Chad Miller, Ph.D., is the New CSU Hort Professor

When Chad Miller, Ph.D., joined the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University (CSU) in January, he had just finished his fall semester teaching commitment at Kansas State University (K-State), where...

To Everything There is a Season

Glenda Mostek CNGA Executive Director Sometimes the seasons of this job are joyful and happy, sometimes they are challenging, and sometimes they are sad. It was a very sad day in early February when I had...

Member Profile – Durango Nursery

Durango Nursery & Supply, Inc.271 Kay Cee LaneDurango CO 81303970-259-8800http://www.durangonursery.com Interview with Tom Bridge, Owner, and Sue Herlihy, Nursery Manager Emeritus How did the nursery get started in Durango? After growing up in New York, I attended...

Member Profile – OneCanopy

OneCanopy2880 14th Street SELoveland, CO 80537303-250-4126http://www.one-canopy.com Interview with Katelynn Martinez, Director of Operations and Business Development How new is OneCanopy and how did you get started? OneCanopy is quite new, less than two years old. In 2021,...

Looking Forward to Serving and Growing CNGA Legacy

I write my first column as President of the Colorado Nursery and Greenhouse Association with a heavy but hopeful heart. The unexpected passing of Mandy Gerace caught the entire green industry by surprise, not...

CHREF Update

Big changes are in the works for the Colorado Horticulture Research and Education Foundation (CHREF). In addition to the continual funding of research, ongoing projects and scholarship awards at Colorado State University (CSU) and...

Legislative Preview

The First Regular Session of the 74th Colorado General Assembly convened on Jan. 9, 2023. The 2022 General Election didn’t change the make-up of the legislature when it came to which party holds the...

CSU Research: “Top Performer” Perennials from the 2022 CSU Flower Trial

In 2022, Colorado State University continued its three-year herbaceous perennial trial and chose eight perennials as the ‘Top Performers’ from 113 that were planted in 2020. A CSU Top Performer has to have great...

Meet New Board Member Courtenay Koontz

Courtenay Koontz is general manager at Trees of Corrales (TOC) in Corrales, New Mexico. His parents founded the nursery in 1976 and grew field trees. In the early 1990s TOC started the container division....

Meet New Board Member Derek Anglemyer

In 2018, Derek Anglemyer co-founded West Canyon Nurseries in Glenwood Canyon in partnership with his wife, Amy, and her parents. The property had previously been a tree farm selling wholesale but had not functioned...