Seen in Horticulture magazine. Photo is Burpee's. If Zinnia Queen Red Lime looks like this in person, I'll take about a thousand, please.
Breaking: Inventor of SUPERthrive Dead at 100
John A. A. Thompson, famous for his outstanding marketing, which included wacky print ads and empassioned testimonials, has died five days after celebrating his 100th birthday. Story via Nursery Retailer.
Zaretsky and Associates Wins Awards
Zaretsky and Associates, and landscape design-build firm based in Macedon, has won two Professional Landcare Network’s Environmental Improvement Awards awards: a Distinction award for a residential “lawn-free” landscape in Fairport and a Merit Award for the Woodward Healing Garden at Rochester General Hospital. Story via the Rochester Business Journal.
High Line Inspires Plans for Park Under Delancey Street
People are making parks in the most unlikely places… This New York Times article talks about an idea two New Yorkers have for an underground park lit by fiber optic cables that have collected natural light. This project is only in its very beginning stages; it will be interesting to see how it progresses.
Linear Parks: Popping Up all Over the World
On a related note, here is a more general artlcle about linear parks from TheAwl.com, a source I hadn’t heard of before. No charge for that extra-annoying Chevy Volt ad that comes along with. Wasn’t able to figure out a way around it. Sorry!
Wells Family Still Farming 350 Years Later
I realize this is a little far from our usual area of interest, but how neat that this family has been farming the same spot in New York State for over 350 years. I wonder what kind of soil preservation and building techniques have made this possible and how many farms nearer us can make claim. Family is that of Green Profit’s Ellen Wells, by the way—a perfect homecoming story for Thanksgiving.
DEC: Ash Borers Reported in Eastern Rochester Suburbs Unconfirmed.
Don’t worry. They’ll show. No offense to the DEC, but in my personal opinion they could be a little more alarmist about all of this. As I commented on the D&C site (those comments seem to have disappeared), while it isn’t a state of emergency yet, it would be good to give property owners some warning so they can evaluate what they might do about their ash trees. It’s not likely that the EAB is just going to all of a sudden stop its advance.
Thousand Cankers Black Walnut Disease “Cannot be Treated”
Japanese Beetles Dwindle in Utah
If you are interested in learning more about the Sustainable Sites Initiative (I’ve linked to it from here before) check out Joy Keubler’s talk at Hallwalls Wednesday night, November 30.
Today’s Garden Center reports that the USDA is considering restrictions on importing boxwoods due to the prevalence of Cylindrocladium buxicola, and American Nurseryman says that on top of that, there’s a new one to watch out for: C. pseudonaviculatum. Working with Your Grower
Terra Nova Nurseries: Doing Digital Right
In my opinion they are, anyway. They have a cohesive social media strategy and are increasing their audience in a controlled manner—that is perhaps slowly, but aimed at the RIGHT people—with high-quality, consistent content. Great job! Here is how they are doing it, via American Nurseryman.
All About Alleopathy
I think we all pretty much know what that is, but this is a nice little refresher, and it gives some examples of which I, at least, was unaware. From the APLD.
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