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By Meg Amendola, CNGA From visionary mentorship programs to dynamic curriculum evolution, it feels like we’re on the brink of exciting transformation and growth in horticulture education. Greenhouse Grower has focused a significant portion of...

By Meg Amendola and Debi Borden-Miller, CNGA This year, Cultivate 2024 brought together more than 10,000 attendees and industry leaders from across the horticultural landscape, transforming 8 football fields of exhibit space into a hub...

Duran's Hobby Acres15591 North 107th StreetLongmont, CO 80504(303) 257-0195duransgreenhouse.comWe recently visited Andrea Walker-Duran at Duran’s Hobby Acres and were inspired by the family-centered foundation, youthful promise and positivity Andrea and her husband Adam bring...

CHREF Donates to Three CSU Hort Research Projects The Board of Directors of the Colorado Horticulture Research and Education Foundation (CHREF) would again like to express its sincere gratitude to Steve Echter for his dedicated...

By Barton Eller, Executive Director, Paonia Soil Co. “Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.” I’m a big fan of this quote by Anthony D’Angelo and it has served...

By Lyn Dean Susan Stauber, sales representative at Ball Seed Company, came to Colorado with her parents at age 11. After high school she continued her education at University of Denver, where she received a...

By Lyn Dean The stars seem to have aligned in 2018 when Josh Craver, assistant professor at Colorado State University (CSU), was offered a position in Controlled Environment Horticulture (CEH) in the Department of Horticulture...

Recently, I talked to a former CNGA member who didn’t see the point of our continued presence at the State Capitol. “Why bother?” they said, “when there is such a strong super majority?” We can’t...

Rivendell Distribution, Inc.3961 County Road 114Glenwood Springs, CO 81601(970) 945-2568www.rivendelldistribution.com Interview with John Rischmiller, Owner What attracted you to this business and to Colorado? I’m originally from Minnesota and my family had a trucking business that hauled...

By Lyn Dean Julie Echter, Vice President at Echter’s Nursery & Garden Center, Arvada, reiterates what many green industry businesses have been experiencing for several years – the challenge of finding people to work hands-on,...