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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

How to Avoid Employee Burnout

Not only do green industry employees have to work an all-hands-on-deck schedule each spring, but in recent years, the work keeps on coming right...

The New Normal: Year-Round Work Rather than Seasonal

Growers on both coasts have always worked on a year-round basis, while their Midwest and Rocky Mountain colleagues had more seasonal fluctuations with labor....