year, members are able to meet current scholarship recipients at the CNGA Happy Hour, and we thought it would be a great idea...
Top Picks for Off-Season Color
In the 2018–19 Cool Season Trials, we evaluated 122 varieties. They were planted in late October 2018, and grown in our trials till early...
Networking Opportunities for Fun & Success
We are in the midst of a great season, and as you know, it can be hard to get away from the desk or...
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Emergencies can create a variety of hazards for workers in the impacted area. Preparing before an incident plays a vital role in ensuring that...
Insurance Budgeting for Hail & Other Coverages
How does a nursery, greenhouse or garden center owner budget for insurance and consequential uninsured loss? No longer is just looking at premium cost...
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...
Ideas from the California Trials for 2020 Plant Ordering
The annual California Spring Trials (CAST) happens each spring, when plant and seed buyers visit several sites up and down the Pacific coast. Each...
How to Avoid Employee Burnout
Not only do green industry employees have to work an all-hands-on-deck schedule each spring, but in recent years, the work keeps on coming right...
The New Normal: Year-Round Work Rather than Seasonal
Growers on both coasts have always worked on a year-round basis, while their Midwest and Rocky Mountain colleagues had more seasonal fluctuations with labor....
A Quality Advantage from Growing Our Own
How did you get involved with Landon’s?
Sheridan is my hometown and after high school I moved to Oregon. There I began working for Oregon...
A Goal of Funding $1M in Grants & Scholarships Annually
How did CGF get started?
In 1958, a group of six people formed a nonprofit board with the purpose of raising money to support the...
Creating Desirable Outdoor Living to Maximize Property Values
It’s no secret Coloradans love the outdoors. Outdoor living spaces are important for Colorado homes. While there is no one-size-fits-all answer to creating the...
Golf Fundraiser & CSU Renovations Coming this Fall
The Colorado Horticulture Research & Education Foundation plays an integral role in encouraging and rewarding top-performing students at Colorado State University and Front Range...
Plant Select 2020 Introductions
Plant Select® is the country’s leading source of plants designed to thrive in the high plains and intermountain region. It is a nonprofit collaboration...
Protecting Your Employees from Overheating
Drinking Water
Water should have a palatable (pleasant and odor-free) taste and water temperature should be 50° to 60°F, if possible.
Other Drinks
Encourage workers to choose...
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR PESTS: Rampant Fire Blight in 2018
For the last 30 years every spring and summer, customers have been bringing their fire blight samples to Phelan Gardens and Earth Expressions Landscape...
The Growing Popularity of Container Trees
Container trees are a convenient product with many benefits such as diversifying and helping address inventory challenges. As long as container trees are grown...
