Hello all! Welcome to the weekend.
—Jane
- The NYS DEC has announced nearly $930,000 in Urban Forestry grants to New York State Communities.
- On a related note, the Society of Municipal Arborists has named its 2015 Urban Tree of the Year: Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea).
- In the words of the great Peter Griffin, this really grinds my gears. Stop calling them “parks.” Parks have plants. This is outdoor seating. From the otherwise generally sensible New York Times: “When Parking Space Becomes Park.“
- SUNY ESF faculty George Curry (left) and Tim Toland have been honored by the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Congrats!
- Good news in Rochester: Harris Garden Center in Webster has sold and will add landscape and hydroponics divisions.
- Troubling news on the tree health front:
- But on a more positive note: Finger Lakes foresters plan hemlock pest kill off (Ithaca Journal)
- Congratulations to Grossmans Garden & Home…again… 2015 Revolutionary 100 Garden Centers Revealed
- Tragic and beautiful: A Compendium of Abandoned Greenhouses
- Help wanted:
- In CNY: “Gasparini Landscaping is currently seeking a landscape design/sales representative to join our growing team of landscape and construction specialist. If you or someone you know has experience in the residential landscape design and build industry, we would be interested in talking to them. Please have them contact Scott Gasparini at 315/488-4261 Ext. 5 to schedule an interview today.”
- Just learned of great career opportunity in retail garden center management—Rochester based. Email me your résumé if you are interested and I’ll forward it on. (Keeping the employer anonymous for now.)
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