Help wanted, abandoned greenhouse eye-candy, more

January 23, 2015

Hello, dear friends! Our sympathies are with Jeff Salmon (Arbordale Nursery) and his family after the passing of his wife Kim Marie Salmon on January 17.  Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Service this Saturday 11 AM at the Newman Center at UB, 495 Skinnersville Road, Amherst. From Garden Center magazine: Winter is challenging for garden centers. Here […]

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Help wanted, tree news, parks that aren’t

January 17, 2015

Help wanted, tree news, parks that aren’t

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SMA Announces its 2015 Urban Tree of the Year: Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea).

January 17, 2015

Used courtesy of City Trees, the magazine of the Society of Municipal Arborists (www.urban-forestry.com.  January 12, 2015 Press Release Contact: Michelle Sutton, City Trees Editor: [email protected] The Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA), comprised of urban forestry professionals worldwide, has chosen yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) as its 2015 Urban Tree of the Year. The yearly selection must be adaptable […]

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DEC ANNOUNCES NEARLY $930,000 IN URBAN FORESTRY GRANTS TO  NEW YORK COMMUNITIES

January 15, 2015

This is a submitted press release from the NYS DEC.  Over $2 Million in Environmental Protection Fund Grants Awarded in 2014 for Urban Forestry Projects that Support Tree Plantings and Improve Quality of Life  Nearly $930,000 in state grants have been awarded for 40 urban forestry projects in communities across New York to help protect air, […]

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Get Educated—Opportunities from the New York State Nursery & Landscape Association

January 10, 2015

Copied directly from the NYSNLA e-newsletter.  Get educated Education Days are here again! Here’s a brief list of what’s happening in each region: Region 1: Thursday, Feb. 19, 8:30 am – Friday, Feb. 20, 4:30 pm H.O. Penn, 660 Union Ave., Holtsville Highlights: Attendees at LINLA’s Building a Better Landscape Business Workshop will receive a […]

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Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium; more

January 9, 2015

Hello friends! I took some time off from ETTGPro in preparation for 2015. As a result, we have a new, easier to read rate card, and I encourage you to take a look at it. This e-newsletter reaches almost 1800 green industry and allied professionals with each issue, and people routinely tell me they LOVE reading it. If this is your audience, advertise. You are simply not going to find a more cost-effective way of reaching these folks.

If home gardeners are your target, then the Upstate Gardeners’ Journal is your vehicle. 2015 prices are here.We’re currently working on our 2015 Directory, and today’s the deadline, though we have been known to be flexible in the past….

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CANCELLED — Life’s a Beech: Bleeding Canker and its Control on European Beech

December 1, 2014

Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities Cornell Cooperative Extension in Monroe County provides equal program and employment opportunities Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County is supported by public and private funding. Primary cooperating partners are the County of Monroe, the State of New York and SUNY’s Land Grant Colleges at Cornell University, and the […]

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PLANT WNY award winners, a floating garden for the Hudson, more

November 23, 2014

Start your week off right—with a kitty. —Jane Congratulations to Larry and Francis Grossman on the write-up in the latest IGC Retailer. Interesting stuff, and a must-read if you own a garden center. Well, hey! Horticulturist: One of the ten best jobs for men. (Via Green Profit.) You’ve heard it from me before: Pinterest this, […]

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New bad bug invasion, more

November 7, 2014

Hello and happy Friday! It’s the dreary end of a dreary week here in upstate New York—perfect for battening down the hatches and burrowing into some office tasks. Right? —Jane The latest UGJ is ready to read. Check it out here. Seen at Sensenig’s Geneva and drool-worthy. I need a good excuse to buy this […]

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Scotts stays in the news; plant theft at Kew; more

October 31, 2014

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