For new retail and wholesale nurseries, one of the biggest challenges is building your network of suppliers, sales leads and vendors from scratch.
Nurseries making it easier for homeowners to create urban habitats for critters
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While pollinators are getting a lot of attention the green industry is increasingly looking for ways to support wildlife to shore up our ecosystem.
Green roofs are growing business for cities and the green industry
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Green roofs are not a new idea, but experts say they have powerful implications in an era of climate change.
People and nurseries can benefit from healing powers of plants
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People benefit simply from being in gardens and nature, which can, in turn, benefit nurseries as well
Shaping your retail team
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Here’s what to look for when hiring front line garden center workers
Bentwood Tree Farm
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Laura and Tom Dufala have taken their passion for cloud-pruned trees and turned it into a thriving business
The replacements
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Over-reliance on certain trees often prompts the need to turn to newer varieties in place of faltering favorites.
Where are the shrubs?
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Growers face recession and inflation concerns after pandemic depletes stock and strains availability The pandemic brought unexpected havoc to the nursery trade, just as it did to the rest of the economy. Strong sales volumes caused shortages and supply chain issues in all nursery sectors including shrubs. That in turn drove wide-ranging ripple effects that […]
The eternal appeal of oaks
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Original species have stood the test of time and still sell well, while new smaller columnar hybrids of Quercus are coming on strong With fossils found as old as 55 million years, oaks have been entwined with human history since it began. Because of their longevity and massive proportions, the largest oak species in the […]
Motz & Son Nursery
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IF THEY WERE GROWING FRUIT TREES IN OREGON, it’s very likely your great-great-grandparents were customers of the Motz family nursery. A true family legacy, Portland’s Motz Brothers began in 1921 with Theodore (Ted) and John Motz, joined by Ted’s son Donald (Don) in 1957, when it became Motz & Son Nursery. Today, the nursery is […]
