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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 Pride Nurseries and loved working in the wholesale nursery business....

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 Denver Botanic Gardens, which opened the same year. The organization...

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 perfect outdoor space, here are several ideas to promote resale...

The Colorado Horticulture Research & Education Foundation plays an integral role in encouraging and rewarding top-performing students at Colorado State University and Front Range Community College through scholarships, and contributes to research being conducted...

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 of Colorado State University, Denver Botanic Gardens and horticulturists around...

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 water over soda and other drinks containing caffeine and high...

For the last 30 years every spring and summer, customers have been bringing their fire blight samples to Phelan Gardens and Earth Expressions Landscape in Colorado Springs. “Some years are worse than others but...

Container trees are a convenient product with many benefits such as diversifying and helping address inventory challenges. As long as container trees are grown and delivered with proper care and watering, they can help...

With 70,000 square feet of display area, Echter’s Nursery & Garden Center has a lot of space to fill. Each year, Echter’s staff makes careful calculations on what and how much to order to...

Are surpluses and shortages inevitable during economic swings? As tree customers know all too well, the slowdown in production during the last recession resulted in shortages in popular varieties across the nation over the past...