Happy Tuesday! Thanks so much for reading as always. A little housekeeping: We are super slammed getting the March-April issue of the Upstate Gardeners’ Journal together (so this one’s going to be REALLY short and sweet), but there is still time to squeeze in an ad if you act now. Just hit “reply.” Also, is there any interest in a group trip to the Independent Garden Center Show in Chicago this August? Let me know — we’ll put something together.
- Terrible news: Plant Delight’s Michelle Avent Dies (via Today’s Garden Center). Really sad. Michelle helped to build one of the coolest nurseries ever, Plant Delights.
- “The Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA)…has chosen Accolade elm (Ulmus ‘Morton’) as its 2012 Urban Tree of the Year.”
- Green industry radio show “Get Social” from Chris Heiler set to begin March 29. Via Lawn & Landscape.
- Terrariums, Farmers’ Markets, local art, and…Christian garden décor? Trends according to Garden Chic.
- From Greenhouse Grower (via @BatesNursery): Plants That Work Brand Now Officially Imperial’s, Willoway’s.
- Chris Beytes is “chuffed” about new “Don’t just stand there, plant something” campaign. That’s good, right? Via Grower Talks.
- Emerald Ash Borer Detection Presentation Wednesday, March 7 from 2-3 pm, at Beaver Meadow Audubon Center.
- NYSTA names 2012 board—a few locals included. (Lawn & Landscape)
- WNY CNLP Exam is Scheduled for Wednesday, March 14.
- This is a great story from the NYTimes –> New Life, From an Arctic Flower That Died 32,000 Years Ago.
- Two more IPM In-depth programs this spring: botrytis, thrips, & pH/EC 4 greenhouse production.
- From twitterer @mrbrownthumb and Cornell’s Katie Hodge: The Pathogen in your Poinsettia.
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