Good morning!
I was visiting my dad in Maine last week, so there was no Thursday ETTGPro. This might be a long one!
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EAB found in eastern Monroe County
This was not a surprise.
Moving from lawns to meadows—a guide for the contractor
This is a pretty thorough article with step-by-step instructions, and it argues that lawns and meadows can coexist, with which I wholeheartedly agree. But. I wonder if any of you have installed a meadow and had long term success with it, or if in the end you aren’t better off just letting a lawn-type area naturalize and mowing twice a year/burning as necessary. Please comment if you have thoughts and especially real-life experience.
NYC botanist advocates for natives
This story is related to the one above and a great follow up to the one last week about source vs. provenance. At Staten Island’s Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Ed Toth works to restore New York’s meadows. From the NYTimes.
Michele Owens to appear at Cornell Wednesday, 11/2/2011
Author Michele Owens, of Garden Rant fame, will be the concluding speaker at Cornell Plantations’s Fall Lecture Series. Owens’s talk is based on her popular book “Grow the Good Life.” Check her out here.
Lafayette man grows champion pumpkin
1613.5 pounds! Post-Standard Story here (via RBJ).
Chestnut conference held near Buffalo
I apologize, because I had this information in advnace and filed it away someplace TOO obscure and therefore didn’t post about the conference beforehand, as was my intention. However, this articule from the Buffalo News is still worth a read.
Birchcrest Employee international tree climber
Jorge Obando, an arborist for Birchcrest Tree & Landscape in Webster, competed this July in the International Society of Arboriculture International Tree Climbing Championship in Sydney, Australia, after winning the New York State competition in June.Story via RBJ.
Minor bulbs
Here is a basic but good overview from American Nurseryman. Bulbs covered include scilla, squill, muscari, snowdrops, fritillaria, winter aconite, chionodoxa, crocus, anemone and allium (lily leek).
Buffalo Gardens gets grant
The John R. Oishei Foundation has granted $200,000 to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. to update its strategic plan and support the growth of educational programs and horticultural exhibit offerings.
Proven Winners co-founder discusses the future of the industry
John Rader is the head of EuroAmerican Propagators, the company that co-founded the wildly successful Proven Winners brand. In this article he talks about trends and branding now and in the future. His predictions? Increased attention to regionally specific performance, succulents and the color blue.
OMRI and USDA agree to collaborate on list; Scotts and Marrone on “naturals”
Here is a story with many acrynyms. The Organic Materials Review Institute, a not-for-profit organization that provides industry guidance with regard to what is and isn’t classified as “organic,” will work with the US Department of Agriculture to come up with a definitive list of permitted substances.” The guidance is intended to provide clarity for producers, handlers, certifiers, and other entities involved in the organic industry, which should improve the speed and consistency of materials approval,” states the press release.
In related news, Scotts-Miracle Gro and Marrone Bio Innovations have made a deal to produce “new natural plant protection products to the consumer market.”
Get your random surplus garden-y stuff here
American Science and Surplus is the goofiest, most fascinating online catalog I know. It’s a must for unusual stocking stuffers. Start by browsing their garden section, but don’t miss out on the chance to buy a calculator that smells like chocolate ($2.75) or two pounds of assorted magnets ($7.50).
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