Around the Industry: April 28, 2010
Weston Nurseries Hires New Perennial Sales Supervisor
Weston Nurseries, Inc., located 25 miles west of Boston, recently hired Laurie Sullivan as its new garden center perennial sales supervisor. This area of the nursery is well known for its selection of full-size sun and shade perennials appropriate for the New England climate. Sullivan worked with Weston previously as a landscape designer and “has a fondness for perennials and loves working with people to create fabulous gardens,” said Peter Mezitt, president of Weston Nurseries. Sullivan and her staff will continue to develop the perennial sales area into more of a destination within the garden center. For more information on Weston Nurseries, visit www.westonnurseries.com.
Walters Gardens Takes Home National Web Award
In January, Walters Gardens took the top regional award for its newly redesigned website, www.PerennialResource.com and became eligible for the national awards this spring. And on April 21,Walters Gardens took home first place in the category of “Websites: Educational Focus. The vigorous competition included huge national and international participants like Syngenta, John Deere, Bayer CropScience, and DuPont Crop Protection, all of which have exceptionally large marketing budgets compared to Walters Gardens, Inc. For more information on Walters Gardens, visit www.waltersgardens.com.
Blossom Bucket Shows Off Buckeye Spirit
Blossom Bucket, Inc. recently announced it had acquired a license for Ohio State University products. The company worked closely with the university to obtain the collegiate license, which has married classic Blossom Bucket styles with exciting new themes for broad appeal in an ever-expanding marketplace. “Our corporate campus is located in Ohio: the Buckeye State, so this was the perfect place to start,” said Cindy Lowry, president. “But we anticipate additional future collegiate licenses.” For more information about Blossom Bucket, Inc., call 330.834.2551 or visit www.BlossomBucket.com.
Green America Awards Honor Outstanding Community Gardens
Three outstanding U.S. community gardens were recently honored with 2010 Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards. The grand prize award of $2,500 went to the Cleveland Botanical Garden for its Green Corps Urban Youth Program that is creating a “learning farm” on what was once a blighted urban lot. First place ($1,500 in plants) was awarded to the SEEDS program in Durham, N.C., which is developing community gardens and a youth-driven, urban farming leadership development program that empowers teens by teaching organic gardening, sound business practices, healthy food choices and food security values. Honored with the second place award ($1,000 in plants) was Gifford Park Community Garden in Omaha, Neb. They plan to expand their Teen Market Garden Program, which teaches young adults about healthy living through gardening and connects youth with adult role models. These winners were chosen from more than 200 applications submitted by community groups, nonprofit organizations and gardening programs. For more information about the Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards, visit Nature Hills’ website.
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