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Profile: Krueger’s Tree Farm

Richard “Dick” Krueger is building a legacy of innovation with a eye toward solving tomorrow’s problems
Profile: Gold Family Farms

Steve and Joe Gold are focused on providing value and quality for their customers through efficiencies and scale.
Profile: Palmer Creek Nursery

Rufino Reyes and his son Jimmy stay nimble to focus on customer needs while maintaining quality.
Profile: Colony Nursery

Clinton Smay and Travis Burke are taking their nursery to the next level with new plant innovations
Colored pots have benefits beyond branding

USDA research shows plant container color can prevent root damage from high temperatures
Director’s Desk: A year to take stock and be grateful

It is an understatement that 2024 has been a year full of anxiety. There’s been a contentious election season, uncertain economic conditions, and the emergence of challenges for nurseries specifically.
President’s Message: Effective communication

Over the next year. I’d like to use this column to share some of those ideas and introduce you to the people who inspired them. My first foray brings me to Smith Gardens in Aurora, Oregon, where I learned a lesson in effective communication.

Profile: Colony Nursery

Clinton Smay and Travis Burke are taking their nursery to the next level with new plant innovations

Profile: Palmer Creek Nursery

Rufino Reyes and his son Jimmy stay nimble to focus on customer needs while maintaining quality.

Profile: Gold Family Farms

Steve and Joe Gold are focused on providing value and quality for their customers through efficiencies and scale.

Profile: Krueger’s Tree Farm

Richard “Dick” Krueger is building a legacy of innovation with a eye toward solving tomorrow’s problems

Sound planning and strong communication helps complex loading processes run more smoothly

Careful planning, good communication and loading efficiency are critical steps to getting a truck in and out of a nursery and back on the road as quickly as possible.

It’s prudent to stay wise to freight-related scams

Be wary of sharks and their double brokering, ID theft and other freight-related scams.

Will nurseries continue to enjoy favorable freight rates and availability?

Nurseries have benefitted from favorable freight availability and rates, but will it continue?

New boxwood varieties shore up defense against spreading boxwood blight

As boxwood blight was spreading in the U.S. in the 2010s, executives at Plant Development Services in Loxley, Alabama, and Saunders Brothers Nursery in Piney River, Virginia, were looking for solutions. Plant Development Services looked to Europe, where blight had been a major issue since 1998, while Saunders Brothers looked to germplasm it had on […]

Nurseries follow demand in developing evergreen alternatives to boxwoods

While there’s still demand for the rounded, hardy boxwood (Buxus), growers and retailers are responding to a shifting trend toward evergreen alternatives that don’t face the same pest and disease issues as boxwood.

Nurseries making it easier for homeowners to create urban habitats for critters

While pollinators are getting a lot of attention the green industry is increasingly looking for ways to support wildlife to shore up our ecosystem.

More plant features

President’s Message: Effective communication

By Ben Verhoeven

Over the next year. I’d like to use this column to share some of those ideas and introduce you to the people who inspired them. My first foray brings me to Smith Gardens in Aurora, Oregon, where I learned a lesson in effective communication.

Director’s Desk: A year to take stock and be grateful

By Jeff Stone

It is an understatement that 2024 has been a year full of anxiety. There’s been a contentious election season, uncertain economic conditions, and the emergence of challenges for nurseries specifically.

Emphasizing fall planting for color

By Mike Darcy

How does a garden center capture the
kaleidoscope of fall colors and turn it into potential sales?

Colored pots have benefits beyond branding

November 21, 2024 By Jake Shreckhise

USDA research shows plant container color can prevent root damage from high temperatures

Aiming for precision in pest control

September 26, 2024 By Lloyd Nackley

Researchers evaluate trunk spray effectiveness of air-blast sprayers with sensors to target Pacific flatheaded borer

Growth, challenges, and the road ahead for the nursery industry

September 10, 2024 By Lloyd Nackley

Jeb Fields, and Ryan Contreras In a recent article published in HortTechnology, titled “How Natural Resources, Consumer Perceptions, and Labor Are Transforming the U.S. Nursery Industry,” nursery science researchers from across the United States examined the current state and future of the nursery industry. The paper, available free online (TinyURL.com/IndustryPaper), highlights the substantial economic impact […]

Profile: Krueger’s Tree Farm

Profile: Gold Family Farms

Profile: Palmer Creek Nursery

Profile: Colony Nursery

Colored pots have benefits beyond branding

Director’s Desk: A year to take stock and be grateful

President’s Message: Effective communication

Oregon Nursery Country

Profile: Colony Nursery

Profile: Palmer Creek Nursery

Profile: Gold Family Farms

Profile: Krueger’s Tree Farm

Nursery Operations

Sound planning and strong communication helps complex loading processes run more smoothly

It’s prudent to stay wise to freight-related scams

Will nurseries continue to enjoy favorable freight rates and availability?

Plant Features

New boxwood varieties shore up defense against spreading boxwood blight

Nurseries follow demand in developing evergreen alternatives to boxwoods

Nurseries making it easier for homeowners to create urban habitats for critters

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President’s Message: Effective communication

Director’s Desk: A year to take stock and be grateful

Emphasizing fall planting for color

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Colored pots have benefits beyond branding

Aiming for precision in pest control

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