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By Lon Vincent, CCNP, Manager, Wilmore Outdoor Living Center In August, many people give up on gardening. Their minds are turning to fall, and rather...

By Esther Langley, CGG, CCNP, General Manager, Britton Nursery Britton Nursery overwinters 100,000 plants in cold frames each year. As fall comes, the staff of...

By Rachel Guttman, MBA, Online Marketing Expert, SCORE Colorado Springs In either busy or slow seasons, merchandising is paramount. Offering seasonal products and displaying them...

What does it mean to broaden a supplier base?  Beth Gulley: We buy through a lot of broker representatives, so broadening that base...

By Matt Edmundson, CHREF Board President I was sitting at the back-corner table, scanning the room and feeling pretty skeptical about the presentation I was...

CSU RESEARCH UPDATE By James E. Klett, Ph.D., CSU Professor & Extension, Landscape Horticulturist; and Ronda Koski, CGG, Research Associate, Colorado State University In the production...

Financial Affairs By Bob Conner, Rocky Mountain Region Hard Goods Sales representative, Griffin Greenhouse Supplies, Inc. With spring barely behind us, now is a perfect time...

How old is Denver Botanic Gardens? In just a few years we’ll be celebrating our 70th birthday. The charter for the Gardens was filed in...

What is the company’s history? In the 1890s, Clarence Montague opened a clay pot manufacturing plant in Denver, which was the beginning of American Clay...

By David McKinney, CSU Scholarship Winner When looking back on my past three years at Colorado State University, I have come to understand that I...

How did Sunland Nursery get started? It was 66 years ago that my parents started a retail nursery business in Santa Fe. For many years...

What role does horticulture play in your operations? It’s important at all of our parks, but especially so at Water World, which is my main...

Safety Corner From Richards, Seeley & Schaefer, Inc. Once you attract and hire qualified job candidates to your open positions, having an onboarding and training process...

NEWS FROM THE CDA By Laura Pottorff, CGG,  Nursery & Plant Pest Quarantine Program Manager, Colorado Department of Agriculture Quarantine pests and laws associated with their...

Each year, the Colorado Nursery and Greenhouse Association accepts nominations for the Hall of Fame, Person of the Year and Horizon awards. These awards...

By Lindsay Squires Chrisp, Tagawa Gardens, Events & Community OutReach Coordinator As springtime days lengthen, garden center shoppers wait in longer checkout lines, shifting from...

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...

By Josh Orth & Scott Curry, Norris Design Landscape architecture continues to evolve through better stewardship of our resources, technology and innovative ideas. The list...

By Matt Johnson, Sales Representative, McHutchison Horticultural Distributors Award-Winning Annuals There are so many annuals to choose from; below are some of my favorites to add...

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...