Help Wanted: Lakeview Lawn & Landscape, Canandaigua/Rochester

April 10, 2014

Hey all! Lakeview Lawn & Landscape in Canandaigua is looking for foremen and assistant foremen in both the commercial landscape maintenance and construction divisions. Details below.

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Let’s Sell Some Hellebores

April 7, 2014

By Dave Green, Green’s Gardens & Nursery Hellebores are quickly becoming more popular with gardening consumers. Though a native perennial in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia down through the Carolinas, breeders have established some new varieties that are hardy for the New England states. With the latest technology in tissue culture this really cool evergreen […]

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Plantasia & PLANT WNY Landscape Awards; Crazy Moss Lady; More

April 4, 2014

Hey there! Been a couple of weeks. Miss me? So Dave Ryan went to Tanzania… This is a good little story about Renee Shepherd, but it sent me down a rabbit hole (so you don’t have to!). I like Renee’s seeds and they are very popular around here, but I kept remembering her old, equally popular company […]

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RIP Jim Tanner; Clean Sweep in WNY; more

March 13, 2014

It’s another snowy Thursday! But tomorrow is supposed to be close to 50 degrees. I have enjoyed this storm very much, because my brother, visiting from Buffalo, got stranded here with us. It has felt like Christmas. More sad news from the Rochester area this week: Jim Tanner is dead at the age of 41. […]

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Papal garden to open to public, David Clark profile, more

March 7, 2014

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RIP McVicker, Newman; RM Landscape & others seek employees

February 27, 2014

Hello there. Lots of news and great links this week (skipped last week due to magazine production) including two deaths: Chris McVicker, founder of The Flanders Group, a longtime ally of our industry statewide, and Harry Newman, past president of what is now PLANT WNY. Services for Newman have already occurred, but there will be […]

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Help wanted: RM Landscape

February 27, 2014

R.M. Landscape is currently looking to hire the following positions:  Rochester Market: Landscape Management Account Manager Landscape Management Site Supervisors Enhancement/Construction Foreman Buffalo Market: Landscape Management Site Supervisor Landscape Management Crew members Join a growing team and grow your career in the landscape industry. Contact Brett Lemcke at [email protected] or 585.392.7120

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Job opening at Buffalo Zoo—Groundskeeper

February 26, 2014

POSITION AVAILABLE GROUNDS KEEPER I ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BUFFALO, INC. Requirements: • Minimum Education – AAS Degree in Ornamental Horticulture OR Equivalent work experience • Experience in basic grounds maintenance duties including lawn mowing, weed trimming, janitorial tasks, planting, pruning, and snow removal preferred. • Must be able to operate and maintain all lawn/garden equipment, […]

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Arts for Arbor Day Contest—Pre-K through Grade 6—Deadline April 18

February 26, 2014

Deadline for entry is Friday, April 18, 2014.    Send entries to: Arts for Arbor Day   249 Highland Avenue  Rochester, NY  14620-3036 The Arts for Arbor Day Contest is conducted by the Greater Rochester Arbor Day Committee whose members include representatives from: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, City of Rochester, Monroe County Parks Department and […]

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Help wanted, Buffalo area: Elbers Landscape Service

February 20, 2014

Elbers Landscape Service Inc. is a family owned and operated business that has been in operation since 1919. We are looking for hard working individuals to come join our Garden Center Team. Duties to include but not be limited to: -Customer Service/Sales -Register operation -Maintaining nursery stock -Maintaining curb appeal of Garden Center -Load/Unload nursery […]

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