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Olive Hill Greenhouses, based in northern San Diego County, is continuing a long history of supporting local organizations by donating thousands of plants to first responders and those on the front line of fighting the...
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On May 5, the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) will present a free webinar on “Doing Business Under Difficult Circumstances – Finding the Resources You Need!” The one-hour webinar will take place at 12 p.m....
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All-America Selections is now offering a Point-of-Purchase kit to IGCs, which includes an informational poster about AAS Winners two bench cards and 100 generic AAS Winner tags, all created by MasterTag. This kit is available...
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For 100 years, National Garden Bureau (NGB) has been inspiring and educating the public to garden. The original Victory Gardens were started during WW I when food was scarce. NGB founder James H. Burdett was...
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The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund, created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), is reminding eligible horticulture students in their junior, senior or graduate years of study to consider applying for this...
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With continuing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic, AmericanHort announced today it has made the decision to transform Cultivate, the annual tradeshow and conference, from an in-person event in Columbus, Ohio, this July to Cultivate’20 Virtual,...
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The American Floral Endowment (AFE) is excited to announce a new online campaign, “Give Flowers on Giving Tuesday”, to encourage the gift of flowers during the May 5th GivingTuesdayNow event. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity...
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Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association recently released a statement on COVID-19: On behalf of Michigan’s Green Industry – the nursery and greenhouse growers, retail garden centers, lawn care, landscape maintenance, design/build, tree care, and irrigation...
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The greatest opportunity in the horticulture industry may be upon us in response to COVID-19, to immediately increase awareness of the benefits of plants and to mobilize consumers to be vigilant and prepared to promote...
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Despite receiving more than 18,300 messages from retailers, grower, farmers and Michigan residents asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to allow the retail sale of garden and bedding plants, the administration doubled-down and instead went the opposite...
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As the industry continues to deal with the challenges presented by COVID-19, garden center retailers are turning to online sales and curbside pickup now more than ever to help keep retail businesses safely open. These...
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On March 27, SBI Software debuted a new nationwide website to help grower-retailers let consumers know they can purchase plants at locations offering no contact plant pick up services during the COVID-19 situation. The new website, www.nocontactplantpickup.com, is...
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