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With the opening of two new research green roofs at CSU’s Spur Campus in Denver – on the Terra and Hydro buildings – Jennifer...

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....

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...

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)...

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...

I am so proud to be a part of an industry and a company that recognizes the need to support women and diversity. Growing...

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...

Part 3 of 3 – Reviewing Financial Statements After the Income Sheet (featured in the previous issue of NewsLeaf), we move to the reviewing Financial...

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....

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...

James Klett, Ph.D., became a faculty member at Colorado State University (CSU) in 1980, more than 40 years ago. By the simple fact of...

Five Nursery Pros Share the Backstory Republished with permission from Colorado Green. Originally published by the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, VOL 38, NO 4,...

Lessons From 2008 Can Help Plan for the Future CNGA’s NewsLeaf reached out to key people in five greenhouse or nursery businesses to talk about...

On June 7-8, I had the honor of attending the Colorado State FFA convention in Pueblo. Along with Glenda Mostek, CNGA Executive Director and...

We hope you’ve been having a great season so far – it’s been a whirlwind. The Nutrien Agricultural Sciences building at CSU is officially finished...

Are nurseries and greenhouses ag? Are we not ag? Are we some nebulous classification of ‘other ag,’ and what does that mean for us? Glenda...

SpectraGrow, Inc.2590 Walnut StDenver, CO 80205720.934.6107www.spectragrow.com Interview with Whit Allen, Founder/CEO How did the company get started? In 2017, executives from three companies that were already working...

O’Toole’s Garden Centers1404 Quail StreetLakewood, CO 80215303.232.6868http://www.otoolesgardencenters.com Interview with Kerry Young, General Manager; Patrick O’Toole, Head of Marketing and Logistics; and Adele O’Toole, Owner What is...

If you were in the greenhouse industry 40-50 years ago, summer was the time for your family vacations after a very busy spring season....

Part 2 of 3 – The Income Statement Moving on from the Balance Sheet (featured in the previous issue of NewsLeaf), go to the Income...