Safety is more than a set of activities focused on accident prevention. It is a way of thinking about how you work, and it should be at the heart of any successful company. Weaving safety into your company’s mission, policies, and procedures is a great way to demonstrate its importance and ensure its effectiveness across your company.
Safety culture should...
GREENCO UDPATE
By Jay Hicks, Hicks & Associates
We want to take just a moment to wish everyone in the CNGA family the very best in 2018. Our legislative report for this year focuses on two aspects, 2017 session issues, and 2018 session projections. CNGA continues to be a vital part of the GreenCO coalition including being a very active and...
FEDERAL OUTLOOK
By Craig Regelbrugge, Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Research, AmericanHort
Happy New Year! After more than a little drama and suspense, the GOP-controlled Congress made good on its pledge to pass sweeping tax legislation, sending a final bill to President Trump for signature as Christmas approached. Don’t get your hopes up about filing taxes on a postcard. And...
What is the company’s history?
The story of Dōnath Lake Greenhouses goes back many years to my desire to open a retail greenhouse in Colorado Springs. Getting that done took a back seat to pursuing my graduate education at CSU, where I worked as the floriculture greenhouse foreman and pursued research that eventually led to my doctoral degree in 1969....
How long has the city’s greenhouse been around?
Denver’s first greenhouse was built in 1894, within City Park at 19th Avenue and York Street. It was used mostly as a showcase for palms and grew plants that went out to other city entities as well as parks. In 1941, the palm hot house was moved to the zoo where it...
By Michael Scleining, CCNP, Arbor Valley Nursery
In December, the Colorado Horticulture Research and Education Foundation (CHREF) met for its annual meeting, where we interviewed Colorado State University students for scholarships and awarded the Department of Horticulture with money for industry-related research. While the current impact that CHREF makes is on a small scale, the CHREF Board of Directors is...
By Sarah Wong, CCNP
We've all seen it—a panicked customer rushes into the garden center on their lunch break or after work with a zip lock bag. Inside is a little twig with mushed, wilted leaves, and some barely recognizable insect carcasses or one confused beetle scurrying around. They’re short on time. Something is wrong with their bush. It's dying!...
The delivery of plants in poor condition may be relatively rare, but dealing with shipping issues can cut into valuable staff time and leave wholesale customers short on plants. While most issues can be solved with relatively little direct financial loss to the customer, some less common issues can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
“When inventory is low, shipping...
From selecting and storing to pruning and planting, each step in caring for bare root liners is critical for their future growth into healthy, thriving plants. Whether bare root shrubs and trees are destined to be grown in the ground or containers, most of the same principles apply to how they are maintained before and during placement in the...
CSU RESEARCH UPDATE
By James E. Klett, Ph.D., CSU Professor & Extension Landscape Horticulturist; & David McKinney, CSU Undergraduate, Horticulture Major
Research continues on evaluating herbaceous perennials at our new perennial demonstration, research and teaching garden located north of University Center for the Arts, which was moved to this site in 2016. We had very good survival (approximately 90 percent) after...
