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 online sales portal that continues to swallow markets like an...
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. We left Bookcliff Gardens to start a landscape company and...
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 our founder, Jack Harrell, started developing relationships with nearby golf...
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 to showcase the past scholarship recipients of the Colorado Horticulture...
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 June 2019. An evaluation day was held on May 15,...
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 the greenhouse to have time for anything else! While we’re...
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 employers and workers have the necessary equipment, know where to...
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 sufficient. It is now critical to understand the additional impact...
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 for almost 40 years. It’s just the right way to...
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 year, Welby Gardens sends a team, and the 2019 group...
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Where to Find the Employees You Need
Finding and retaining good employees has never been more challenging. In today’s labor market, more attention and effort on creative recruitment and retention strategies...
