Tag: plants
Overwintering Benefits & Challenges
Deciding how many and which plants to overwinter is a critical business decision for Mike Erickson, Vice President of Business Operations at Plant World...
Denver Pursues Environmental Benefits with Green Buildings Law
Denver’s Green Buildings Ordinance offers benefits not only to building owners who can save on energy expenses, but also to contractors engaged in energy...
Petree Nursery & Greenhouses: Oldest & Largest Garden Center in Taos
What is the history of Petree Nursery & Greenhouses?
Back in the ‘80s, Mike had been working in Oklahoma growing indoor plants at a small...
56 of the Easiest Plants to Grow
Success with growing healthy, beautiful plants leads to happy customers. Happy customers lead to more shopping at your plant business.
Keeping in mind that plant...
Top 5 Garden Diseases in 2020
2020 was quite the year for natural disasters, wasn’t it? COVID-19. Severe weather. Wildfire. With COVID stay-at-home orders, many more people took time last...
Plantivity: Rooted in Grower and Customer Success
Interesting company name, how did it come about?
As a well-meaning gift from Katy’s dad, he provided us with a branding specialist who came up...
Woodburn Nursery and Azaleas, Inc.: A Strong Commitment to High-Quality Plants
How did the company get started?
Starting out by raising mink and growing cane berries and filberts, Bob and Jean Fessler founded Woodburn in 1961....
Deciduous Trees for Winter Interest
Often when people think of trees in winter naturally the first image that comes to mind is that of evergreen conifers such as spruce,...
ProGreen Experience
ProGreen EXPO has become the Rocky Mountain region’s largest trade show and conference serving horticulture and other green industry professionals. Each year in February,...
Expectations & Plans for 2021
Will the green industry experience brisk sales in 2021? How can we prepare for it?
What issues are we expecting to encounter with product availability,...