Short but sweet this week. Thanks as always for reading.
- Today’s opening thought: It is important to market your nursery stock in an effective and compelling manner.
- I’m a little obsessed with the whole concept of the unplanned botanical repopulation of dilapidated urban areas, so I loved this story from the Buffalo News. “Other than Detroit, I don’t know any city that does the magnitude of demolitions that Buffalo does…”
- There’s a new hosta named after Buffalo-area hosta celebrity (yes, I said “hosta celebrity”) Mike Shadrack. Congrats!
- UR has received a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation for research into crop protection without the use of pesticides.
- From Today’s Garden Center, a story about how Hafner’s Garden Center in Syracuse uses its café to attract more customers. If you haven’t checked this out, it’s definitely worth a visit when you are in the area. I don’t have a lot of experience visiting big garden centers in many countries or even across the States, but I did notice that in the ones I visited in southern England, while shopping, you can usually grab a bite, even if it’s just a jacket potato. Handy.
- From the NY Times, a somewhat graphic account of New York City parks trees falling on top of people, causing injuries and death. Not enough money in the budget for required maintenance means dangerous limbs aren’t removed until it’s too late.
- Genevieve Schmidt, a favorite blogger, says it so well: Gen X and Y Gardeners – Can We Quit Worrying About This, Please? True, younger people might not be as avid as older gardeners, but has that really changed over the generations?
- Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse (in that order) in top 15 among cities with the most gardeners per capita. (Yay us!)
- Scary stuff via Michael Pollan’s twitter account (@michaelpollan): A wave of superweeds rolls over America’s farmland.
- The latest UGJ is now online.
EVENTS:
- TONIGHT—Green Drinks Rochester, 81 Brown’s Race, 6 pm. See you there!
- May 18—Cornell’s Emerald Ash Borer First Detector Training – Erie County session.
- May 24—Webinar: Emerald Ash Borer University, 11 am
- May 29—Cornell’s Emerald Ash Borer First Detector Training – Monroe County session.
- June 2—Join the UGJ for our annual super-fun plant-buying trip to Ithaca. Due to the nature of the season, we usually don’t get a lot of nursery people. But it’s always a lively day and a good chance to get to know Your Average Gardener. Seats are available as of this writing.
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